International

2024. “Empowering Voices: The Role of the ‘Telugu Baptist’ in shaping Dalit Christian Identity and Culture in Colonial India.” Baptist Scholars International Roundtable, held at University of Oxford, UK, Aug 4-7, 2024.

2023. “Burning Hunger: The Great Famine, Caste Differences and Missionary Activity in Colonial India.” The British Empire and Colonial Famines: History, Culture, Critique, IIIT-Guwahati. Jan 7-8, 2023.

2022. Participated in CADALFEST as a Translator for Telugu Dalit writer Gogu Shyamala for “All Aboard: A Round Table about Translation – Stakes and Challenges.” I was also a Moderator for “Writers’ Round Table” in Celebrating Adivasi and Dalit Arts and Literature (CADALFEST), Nottingham Trent University, UK and Adishakti, Pondicherry, Dec 16-20, 2022.

2020. “Unsung Hero: Nanchari and Anti-Caste Social Movement in South Asia.” Exploring Christianity in Asia, German-Iranian Summer School (11 weeks online), sponsored by DAAD - Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Oct 12-Dec 24, 2020.

2019. “As Dalits Speak for Themselves: Religious Conversion as a Socio-Spiritual Experience.” Fifth International Conference on the Unfinished Legacy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, New York, USA. Oct 24-26, 2019. (Via Skype).

2017. “Famine, the Famished and the ‘Fraternity’ of the Mission: Untouchables and Christian Missionaries’ Intervention in Colonial South India.” Workshop on Famine Stories and Survival Legends: Legacies to the Following Generations, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Sep 27-30, 2017.

2017. “Tilling the Ground: Dalits responses to British Christian Missions in 19th Century Andhra Pradesh.” Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, University of Victoria, BC, Canada. Mar 3-5, 2017. (Via Skype).

2017. “Missionary Knowledge and Dalit Social History: Records on Rayalaseema in the Archives of the London Missionary Society.” Workshop on Mapping Entanglements: Dynamics of Missionary Knowledge and “Materialities” across Space and Time (16th-20th centuries), German Historical Institute, Washington DC,USA. Feb 10-11, 2017.

2015. “Caste and Gender: Portrayal of Dalit Persona in Telugu Cinema.” International Seminar on Cast(e)ing Gender in Dalit Literature, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. Dec 14-15, 2015.

National (Selective)

2023. “Exploring Dalit Writing in Missionary Periodicals in Colonial Andhra.” National Conference on Vernacular Periodicals and Dalit Writing: Production, Circulation and Reception, GITAM University, Hyderabad, Telangana, Mar 1-3,2023.

2019. “Transforming the Untouchable Body: Christian Missions and Dalit Conversions.” National Conference on Religion in Cultural and Comparative Perspectives, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, Feb 26-28, 2019.

2016. "Role of the Religion in shaping the Culture and Identity of the Dalits." National Seminar on Re-interpretation of the Past: The Discourse of Cultural Identity in South Asia, NEHU, Shillong. March 17-18, 2016.