Dr. Sweta Sinha
priynka   !--->
Dr. Sweta Sinha
Associate Professor of Linguistics (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences)
Coordinator- Centre for Endangered Language Studies (CELS, IIT Patna)
Ph.D,Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Ph: +91-6115 -233397
sweta[*AT]iitp.ac.in; apna1982@gmail.com
ORCiD:  0000-0001-5524-5927
SCOPUS ID: 56959742700
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RWdJ68UAAAAJ&hl=en 
Research Areas : Linguistics; Phonetics & Phonology; Lesser Known languages; Sociolinguistics
Other Interests : Cognitive Linguistics, Forensic Linguistics
Research Guidance :
Name Category & Background Research Topic Status

Dr. Sandeep Kumar Sharma

(Currently working as Assistant Professor at DTU, Dehradun)

Post Graduation from BHU Regular & Fulltime. Institute Fellow Conceptualization and Functions of Sarcasm in Hindi Digital Corpus Ph.D Degree Awarded

Dr. Nusrat Begum

(Currently working as Assistant Professor, VIT, Amravati Campus)

Post Graduation from Calcutta University.Regular & Fulltime. Institute Fellow Language Attitudes and Politics in Public Spaces: An Empirical Study of the Linguistic Landscape of Patna Ph.D Degree Awarded

Dr. Ratul Mahela

(Currently working as Assistant Professor at Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh)

Post Graduation from Tezpur University.Regular & Fulltime. Institute Fellow. A Grammatical Sketch of Sanzari Boro Ph.D Degree Awarded

Dr. Raveena Toppo

(Currently working as Assistant Professor, VIT Bhopal Campus)

Post Graduation from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Regular & Fulltime. UGC-JRF Speaker Profiling: Decoding Gender and Dialect through Forensic Phonetic Investigation in Indian English speech patterns Ph.D Degree Awarded

Dr. Vinod Kumar

(Currently working in a Startup dealing with Language Technology)

Post Graduation from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Regular & Fulltime. UGC- JRF Morphophonemic Alternations in Magahi Noun Phrases: Investigating Diminutive and Emphatic Inflexional Processes Provisional PhD degree awarded

Monalisa Bhattacherjee

(Currently working as Teaching Fellow, VIT, Bhopal Campus)

Post Graduation from Calcutta University. Regular & Fulltime. UGC-JRF Speciesism in the Bengali Social Media Discourse: An Exploration at the Interface of Cognitive Linguistics and Ecolinguistics  Thesis submitted
Debraj Gogoi Post Graduation from Tezpur University. Regular & Fulltime. Institute Fellow. Social Roles and Gender Stereotypes in Assam: A Multimodal Examination of Advertisement Landscape Registration Seminar and First Annual Progress Seminar Over.
Mohit Raj Post Graduation from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra. Regular & Fulltime. Institute Fellow Exploring the Structure of Argumentative reasoning in Socio- political Discourse  Registration Seminar Over. First Annual progress Seminar conducted.
Birendra Bhujel M.Phil from Sikkim University. Regular & Fulltime. Institute Fellow. Negotiating Identity Through Linguistic landscapes Among the Nepali Community in Darjeeling District  Registration Seminar and First Annual Progress Seminar Over.
Abhijnan Pritam Sarma Post Graduation from Tezpur University. Regular & Fulltime. UGC- JRF. Assamese Discourse Markers (Tentative)  Comprehensive Examination being conducted.
Gargi Dowarah Post Graduation from Tezpur University. Regular & Fulltime. Institute Fellow.  Pragmatics (Tentative)  Comprehensive Examination being conducted.
Tanushri Das Post Graduation from Calcutta University. UGC- JRF  to be decided  
Somya M.Phil from Delhi University (Employed & Part Time)  to be decided  
Outreach Academic Activities  
  • External Examiner for PhD thesis submitted at IIT Roorkee (2024)
  • External Examiner for PhD thesis submitted at IIT Roorkee (2024)
  • External Examiner for PhD thesis submitted at EFLU (2024)
  • External Examiner for PhD thesis submitted at JNU, New Delhi (2024)
  • External Examiner for PhD thesis submitted at IIT Kanpur (2024)
  • External Examiner for PhD thesis submitted at University of York, UK (2023)
  • External examiner for PhD thesis submitted at Anna University, Chennai, India (2019)
  • DC member for PhD students at IIIT Vadodara
  • DC member for one PhD student at NIT Patna
Courses taught/ teaching at IITP :
  • HS225 (Media and Linguistics)
  • HS322 ( Forensic Linguistics: Language, Law and Society)
  • HS 221 (Fundamentals of Linguistics Science)
  • HS 222 (Language, Human Mind and India Society)
  • HS 421 (Fundamentals of Cognitive Science)
  • HS 725 (Trends in Applied Linguistics)
  • HS 103 (Communication Skills for Engineers)
  • HS 223 (Cognition: Language and Computation)
  • HS 514 (Technical Communication)
Professional Experience  
  • Head of the Department, HSS, June 7, 2024 till date.
  • June 13, 2023 till date (Associate Professor) at IIT Patna
  • December 17, 2015 to June 12, 2023 (Assistant Professor) at IIT Patna.
  • August 2015 to December 15, 2015 (Lecturer) at NIT, Hamirpur.
  • July 2012 to November 2012 (Assistant professor) at Miranda House (Delhi University).
  • September 2009 to December 2009 (Junior Linguist) at Deptt. Of IT.
  • January 2009 to July 2009 (Teaching Assistant) at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Awards and Project Grants  
  • 100 % travel grant by ICSSR to Abhijnan Pritam Sarma for the presentation of the paper “A Cross-linguistic Study of Placeholders in Hindi and Assamese,” co- authored with Dr. Sweta Sinha at the prestigious Placeholders in East and West Conference in Tübingen, Germany, from October 9-11, 2024.
  • Project Director- “Investigating the Socio- cognitive Effects of Gender Stereotyping in the Linguistic Landscape and its Impact on the Balance of Opportunities: a Mixed Methods and Multi- modal Study of Technical Educational Institutions of Eastern India” (Indian Council of Social Science Research, Major) (2023- 2025)
  • Stanley Yeldell New Researcher Excellence Award in the category of best research paper for “Scope of Forensic Linguistic Investigation in Multilingual Context: Establishing Language as a Tool for Crime Control” by the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology 2023 (27- 28 January 2023).
  • Academic collaborator for IKS funded project “Study of Construction Methodology and Composition of Brick and Mortar used in the masonry of Nalanda Mahavihara” (BG Samvardhan Yojana 1)
  • Linguistics Consultant and Academic Contributor in the project “Speech Recognition in Agriculture and Finance for the poor in India”. Host institute IISc Bengaluru, funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
  • Poject Director of ICSSR sponsored project "Designing Disaster Preparedness Training Modules using Indigenous Knowledge and Increasing Community Awareness through Contextualized Techniques in Bihar (INR 5.25 lakhs, 2019- 2020)
  • Certificate of Excellence and Bharat Gaurav Puraskar for Outstanding Achievement and Remarkable Contribution in the Field of Education by KTK Foundation, New Delhi (2021).
  • 'Certificate for Best Presentation' in the recently held International Conference on Linguistics and Phonology (ICLP19) in Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Mother Theodosia A.C. Memorial Scholarship and certificate
  • Anjana Bose Memorial Award and certificate
  • Shashank Memorial Scholarship and certificate
  • Prof. (Dr.) Diwakar Pd. Vidyarthi Memorial Scholarship and certificate
Member of Professional bodies :
  • Member- International Pragmatic Association
  • Life Member- Linguistic Society of India
  • Life member- Indian Society of Teacher Educators’
  • Life Member- All India Association for Educational Research.
  • Life Member- Social Science and Humanities Research Association
Member of Editorial Board :
  • Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics (Bahri Publications, New Delhi)
  • Language Forum (Bahri Publications, New Delhi)
Books :
  • Singh, S.K. & Sweta Sinha (eds.) 2019._Linguistic Ecology: Bihar_. Lincom GmbH.ISBN-10: 3862889831, ISBN-13 : 978-3862889839
  • "Magahi Prosody" (2018) by Bahri Publications, New Delhi. ISBN No.: 9789383469147
  • Singh, Smriti & Sweta Sinha (ed.) 2017. Conscious Re- imaginings of Shakespeare’s Plays. Bahri Publications: New Delhi. 
  • Sinha, S. (2015) "Language Education at Elementary Level: Issues and Aspects (with special reference to ELT)"; Ahmedabad: Sara Publications (ISBN: 978-1-63042-569-2).
Book Chapters  
  • “Pedagogy” in the book Linguistics through Indian Languages: An Introduction by National Translation Mission, CIIL, Ministry of Education (Forthcoming).
  • “Ethnolinguistic Revitalization among Nepali Communities in Darjeeling: In Search of Forgotten Identity” in the Handbook on Endangered South Asian and Southeast Asian Languages, Springer Nature (Forthcoming).
  • ‘Prarambhik Vidyalaya Star par Bhasha Shikshan: Shikshakon mein Bhashayi Purvagrah veam ise Jachne hetu Seekhne- Seekhane ke Saadhan” in Agnihotri R. K and Amrit Lal Khanna (ed.) Bhasha Evam Bhasha Shikshan: Khnad 2 (ISBN: 978- 93- 5229- 031-4) 2015. Vani Prakashan: New Delhi.
Publications :

Articles/ Papers in Journals already published: (recent publications)

  • Bhujel, B., & Sinha, S. (2024). Clamouring Tribalism for Preferential Treatment. Contemporary Voice of Dalit. Sage. https://doi.org/10.1177/2455328X241276
  • Bhattacherjee, M., & Sinha, S. (2024). As you sow, so shall you reap: rethinking humanity in the age of artificial intelligence. AI & SOCIETY, 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-01983-3
  • Bhujel, B., & Sinha, S. (2024). English in the Mallscape: Exploring Linguistic Landscape of Quasi-Public Space in India. Discourse and Interaction, 17(2). (forthcoming)
  • Bhujel, B., & Sinha, S. (2024). Linguistic Landscape as Social Identity Construction of the Public Space: An Empirical Study of the Plain Region of Darjeeling District. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2024.2371933
  • Bhujel, B., & Sinha, S. (2024). Linguistic Landscape as A tool of Identity Negotiation: The Case of the Nepali Ethnic Communities in West Bengal. DOI: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14687968241265963
  • Dowarah, G., & Sinha, S. (2024). Analysis of Positive Politeness Strategies in Speech Acts of Assamese Folktale Language. The International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies. (forthcoming)
  • Kumar, V., & Sinha, S. (2024). Morphophonemic analysis of inflectional morphemes in Indo-Aryan languages: A case of emphatic constructions in Magahi. Dialectologia 33.
  • Toppo R., & Sinha, S. (2023). The Acoustic of Gender in Indian English: Toward Forensic Profiling in a Multilingual Context. Journal of Voice. Elsevier.
  • Begum, Nusrat & Sweta Sinha, (2023) “The Visibility and Salience of Languages in an Urban Agglomeration: A Case Study” in International Multilingual Research Journal (online). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19313152.2023.2182095 . Taylor and Francis.
  • Bhattacherjee, M., & Sinha, S. (2023). A cognitive analysis of animal imagery in digital discourse: A case study of Bengali tweets. Journal of World Languages. De Gruyter Mouton
  • Gogoi, D. & Sinha. S. (2023). Linguistic landscape of a North-East Indian town: A case study of Sivasagar. Language in India, 23(2), 22-36. (H-5 indexed)
  • Toppo, Ravina & Sweta Sinha. (2022). “Identifying Acoustic Cues for Dialect Profiling: Policing in Multilingual Communities of India” in Vol. 12 (2) in the Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics.
  • Bhattacherjee, Monalisa & Sweta Sinha (2022), “Folktales: The Lens for Conceptualizing Animal World” in Indian Linguistics, Vol. 83, No. (1-2).
  • Mahela, Ratul & Sweta Sinha (2022), “A Phonological Investigation of Sanzari Boro,” in Studies in Language, Vol. 46 (1); Pp. 201- 219.
  • Begum, Nusrat & Sweta Sinha (2021), “the Language of the Divine Space” in Dialectologia, No. 27, Pp. 33- 48.
  • Bhattacherjee, Monalisa & Sweta Sinha, (2021), "Ecosophy through Jataka Tales", in Language & Ecology, International Ecolinguistics Association.
    http://ecolinguistics-association.org/journal/4563035324
  • Mahela, Ratul & Sweta Sinha, (2021), "Morphological Processes in Sanzari Boro", in Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 17 (2)
  • Sharma, S. K., & Sinha, S. (2020). A cognitive theoretical investigation of conceptualizing Hindi sarcasm. Voprosy Kognitivno yLingvistiki (Issues of Cognitive linguistics), 3, 77-91.
  • Begum, Nusrat & Sinha, Sweta (2019) “Mother Tongue Marginalization: An Empirical Study on Language Visibility and Vitality in Public space of an upcoming Indian Satellite town” in the International Journal of Multilingualism; Routledge, Taylor and Francis Online. DOI: 10.1080/14790718.2019.1591417
  • Sharma, S. and Sweta Sinha (2019) “Understanding Sarcastic Metaphorical Expression in Hindi through Conceptual Integration Theory” in Acta Linguitica Asiatica, Vol. 9(1). DOI: 10.4312/ala.9.1.9-23.
  • Begum, Nusrat and Sweta Sinha (2018) “Gendered Discourse and Social Behavior: A Critical Case Study through the lens of Hindustani” in Indian Linguistics. Vol. 78 (3-4), Pp. 111- 118. ISSN: 0378-0759
  • Mahela, Ratul and Sweta Sinha (2018) “Case Markers in Bodo and Sanzari Bodo: A Comparative Investigation of Tibeto- Burman Languages” in International Journal of Linguistics. Vol. 10(3) in June 2018. DOI: 10.5296/ijl.v10i3.13227.
  • “Fuzzy Logic based teaching/ learning of a foreign language in Multilingual Situations” in Acta Linguistica Asiatica; Vol. 7 (2). Pp. 71-84. DOI: 10.4312/ala.7.2.71-84, 2017.
  • Begum, Nusrat and Sweta Sinha (2018). A Study of the Linguistic Landscaping of Patna, Bihar  in the special edition “Linguistic Landscape of Multilingual India” in Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol. 44 (1-2), Pp: 66- 82.
Presentations :

CONFERENCES/ SEMINARS/ WORKSHOPS

International (Recent)

  • Toppo, R., & Sinha, S. (2023). Creating an acoustic forensic tool for dialect profiling in cyber applications for a multilingual context. The paper was presented at the 5th International Conference of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV) held at RV University, Bangalore, from January 27-28, 2023.
  • Bhattacherjee, M., & Sinha, S. (2022). Animal metaphors in cyberspace. 3rd International Conference “Language. Text. Society” held at Samara University, Samara, Russia, October 20–21, 2022 – Samara, Russia (Online).
  • Toppo, R., & Sinha, S. (2022). Unmasking identity through acoustic analysis: A case study of Indian English. The paper was presented at the IAFPA 2022: The 30th Annual Conference of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acousticheld at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, from July 10-13, 2022.
  • Cognitive Theoretical Approach to Understand Hindi Sarcasm: A Corpus-Based Pilot Study. 15 – 16 June 2018, Fourth International Conference on Linguistics and Language Studies, THEi, Hong Kong. (with Sandeep Sharma)
  • Understanding Sarcasm in Metaphorical Expressions of Hindi Proverbs. 23 – 26 October 2018. 4th International Conference on Figurative Thought and Language, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Catholic University of Portugal, Braga, Portugal (with Sandeep Sharma)
  • “Word Stress and Rhythm in Magahi” in the International Conference in Linguistics and Phonology 19 (ICLP 19) 30-31 August, 2017 held in Bangkok, Thailand. (I have been conferred with Best Paper Award for this)
  • “Differential Approach to Technology Aided English Language Teaching: A Case Study in a Multilingual Setting” in 18th International Conference on Applied Linguistics and Foreign Language Teaching organized by World Academy of Science Engineering and Technology on December 05- 06, 2016 in Hong Kong.
  • “Social Status of Women in India: How Hindi Accounts for it” in 37th Annual Conference of the Linguistic Society of Nepal held on 26- 27 November, 2016 at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.

National (Recent)

  • Bhujel, B., Gogoi, D., & Sinha, S. (2024). Linguistic Landscape as a Site for Gendered Identity Construction: An Empirical Study of Higher Educational Institutions. The 51st All India Conference of Dravidian Linguistics on “Recent Trends in Linguistics, Literary studies and Translation” to be held at Tamil University Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu from 27th –29th  June, 2024.
  • Gogoi, D., Bhujel, B., & Sinha, S. (2024). Understanding Gender Stereotype through the Lens of Linguistic Landscape: An Empirical Exploration of Educationscape in Eastern India. Language, Literature, and Culture: Points of Convergence in the Context of NEP 2020 held English and Foreign Languages University, NEHU campus.
  • Bhattacherjee, M., & Sinha, S. (2023). (Re)visiting the animals of the Bengali language. Two-Day National Seminar on Mapping Language, Ecology and Cultural Diversity in India: An Ecolinguistic Approach held at West Bengal State University, Barasat, February 09-10.
  • Bhattacherjee, M. & Sinha, S. (2023, February). (Re)visiting the animals of the Bengali language [Oral presentation]. Two-Day National Seminar on Mapping Language, ecology and Cultural Diversity in India: An ecolinguistic approach, West Bengal State University.
  • Bhattacherjee, M. & Sinha, S. (2023, August). Sustainability through proverbs - Sarva bhuta hita[Poster presentation]. National Youth Conference on Indian Knowledge Systems 2023, IIT Roorkee.
  • Dowarah, G., & Sinha, S. (2023). Politeness strategies in Assamese folktale language. 50th All India Conference of Dravidian Linguistics.
  • Sarma, A., & Sinha, S. (2023). Discourse Markers in Conversation: A Study of an Assamese Online Podcast. 50th All India Conference of Dravidian Linguistics.
  • Bhujel, B., & Sinha, S. (2023). Ethnic identity formation among Nepalis in Darjeeling: A historical account of the hegemonic role of Indo-Aryan language. International Conference on Culture, Cognition and Globalization: The Viability of Language held at Indian Institute of Technology Patna, March 5-6
  • Gogoi, D., & Sinha, S. (2023). Gendered images in the advertisement landscape of a NorthEast Indian town: A case study. International Conference on Culture, Cognition and Globalization: The Viability of Language held at Indian Institute of Technology Patna, March 5-6. 5.
  • Kumar, V., & Sinha, S. (2023). Morphophonemic alternations in Indo-Aryan languages: Evidence from Magahi. International Conference on Culture, Cognition and Globalization: The Viability of Language held at Indian Institute of Technology Patna, March 5-6. 6.
  • Raj, M., & Sinha, S. (2023). Uncovering the dominant argumentative practice in editorial news articles: A case study of liquor ban. International Conference on Culture, Cognition and Globalization: The Viability of Language held at Indian Institute of Technology Patna, March 5-6.
  • Bhattacherjee, M., & Sinha, S. (2022). Cognitive positioning of animal in human language: A case study of the Bengali speech community. International Conference of Linguistic Society of India 2022 (ICOLSI-44) held at Centurion University, Bhubaneswar, November 24-26.
  • Bhujel, B., Gogoi, D., & Sinha, S. (2022). Negotiating Identity through linguistic tools: Cases from Eastern India. International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India (ICOLSI-44) held at Centurion University, Bhubaneswar, November 24-26, 2022.
  • Kumar, V., & Sinha, S. (2022). Morphological processes in Magahi. International Conference of Linguistic Society of India 2022 (ICOLSI-44) held at Centurion University, Bhubaneswar, November 24-26, 2022.
  • Raj, M., & Sinha, S. (2022). Examining argument fallacy in computer-mediated discourse. International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India (ICOLSI-44) held at Centurion University, Bhubaneswar, November 24-26, 2022.
  • Toppo, R., & Sinha, S. (2019). Investigating acoustic characteristics of Indian English vowels towards Dialect profiling. The paper was presented at the 2ndLinguistic Symposium Bridging Research on Cognition and Speech (BROCAS) 2019, held at the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, from December 13-14, 2019.
  • Toppo, R., & Sinha, S. (2019). Vowel Space Characteristics: An Acoustic Phonetic Cue for Dialect Identification. The paper was presented at theNational Seminar on Linguistics and Language Sciences in India (NASLILANSI) and Workshops on Forensic and Corpus Linguistics held at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, from August 9-10, 2019.
Invited talks: :
  • Delivered an invited talk on ‘Linguistic Landscape and Language Identity in a Multilingual Context’ in an international seminar on 'Language, Culture and Society: Socio-linguistic Approaches' organized by the Departments of English and Sociology of HMM College for Women, Kolkata, West Bengal, on 6th and 7th March, 2024.
  • Delivered invited talk at FDP entitled “Life Skills- Soft Skills & Sustainability Footprints” from February 19- 23, 2024 organized by IIT Roorkee.
  • Delivered one hour talk on “Linguistic landscape and language identity in a multilingual context” in two- day international seminar on Language, Culture and Society: Literary and Socio- linguistic Perspective” organized by HMM College for Women, Kolkata from 6-7 March, 2024. 9online)
  • Delivered one hour talk on “Emotional Intelligence and Mindfulness in Academics” in five- day FDP organized by IIT Roorkee on Life Skills- Soft Skills & Sustainability Footprints (online) (February 2024)
  • Delivered 1 hr talk on “Decoding Negotiation Skills at Workplace” as part of one week FDP on Entrepreneurship Skill Development organized by Department of EEE, IIT Patna from November, 2023.
  • Delivered 5.5 hours of talk on “Communication and Negotiation Skills” during campus immersion of EMBA batch (December 2023)
  • Delivered plenary in the two-day national conference on “(Re) searching the Indian Culture, Languages and Literature: A methodology of One’s Own” from 5-6 October, 2023, jointly organized by NSOU and Kalyani University, West Bengal.
  • Delivered 1 hr talk on “Forensic Linguistics: Scopes and Challenges” in 'Orientation programme on Research in Linguistics' organized by the School of Language Sciences scheduled from 21st August to 29th August, 2023.
  • Delivered 1 hr talk on “Forensics Linguistics and Offender Communication” in International Online Workshop on Criminal profiling organized by IIJPS and SASCV from July 29- 30, 2023.
  • Delivered 1 hr talk on “Nuances of Academic Writing” as part of 3 day FDP organized by HSS, IIT Kharagpur from 3-5 June, 2023 entitled “Academic Writing and Publishing”.
  • Delivered 1 hr talk on “Decoding Negotiation Skills at Workplace” as part of one week FDP on Entrepreneurship Skill Development organized by Department of EEE, IIT Patna from May 10- May 22, 2023.
  • Delivered 1 hr talk on “Forensic and Media Linguistics” as part of career Counselling Programme on April 6, 2023 at the Central University of South Bihar, Department of English.
  • Delivered plenary on “Establishing Ecolinguistics within the Framework of NEP 2020” in the two- day national seminar Mapping Language, Ecology and Cultural Diversity in India: An Ecolinguistic Approach organized by the West Bengal State University in collaboration with ICSSR from 9- 10 February, 2023.
  • Delivered (virtually) a lecture on “Paraphrasing Skills in Writing” organized by the Centre for Languages, UCSI university, Malaysia on January 17, 2023
  • Delivered 1 hr talk on “Understanding Ecosystem for Health and Well Being: An Introduction and Appraisal” in national Science Congress organized by Kendriya Vidyala Sangathan on September 26, 2022.
  • Delivered 1 hr invited talk on “Samajshastra, Vaigyanik Shabdawali: Praasangikta aur Chunautiyan” in 2 day national seminar on “Technical Terminology in Social Science” at A.N. College, Patna in collaboration with Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology, New Delhi (1-2 Sept, 2022).
  • Delivered 3 hr invited lecture on “Phonetics and Phonology: Understanding Fieldwork and “Documenting Prosody” in UGS sponsored Linguistics Refresher Course organized by the North Eastern Hill University from May 25- June 7, 2022.
  • Delivered 1 hr invited lecture on “Detecting Behavior from Voice: A Forensic Linguistic Examination” in GIAN course on “The Global Relevance of Forensic Linguistics” organized by Aligarh Muslim University from May 24- 28, 2022.
  • Lecture on “Understanding Ecosystem for Health and Well Being: An Introduction and Appraisal” in National Science Congress organized by Kendriya Vidyala Sangathan on September 26, 2022 (delivered by Dr. Sweta Sinha)
  • Lecture on “Samajshastra, Vaigyanik Shabdawali: Praasangikta aur Chunautiyan” in 2 day national seminar on “Technical Terminology in Social Science”  at A.N. College, Patna in collaboration with Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology, New Delhi from 1-2 Sept, 2022 (delivered by Dr. Sweta Sinha)
  • 3 hr invited lecture on “Phonetics and Phonology: Understanding Fieldwork and “Documenting Prosody” in UGC sponsored Linguistics Refresher Course organized by the North Eastern Hill University from May 25- June 7, 2022. (delivered by Dr. Sweta Sinha)
  • 5 hrs of invited lecture on “Language, Culture, Cognition and Metaphors” in AICTE sponsored FED programme organized at IIT Madras in October 2021 (delivered by Dr. Sweta Sinha)
  • Delivered 1 hr invited lecture on “Citing Works/ References/ Bibliography” in ELRC- CIIL sponsored webinar. (31/12/2021).
  • Delivered 1 hrs invited lecture on “Female Field Worker: Coping with Challenges” at Lucknow University, Lucknow. (2021)
  • Delivered 1 hr invited lecture on “Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Mainstream Education” at Nankunverba Mahila College, Gujrat. (2020)
  • Delivered 1 hr invited talk on “Language- Gender- Power: What not to teach in a language classroom” at Patna Women’s College. (2020)
  • Delivered 2 hrs of lectures on “Linguistic Imperialism” and “Language- Gender- Power” at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra (J & K) from 23- 24 October, 2018.
  • Delivered 6 hrs lectures on Phonetics as part of teaching assignment at IIIT Vadodara from 17- 18 September, 2018.
  • Invited for a talk on “The Languages of Bihar and Jharkhand: Issues in Language Documentation” on March 31, 2018 at Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi.
  • Invited for a lecture on “Translation and Linguistics” and “Linguistic Equivalence” on 15-16 January, 2018 by CIIL, Mysore as part of the National Translation Mission.
  • Delivered a talk on “Cognitive Linguistics and Language acquisition Theories” at Indian Institute of Information Technology Vadodara (2017).
  • Delivered lecture at GIAN workshop on “Psycholinguistic Approaches to Cognitive Development” at IIT Patna (2017).
  • Delivered lecture at GIAN workshop on “Culture, Logic and Cognition” at IIT Patna (2017)
Conference/ Seminars Convened/ Co- convened :
  • Three- day CEP course on “Research Writing and Presentation Skills” from November 3-5, 2023 (No. of participants 33)
  • Two- day international conference on “Culture, Cognition and Globalization: The Viability of Languages” from March 5-6, 2023 (No. of participants 100)
  • Three- day CEP course on “Media and Communication Studies” from December 16- 18, 2022 (No. of participants- 22)
  • Seven- day CEP course on “Forensic Linguistics: Language, Law and Society” at IIT Patna from Jan.22, 2022- Jan.28,2022. (No. of participants- 30)
  • Three- day CEP course on “Introduction to Research Methods in Humanities and Social Sciences” at IIT Patna from Sept. 30- Oct. 2, 2021. (No. of participants- 30).
  • One week ATAL FDP course on “Soft Skills at Workplace: Developing the Right Attitude, Etiquette and Communication” sponsored by AICTE. (2021). of participants- 200.
  • One Day Webinar on “Disaster Preparedness and Community Awareness” at IIT Patna (2020.) No. of participants- 50.
  • Two- day CEP Course on “Educational Technology and Language Classes” at IIT Patna. (2020). No. of participants- 20
  • One day Workshop on “Re-searching Indigenous Languages: Methods and practices” (2020), jointly organized with IIT Madras. No. of participants: 50.
  • Three- day “International Conference on Indigenous Languages” (ICOIL) jointly organized with IIT Madras (2020). No. of participants: 75
  • Four- day CEP course on “Effective Communication and Presentation Skills” (2019). No. of participants: 40
  • Two- day CEP course on “Exploring Frontiers in Applied Linguistics” at IIT Patna. No. of participants- 20. (2019)
  • Three- day seminar on “First Conference on Indigenous Languages- COIL 1” at IIT Patna and Nava Nalanda Mahavihara (2019). No of participants: 80.
  • One day Workshop in “Information Communication Technology and Forensic Linguistics” organized at IIT Patna in January 2019 in collaboration with CDAC, Kolkata.
  • One Day Symposium on ‘The Revival and the Sustenance of the Languages of Bihar: The Way Ahead’ at IIT Patna (2018): No. of participants- 40
  • International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India (ICOLSI- 39) at IIT Patna (2017): No. of participants: 150
  • Workshop on “Language- Mind- Brain: Interface Studies” at IIT Patna (2017): No. of participants: 50
  • National Seminar on “Revisiting Shakespeare in the 21st Century” (2016): No. of participants: 100.