Prof. Nandima Angom

Working Papers

• Nandima Angom, “Women’s Entrepreneurial Motivations in Informal Economy: Experiences from Nupi Keithel, Northeast India”. Article manuscript under review with Indian Journal of Social Work.


• Nandima Angom, “Gender Under the Shadow of Ethno-Politics in Northeast India”. Article manuscript in progress, and to be submitted to South Asia Research.


• Nandima Angom and Biswaranjan Tripura, “Between Patriarchy and Resistance: Women’s Marginality in Electoral Politics in Manipur, Northeast India”. Article manuscript in progress, and to be submitted to Frontier Political Science.

Conference Presentations

• Invited as guest lecturer and delivered a lecture on “Decolonial Feminist Theory” for the MA in Social Work (Dalit and Tribal Studies and Action), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 8 September 2025.


• Invited and participated as a speaker in a panel discussion on “Reflexivity in Qualitative Research: Exploring Positionalities” in the Fulda International Autumn School 2024 at the Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany, 28 November 2024.


• Invited and delivered a talk on “Women’s Markets in Manipur, India” in the MA Course on Globalisation at the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences, Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany, 25 November 2024.


• Participated in Fulda International Autumn School 2024 on “Qualitative Social Research” at the Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany, 26-29 November 2024.


• Invited and presented a paper title “Indigenous Women Collective Resistance in the Borderland City of Northeast India” in the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Rights and Social Justice at the Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany, 22 November 2024.


• Invited and participated as a speaker in a round table discussion on “Researching Human Rights and Social Justice in the 21st Century-Debating New Conceptual and Political Challenges” in the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Rights and Social Justice at the Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany, 20 November 2024.


• Invited and delivered a talk on “Marital Gains?: Politics of Inheritance among Women in Northeast India” at University of Cambridge, United Kingdom,1 February 2022.


• Presented a paper title “We are doing it for the Nation”: Ema Keithel (Mothers Market) and Indigenous Nationalism in India’s Northeast in the 4th International Conference on Gender and Sexuality “Construct and Narratives of Gender and Sexuality in Society” Sri Lanka, 14-15 October 2021.


• Presented a paper title “COVID-19 Pandemic and the Experiences and Response of Indigenous Women Vendors of Ema Keithel in India’s Northeast” in the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society Virtual Conference 2021: Culture in the Pandemic Age, National University of Singapore, 26-30 July 2021.


• Presented a paper title “Indigenous Women and Market in Borderland City of Manipur, Northeast India” in the 22nd Biennial International Consortium for Social Development Conference (ICSD), Johannesburg, 13-16 July 2021.


• Presented a panel presentation title “Borders, Institutions and Agency” in the Association for Borderlands Studies Conference, Hokkaido University, Japan, 15-17 April 2021.


• Presented a paper title “The Changing Discourse on Women’s Movement in the Armed Conflict Areas of Northeast India: From Nupi Lan to Meira Paibi” in the British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS) Annual Conference in Durham University, United Kingdom, 3-5 April 2019.


• Presented a paper title “Women’s Participation in Formal Political Institutions in Manipur: Opportunities, Constraints and Challenges” in Dalit and Tribal Studies and Actions Academic Seminar on “Social Business Innovators and the Empowerment of Dalits and Tribes” organised by Centre for Social Justice and Governance, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 5 March 2017.

Awards and Honors

• Awarded National Overseas Scholarship (NOS), 2018 to pursue PhD in Foreign Countries (University of Sussex, United Kingdom), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India.


• Recipient of Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (RGNF), 2016, University Grant Commission, Government of India to pursue MPhil/PhD.


• Conferred Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), 2015, University Grant Commission, Government of India to pursue MPhil/PhD.


• Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) in Social Work, 2015, University Grant Commission, Government of India.


• Awarded Prize and Shield for Best Student in Master of Arts in Social Work in Dalit and Tribal Studies and Action, 2014, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.


• Recipient of Linnaeus Palme International Exchange Programme (3 months), 2013, for Postgraduate in the Department of International Social Work and Human Rights, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2013.