Public Policy & Activism
PUBLIC ANTHROPOLOGY AND PUBLIC POLICY NATIONAL POLICY ADVISORY
2024
Invited collaborator, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Section, Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Government of Pakistan, on caste-disaggregated data, social inclusion, and SDG implementation.
FEATURED IN PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES AND NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
2020-2024
Research on Dalits, Caste and Conversion was resorted to by Parliamentary Committees on Human Rights and Religious Minorities, and featured in Al Jazeera English, Dawn, Pakistan Today, The Express Tribune, and Anadolu Agency, and Indian Marathi newspapers.
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP AND OUTREACH
2026
Organizing Committee Member (Outreach and Drafting Concept Notes), International Conference on Society, Sustainability and Social Transformation in the Digital Era, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
2024
Organized the distinguished lecture "Pakistan: A Natural Geopolitical State" by Owais Ahmed Ghani (Former Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan; hosted by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bahria University, in collaboration with the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad.
2024
Facilitated and coordinated the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Bahria University and Karakoram International University (KIU), Gilgit-Baltistan, promoting collaborative research, faculty and student exchange, internships, joint academic programmes, and institutional partnership.
2024
Facilitated and coordinated the signing of a Letter of Intent (LoI) between Bahria University and Save the Children Pakistan, establishing collaboration in research, advocacy, knowledge exchange, dialogue, capacity building, internships, and child- and youth-centred policy development.
2023
Facilitated and coordinated the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Bahria University and the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad, establishing collaboration in research, joint publications, faculty and student engagement, capacity building, internships, academic resource sharing, and the organization of conferences, seminars, workshops, and policy dialogues.
2023
Organizer and Host, Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Dr. Martin Sökefeld (LMU Munich), The Multi-Sided Ethnographer: Living the Field Beyond Research, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
2022
Coordinator, IPS participation at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP27), supporting policy dialogues and knowledge exchange on climate resilience, environmental governance, and Pakistan's climate policy priorities.
2022
Organizing Committee Member, CSR Initiatives in Gwadar: The Gateway to CPEC, two-day media conclave and policy roundtable on corporate social responsibility, socioeconomic development, and community engagement under the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad, Pakistan.
2022
Co-organizer, International conference on Post-Truth Era: Trends in Media, interdisciplinary policy dialogue on misinformation, digital media, public trust, and democratic governance, Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad, Pakistan.
2021
Lead Organizer, Book Discussion on A Book of Conquest: The Chachnama and Muslim Origins in South Asia, featuring Prof. Dr. Manan Ahmed Asif (Author) and Prof. Dr. Dilip Menon, Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad, Pakistan.
2021
Lead Organizer, Book Discussion on The Sufi Paradigm: Vernacular and Colonial Impressions in Sindh, featuring Prof. Dr. Michel Boivin (Author), Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) and Decolonial Dialogues, Islamabad, Pakistan.
2021
Organizing Committee Member, International Media Conference (co-organized with the University of Karachi, Higher Education Commission (Sindh), and Greenwich University), Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad, Pakistan.
2020
Lead Organizer and Panelist, international webinar South Asia, Neo-Communal Settings and Implications for Social Democracy, Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad, featuring Prof. Meena Dhanda (University of Wolverhampton), Prof. Sumeet Mhaskar (O.P. Jindal Global University), Prof. Amit Thorat, Heba Ahmed, and Dr. Sunaina Arya (Jawaharlal Nehru University), on caste, minority rights, and social democracy in South Asia.
2020
Co-organizer and Moderator, Exploring Religious Conversions, public webinar organized by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad, Pakistan.
PUBLIC ETHNOGRAPHIES
Authored vernacular ethnographic pieces, essays, ethnographic reflections, and analytical commentaries published in Round Table India, a leading South Asian anti-caste platform. Topics include: Dalit activism and political mobilization in Pakistan; Caste discrimination and minority rights; Dalit-Bahujan perspectives in academia ; Religious conversion and caste ; Public policy and social justice; Ethnographic documentation of anti-caste movements
