I study and teach natural history, ecology, conservation science, wildlife sciences, quantitative ecology and urban ecology in Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral courses.

Other Teaching Assignments

• Conducted workshop on why and how of primate census and survey. Student Conference on Conservation Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India, 29 September 2018
• Conducted workshop on why and how of primate census and survey. Student Conference on Conservation Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India, 22 September 2017
• Taught Animal Behaviour at Green Hub, Tezpur, Assam, 24 June 2017 (Total Contact hours = 6 hrs).
• Visiting faculty at Centre for Ecology, Environment and Sustainable Development, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Guwahati Campus and taught selected units of the course “Biodiversity Conservation and Management, C6” for the MA (Ecology, Environment and Sustainable Development) Programme between 10th February and 10th May 2017 (Total contact hours =15).
• Conducted Workshop on Guwahati Bird Count at Sudmersen Hall, Cotton College, Pan Bazar, Guwahati on 15 February 2017.
• Conducted workshop on why and how of primate census and survey. Student Conference on Conservation Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India, 22 September 2016 (with Rishi Kumar, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun).
• Conducted workshop on why and how: basic methods of primate behavioural research. Student Conference on Conservation Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India, 24 September 2016 (with Rishi Kumar, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun).
• Taught a module Biodiversity Conservation and Management for the Range Forest Officer 2015-2016 Course. Central Academy for State Forest Service, Burnihat, Assam, 6 June to 11 June 2016 (with Umesh Srinivasan and Nandini Velho).
• Conducted workshop on Managing research workflow: An introduction to reference management to learn discovers, organise and write up your research. Young Ecologists Talk and Interact (YETI), Amity University, Noida, India, January 2016
• Taught Conservation Biology module for UGC-sponsored Career Oriented Course on Wildlife Conservation Biology at Department of Zoology, Digboi College, Assam from 21 – 23 August 2015 (Total Contact hours = 9 hrs).
• Taught two modules (Conservation Biology and Behavioural Ecology) for UGC-sponsored Career Oriented Course on Wildlife Conservation Biology at the Department of Zoology, Digboi College, Assam from 18 – 20 March 2015.
• Conducted a two-day intensive workshop on the use of EndNote—a reference manager software for the students and faculties of the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati, March 2015
• Taught Primate Community Ecology module for PhD students at the School of Natural Sciences and Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, March 2011.
• Conducted training cum workshop on primate census technique 18 – 19 July 2008, Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, Jorhat, Assam
• Conducted workshop on Habitat Assessment, GIS and Mapping at DST-sponsored workshop on north-east Wildlife Initiative on October 22-25, 2009 at the Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Guwahati. 
• Delivered several lectures and interacted with over 600 students during Assam Government’s Chief Minister’s Gyan Jyoti Programme (2008 and 2009) at Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, Jorhat, Assam.
• Taught Fundamental Ecology and Zoology at the Department of Zoology, B Borooah College, Gauhati University, Guwahati from July 2001 to January 2002 (Six months)

2015-onwards: Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Biology and Wildlife Sciences, Cotton University

2013-2015: Post Doctoral Research, Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysuru, Karnataka

2005-2013: Doctoral Student, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, Karnataka

2003-2005: Technical Assistant, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun

2002-2003: Researcher, Indo-US Project, Jodhpur University

Peer-reviewed articles

1. Sharma A,  Deka B, Bishaya P, Kumar R and Sharma N* (in press). Impact of urbanization on the taxonomic and functional diversity of spider assemblages in Guwahati City, Assam, India. Urban Ecosystems (IF: 2.9)
2. Sharma N*, Bawri M, Das D, Deka K, Gogoi N, Jelil  SN, Kalita H, Kalita P, Mahananda P, Parasar M, Parbo D, Sur S and Sinha A (2021). Size matters! The largest wild stump-tailed macaque Macaca arctoides troop ever reported, located in the Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, northeastern India. Journal of Biosciences 41:39 (IF: 2.9)
3. Sharma N*, Sharma A, Deka B and Sinha A (2020). Chronic extraction of forest resources is threatening a unique wildlife habitat of Upper Brahmaputra Valley, northeastern India. Current Science 119:1042-1045 (IF: 1.169)
4. Sheth C, Ahmed MF, Banerjee S, Dahanukar N, Dalvi S, Datta A, Roy AD, Gogoi K, Gogoi M, Joshi S, Kamdar A, Krishnaswamy J, Kumar M, Menzies RK, Molur S, Mukherjee S, Naniwadekar R, Nijhawan S, Raghavan R, Rao M, Roy JK, Sharma N, Sinha A, Srinivasan U, Tamma K, Umbrey C, Velho N, Viswanathan A and Yumnam A (2020). The devil is in the detail’: Peer-review of the Wildlife Conservation Plan by the Wildlife Institute of India for the Etalin Hydropower Project, Dibang Valley. Zoo’s Print 35:1-78 (Web of Science Indexed)
5. Regmi GR, Huettmann F, Suwal MK, Nijman V, Nekaris KAI, Kandel K, Sharma N, and Coudrat C (2018). First open access ensemble climate envelope predictions of Assamese Macaque Macaca assamensis in south and south-east Asia: a new role model and assessment. Endangered Species Research 36:149-160 (IF: 3.155)
6. Ahmad R, Sharma N, Mishra C, Singh NJ, Rawat GS and Bhatnagar, YV (2018). Security, Size or Sociality: What Makes Markhor Capra falconeri Segregate? Journal of Mammalogy 99:55-63 (IF: 2.291)
7. Ahmad R, Sharma N*, Bhatnagar YV, Pacchnanda U, Suhail I and Kaul R (2017). Distribution and Conservation Status of Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Current Science 112:1942-1948 (IF: 1.169)
8. Sharma N*, Huffman MA, Gupta, S, Nautiyal H, Mendonca R, Morino L, Sinha A (2016). Watering holes: The use of arboreal sources of drinking water by Old World monkeys and apes. Behavioural Processes 129:18-26 (IF: 1.729)
9. Sharma N*, Sengupta S, Baruah D, Bhuyan N, Borah D, Saikia L and Saikia G (2015). White-winged Duck Asarcornis scutulata in Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, Assam. Indian BIRDS 10:121-123 (Web of Science Indexed)
10. Madhusudan MD, Sharma N*, Raghunath R, Bipin CM, Gubbi S, Johnsingh AJT, Kulkarni J, Kumara HN, Mehta P, Pillay R, and Sukumar R (2015). Distribution, relative abundance, and conservation status of Asian elephants in Karnataka, southern India. Biological Conservation 187:34-40 (IF: 7.499)
11. Sharma N*, Madhusudan, MD, and Sinha A (2014). Local and landscape correlates of primate distribution and persistence in the remnant lowland rainforests of the Upper Brahmaputra Valley. Conservation Biology 28:95-106 (IF: 7.563)
12. Sharma N*, Madhusudan, MD, Sarkar P, Bawri M, and Sinha A (2012). Trends in extinction and persistence of diurnal primates in the fragmented lowland rainforests of the Upper Brahmaputra Valley, northeastern India. Oryx 46:308-311 (IF: 2.957)
13. Sharma N*, Madhusudan MD, Sinha A (2012). Socio-economic drivers of forest cover change in Assam: A historical perspective. Economic and Political Weekly 47:64-72 (Scopus Indexed)
14. Sharma N* (2011). Over one hundred years of solitude: History of the Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary. Zoo’s Print, 26:5-8 (Web of Science Indexed)
15. Saikia U, Sharma N and Das A (2010). Vanishing species: The planet in crisis. Resonance: Journal of Science Education 15:321-336 (IF: 0.5)
16. Saikia U, Sharma N and Das A (2008). What is a species: An endless debate. Resonance: Journal of Science Education 13:1049-1064 (IF: 0.5)

*Corresponding author

Popular Articles

1. Sharma N, Vippin KP and Lokhandwala (2022). Uneasy Neighbours. https://in.boell.org/en/2022/02/22/uneasy-neighbours
2. Sharma N and Sharma A (2021). The Silent Woods. Cheetal. 58(1):55-68
3. Sharma A and Sharma N (2021). Science gains with citizen’s participation. Op-Ed. The Assam Tribune 28 January 2021
4. Gogoi N and Sharma N (2019). Pig-tailed Macaque: Elusive Monkey of the Deep Forest. https://round.glass/sustain/the-wild/conservation-pig-tailed-macaque/
5. Sharma N (2019). Spotting a Mighty Troop of Stump-tailed Macaques. https://round.glass/sustain/the-wild/conservation-stump-tailed-macaque-hoollongapar-gibbon-sanctuary/
6. Gohain D, Gogoi N, Goswami AA and Sharma N (2017). Study of Nature’s calendar. Cotton University Report and Journal 2017
7. Sharma N et al (2016). Cotton University Campus bird count: Summary report. Cotton University Report and Journal 2016
8. Sharma N (2014). At a crossroad.The Hindu, 10 September 2014.http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/at-a-crossroads/article6395237.ece
9. Sharma N (2013). Three different voices. The Hindu, 17 July 2013. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/three-different-voices/article4921694.ece
10. Sharma N (2012). The singing farmers of the forest. The Hindu, 21 November 2012. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/the-singing-farmers-of-the-forest/article4117519.ece
11. Sharma N (2011). A remnant tale.The Sanctuary Asia 31:42-47
12. Sharma N (2010). Where have all the monkeys gone? Bushchat, Nature Conservation Foundation Newsletter 6: 18-19
13. Sharma N (2010).A monkey watcher’s diary.The Sanctuary Asia, 30: 38-41
14. Sharma N (2010). In the land of primates.The Horizon, The Assam Tribune, 25 September 2010
15. Sharma N (2009). Wildlife under wheels. http://conservation.in/blog/wildlife-under-wheels/

Technical Reports

1. Deka B, Goswami AA, Gogoi N and Sharma N (2021). Post blowout assessment of Bherjan-Borajan-Podumoni Wildlife Sanctuary: Primate census and vegetation sampling. Final Report. Submitted to PCCF and CWLS, Assam Forest Department, Government of Assam, Assam
2. Sharma N, Tariang RR, Arandhara S, Rahman S, Bharuri R, Gogoi, G, Nayak, N, Moran P, Deka, B, Darji C, Gogoi N, Hazarika, V, Das, D, Bishaya, P, Choudhury P, Debnath T, Saikia A, Goswami, AA (2020). Rapid biodiversity assessment following a blowout and oil well fire at Baghjan, Tinsukia, Assam, Final Report. Submitted to PCCF and CWLS, Assam Forest Department, Government of Assam, Assam
3. Sharma N, Madhusudan MD and Sinha A (2011). Coexistence and conservation of seven sympatric primates in the fragmented habitat of Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, northeastern India, Final Report, submitted to Rufford Small Grant Foundation, UK
4. Sharma N, Madhusudan MD and Sinha A (2011). Community ecology and conservation of four sympatric macaques in a fragmented lowland rainforest of upper Brahmaputra valley, northeastern India. Final Report, submitted to Primate Action Fund, Conservation International, USA
5. Sharma N  (2009). Evaluation of the conservation status of the primates of the Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, northeastern India. Final Report, submitted to Ashoka Trust for Ecology and the Environment, Bangalore, India
6. Sharma N and Sinha A (2007). Survey and conservation status of non-human primates in reserve forests and proposed reserve forests of Eastern Assam Circle. Final Report, submitted to Wildlife Conservation Society–India Program, Bangalore
7. Sharma N and Sinha A (2005). Behavioural ecology and conservation of macaques in the fragmented lowland tropical forests of Assam, northeastern India. Phase II: Evaluation of primate communities and their conservation status in the Bherjan-Borajan-Podumoni Wildlife Sanctuaries, Assam. Final Report, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

1. Saikia U and Sharma N. 2019. Status of Western Hoolock Gibbon Hoolock hoolock (Harlen 1834) (Primates: Hylobatidae) in Assam, India, Status Survey Report, 14: 1-20 (Published by the Director, Zoo. Surv. India, Kolkata) ISBN 978-81-8171-520-3

2. Gupta AK, Sharma N, Dasgupta S, Chakraborty D and Hazarika R. 2005. Conservation of hoolock gibbon (Bunopithecus hoolock) in northeast India. ENVIS Bulletin: Wildlife and Protected Areas 8(1): 1-26

1. Sharma N, Deka B and Sinha (2022). Diminishing Habitats, Vanishing Species: Primates of the Threatened Tropical Lowland Rainforest Fragments in the Upper Brahmaputra Valley, Northeastern India in Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation Dominick DellaSala, Mike Goldstein (eds) Pages: 184-193, Elsevier ISBN: 9780128211397
2. Sharma N, Deka B, Sharma A, Kalita P, Das D and Mahananda P (2022). Vatica lanceaefolia: A critically endangered tree of tropical forests of Upper Brahmaputra Valley in Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation Dominick DellaSala, Mike Goldstein (eds) Pages: 735-743, Elsevier ISBN: 9780128211397
3. Mandal J, Bhaduri R and Sharma N (2022). The struggle of existence for scavenging Greater Adjutants (Leptoptilus dubious) in Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation Dominick DellaSala, Mike Goldstein (eds), Pages: 77-87, Elsevier ISBN: 9780128211397
4. Gupta AK, Sharma N, Dasgupta S, Chakraborty D and Hazarika R. 2005. Conservation of hoolock gibbon (Bunopithecus hoolock) in northeast India. In: Conservation of Hoolock Gibbon (Bunopithecus hoolock) in Northeast India. Final Report, Wildlife Institute of India and United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Collaborative Project (No. 98210-2-G153), Dehradun, India, and Arlington, VA. ENVIS Bulletin: Wildlife and Protected Areas 8(1): 1-26
5. Gupta AK and Sharma N (2005). Conservation of hoolock gibbon (Bunopithecus hoolock) in Mizoram. In: Conservation of Hoolock Gibbon (Bunopithecus hoolock) in Northeast India. Final Report, Wildlife Institute of India and United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Collaborative Project (No. 98210-2-G153), Dehradun, India, and Arlington, VA.ENVIS Bulletin: Wildlife and Protected Areas 8(1): 27-86
6. Gupta AK and Sharma N (2005). Conservation of hoolock gibbon (Bunopithecus hoolock) in Meghalaya. In: Conservation of Hoolock Gibbon (Bunopithecus hoolock) in Northeast India. Final Report, Wildlife Institute of India and United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Collaborative Project (No. 98210-2-G153), Dehradun, India, and Arlington, VA.ENVIS Bulletin: Wildlife and Protected Areas 8(1): 87-150
    

1. Sharma N. 2018. Accountability and Empowerment of Teachers. Aaloran. Lengdon Chetia and Mala Hazarika (ed). Purbayon Publication. ISBN 978-81-92955-43-8. Pages: 18-21

1. Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of exemplary work in the field of natural habitat and wildlife conservation awarded as a Finalist to the Lesser Known Habitat Grant, The Habitat Trust Grants 2018
2. Certificate of Appreciation for Contribution to Assam Biodiversity Portal, 2018
3. The 2016 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Exemplary Service to the University was presented by Cotton College State University, Assam
4. Nominated as a Member, IUCN/SSC Re-Introduction Specialist Group – South Asia, 2010 onwards
5. Nominated as a Member, SSC/Primate Specialist Group, IUCN, 2006 onwards
6. Asian-HOPE Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for participating in the XXIII Congress of the International Primatological Society, September 2010, Kyoto, Japan
7. Research Fellowship of the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore 2005–2012
8. International Travel Award for attending Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Asia-Pacific Chapter, Chiang Mai, Thailand, February 2009
9. International Travel Award for attending Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS), Cambridge by the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, March 2007
10. International Travel Award for attending Fifth Göttinger Freilandtage – Primate Diversity: Past, Present and Future, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Göttingen, Germany, December 2005

Association with Professional Bodies

1. Member, Steering Committee, Bird Alliance India
2. Member, International Primatological Society, 2010 onwards
3. Review Editor, Frontiers in Conservation Science

Conference/Workshop/Webinar Abstract and Presentations

International 

1. Sharma N, 2023. Lively Cities: Urbanisation and Synurbic Ecologies of Guwahati. International Conference on Challenges and Prospects of Bioresource Conservation in Eastern Himalaya with special reference to UN-Sustainable Development Goals, 3-4 May 2023 organised by Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam (Invited Talk)
2. Adhyapak S, Das DK, Saikia A, Keot BR and Sharma N, 2023. Evaluation of Multiple ecosystem services provided by wetlands and forests to the dependent communities in three villages surrounding Deepor Beel, Guwahati. International Conference on Challenges and Prospects of Bioresource Conservation in Eastern Himalaya with special reference to UN-Sustainable Development Goals, 3-4 May 2023 organised by Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam (Received the best oral presentation award)
3. Bhattacharjee P, Boruah J, Konwar A and Sharma N, 2023. The Hana’s Thread: Unknotting the Traditional Knowledge System. International Conference on Challenges and Prospects of Bioresource Conservation in Eastern Himalaya with special reference to UN-Sustainable Development Goals, 3-4 May 2023 organised by Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam
4. Bishaya P and Sharma N, 2023. Impact of Urbanisation on Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of Birds in Guwahati City, Assam. International Conference on Challenges and Prospects of Bioresource Conservation in Eastern Himalaya with special reference to UN-Sustainable Development Goals, 3-4 May 2023 organised by Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam
5. Gogoi N  and Sharma N, 2023. Distribution and Conservation Status of capped langurs Trachypithecus pileatus in fragmented forests of Upper Brahmaputra Valley of Assam. International Conference on Challenges and Prospects of Bioresource Conservation in Eastern Himalaya with special reference to UN-Sustainable Development Goals, 3-4 May 2023 organised by Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam (Received the best oral presentation award)
6. Kalita B, Deka K and Sharma N, 2023. Diversity, Distribution and Health of Street Trees in South Guwahati of Assam. International Conference on Challenges and Prospects of Bioresource Conservation in Eastern Himalaya with special reference to UN-Sustainable Development Goals, 3-4 May 2023 organised by Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam
7. Nath C, Srivastava S, Sharma K, Sinha A, Mondol S, Barua M and Sharma N, 2023. Behavioural Ecology and Faecal hormone analysis of stray dogs in urban areas of Guwahati, Assam. International Conference on Challenges and Prospects of Bioresource Conservation in Eastern Himalaya with special reference to UN-Sustainable Development Goals, 3-4 May 2023 organised by Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam
8. Sharma N 2022. Reimagining education for next-generation environment leaders for the greater Eastern Himalayas (GEH) region. 10th Eastern Himalayan Naturenomics™ Forum. 11th - 13th December 2022, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Invited Talk)
9. Sharma N, 2021. Invasive and alien species and their impact on biodiversity, society and culture. International Conference on Mobility and Multilingualism in South and Southeast Asia: Impact of Global Ecological Change on Local Society, 27 to 29 December 2022 organised by Central Institute of Indian Languages, Pragjyotish Centre for Cultural Research, IIT Gandhinagar, School of Liberal Studies and Education, Navachana University and Cotton University at Cotton University Panbazar, Guwahati, Assam. (Invited Talk) 
10. Sharma N, 2021. Impact of habitat loss and fragmentation on the primate assemblage of upper Brahmaputra Valley, northeastern India. International e-Symposium on Biodiversity (IeSB-2020-SSC) 3 February 2021, Organised by Swami Sahjanand College, Jehanabad, Bihar. (Invited Plenary Talk)
11. Deka B, Sharma, A and Sharma N. 2020. Forest or monoculture: A study of deforestation in Goalpara district of Assam. 11th Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS), Bengaluru, India, 9 November 2020.
12. Bishaya P and Sharma N, 2020. Effects of local disturbances on frugivorous birds in fragmented tropical rainforests. 7th Frugivores and Seed Dispersal Symposium. 2 – 6 March 2020. Corbett Landscape, India
13. Gogoi N and Sharma N, 2020. Distribution and conservation status of capped langurs Trachypithecus pileatus in fragmented forests of Upper Brahmaputra Valley of Assam. 7th Asian Primate Symposium 2020 and 1st International Conference on Human-Primate Interface, 8 – 10 February 2020, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India
14. Sharma N, 2020. What future for the primates of Upper Brahmaputra Valley, northeastern India? 7th Asian Primate Symposium 2020 and 1st International Conference on Human-Primate Interface, 8 – 10 February 2020, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India 
15. Tigga A , Saikia A, Bardoloi A, Mehjebin S, Sharma N, 2020. Comparative activity budget and effect of provisioning on the behaviour of rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) in different disturbance regimes in Guwahati, Assam. 7th Asian Primate Symposium 2020 and 1st International Conference on Human-Primate Interface, 8 – 10 February 2020, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India 
16. Goswami AA and Sharma N, 2020. Impact of urbanisation on the distribution of rhesus macaque in Guwahati City, Assam, India. 7th Asian Primate Symposium 2020 and 1st International Conference on Human-Primate Interface, 8 – 10 February 2020, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India (Received the best oral presentation award)
17. Sharma N, Kalita P, Das D and Mahananda 2018. The Use and Abuse of a tree of livelihood. Accepted abstract at International Conference: Locating northeast India: Human mobility, Resource Flows and Spatial linkages, organised by Department of Sociology, Tezpur University from 9th - 12th January 2018.
18. Kalita P, Das D, Mahananda P and Sharma N. 2017. Impact of harvest of the Critically Endangered Dipterocarp Vatica lanceaefolia on its population structure and regeneration pattern in the Upper Brahmaputra Valley. Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS), Bengaluru, India, September 2017
19. Regmi GR, Huettmann F, Suwal MK, Nijman V, Nekaris KAI, Kandel K, Sharma N, Coudrat C. 2014. Spatial Distribution Estimates of Assamese macaque Macaca assamensis in South and South-East Asia based on a first Open Access Ensemble Model-Prediction, Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS), Beijing, China, November 2014 (Received the best poster award)
20. Sengupta S and Sharma N. 2012. Foraging association of pig-tailed macaques with drongo in Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Jorhat, Assam, India. Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS), Bangalore, India, August 2012
21. Sharma N, MD Madhusudan and Sinha A. 2010. Shutter islands: Future of primate communities in the fragmented forest remnants of upper Brahmaputra valley, northeastern India. Quest for Coexistence with Non-Human Primates, Asian Hope 2010 – IPS Pre-Congress Symposium and Workshop, Primate Research Centre, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Japan, September 2010
22. Sankaran S, Sharma N, Rawat GS, Kumar RS and Sinha A. 2010. Ranging and foraging behaviour of the western hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) in a lowland rainforest fragment of the upper Brahmaputra valley, northeastern India. Quest for Coexistence with Non-Human Primates, Asian Hope 2010 – IPS Pre-Congress Symposium and Workshop, Primate Research Centre, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Japan, September 2010
23. Sharma N, Madhusudan MD and Sinha A. 2010. Co-existence and conservation of sympatric primates in the fragmented habitat of the Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, northeastern India. Twenty-third Congress of the International Primatological Society, Kyoto, Japan, September 2010
24. Sharma N, Madhusudan MD and Sinha A. 2009. Primates on the edge: Conservation of non-human primates in fragmented habitats of the Upper Brahmaputra valley, northeastern India, Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Asia-Pacific Chapter, Chiang Mai, Thailand, February 2009
25. Sharma N, Madhusudan MD and Sinha A. 2007. Diminishing habitat, vanishing primates: Conservation of primates in the upper Brahmaputra valley, northeastern India. Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, March 2007
26. Sharma N and Sinha A. 2005. Stepchildren of the seven sisters: The threatened primate diversity of northeastern India. Fifth GÖttinger Freilandtage – Primate Diversity: Past, Present and Future, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Göttingen, Germany, December 2005

NATIONAL

1. Sharma N and Bhattacharjee, 2023. Deciphering the Traditional Knowledge System of Hana Rabha of Satargaon, Rani-Garbhanga Forests, Assam. National Seminar on “Indian Traditional Knowledge Systems and Practices with Specific Reference to North Eastern Region” 8 April 2023, Organized by the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Assam down town University, Guwahati, Assam (Invited Talk)
2. Sharma K and Sharma N, 2023. Spatial distribution of avifauna of Guwahati, Assam: A way forward to Bird Atlas. National Conference on Emerging Challenges and Prospects in Biological Sciences, 23 –24 February 2023, Department of Zoology, Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim (Poster Presentation)
3. Sharma N, 2022. Scientific Writing. One Day National Workshop on Modern Approaches in Research Methodology and Scientific Documentation, 8 April 2022, Department of Zoology, University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM), Meghalaya (Invited Talk)
4. Sharma N, 2022. Biodiversity: Our solutions are in nature. 3rd National Webinar cum Offline Workshop organised by Department of Environmental Biotechnology, School of Environmental Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India 21 February 2022. (Invited Talk)
5. Sengupta S and Sharma N, 2019. Bird-Primate Association in Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, Assam, National Avian Biology Symposium, 8 to 10 December 2019, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh (Invited Talk)
6. Gohain D, Sharma, K, Goswami AA and Sharma N, 2019. Guwahati City Bird Atlas, National Avian Biology Symposium, 8 to 10 December 2019, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
7. Sharma N, 2019.  Guwahati as seen through the eyes of birds and mammals. A seminar organised by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati in association with the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manab Sangrahalay (IGRMS) Bhopal at IIT Guwahati on 25th and 26th October 2019
8. Sharma N, 2019. Conservation of Deepor Beel as if Deepor Beel matters. Inception workshop on Dynamics of Recreational Services Demand in a Freshwater Urban Wetland: The Case of Deepor Beel (a Ramsar site) in Assam organised by Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur held at Institute of Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, Guwahati, July 12, 2019 (Invited Talk)
9. Kalita H and Sharma N, 2019. Assessment and Comparison of Heavy metals in Excreta of Greater Adjutant Stork Leptoptilos dubius, (Gmelin, 1789) from Different Habitats of Assam, India. National Conference on Green, Sustainable and Evolving Sciences (Gses-2019) & 64th Annual Technical Session of Assam Science Society, June 28-29, 2019
10. Sharma N. 2017. Addressing livelihood issues is the key to conserve natural resources in Upper Brahmaputra Valley, Assam. Young Scholars Forum Seminar 2017 with a theme of India’s North Eastern States and Eastern Neighbours: Borderlands, People and Connectivity. Asian Confluence, Shillong. 9  - 10 March, 2017 (Invited Talk)
11. Sharma N. 2016. Counting primates for conservation. National training workshop on fauna of Hotspots-3: Eastern Himalaya. North Eastern Regional Centre, ZSI, Shillong. 17 –21 March, 2016 (Invited Talk)
12. Singh R, Sharma, N and Sharma, RK. 2016. Elephant in a tea cup: understanding human-elephant relationships and assessment of the effectiveness of conflict mitigation measures in Valparai. Young Ecologists Talk and Interact (YETI), Amity University, Noida, India, January 2016
13. Sharma N 2015. Over One Hundred Years of Solitude: Ecological history of the primates, people and forests of the Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, Upper Brahmaputra Valley, Assam, Seminar on Cultural Ecology of the Brahmaputra, Indian Institute of Technology – Guwahati, Guwahati, India, March 2015 (Invited Talk)
14. Sharma N. 2013. Over One Hundred Years of Solitude. Young Ecologists Talk and Interact (YETI), Nagaland University, Lumami, India, December 2013 (Invited Talk)
15. Sharma N, Madhusudan MD and Sinha A. 2012. Forests, people and primates: Conservation in the human-dominated fragmented floodplain of the Upper Brahmaputra Valley, Assam. Rivers and Flood Plain: Landscape and Identity in the Brahmaputra Basin. The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, November 2012 (Invited Talk)
16. Sharma N, Madhusudan MD and Sinha A. 2011. Co-existence of sympatric primates in the fragmented habitat of the Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, northeastern India, Young Ecologists Talk and Interact (YETI), Guwahati, India, December 2011
17. Sharma N. 2010. Forest history, plantation and conservation. General Training on Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), Standard Workshop, Ooty, India, August 2010 (Invited Talk)
18. Sharma N and Sinha A. 2006. Primates in isolation: Managing fragments as a key to their conservation. National Seminar on Zoology for Human Welfare, Zoological Society of Assam, Gauhati University, Guwahati, India, February 2006

STATE/LOCAL

1. Sharma N, 2022. Ecological Restoration of Guwahati City. Guwahati Conclave jointly organised by Northeast Watch and Cotton University. 11 June 2022
2. Sharma N, 2022. Role of Youth in Environment Conservation. 5-day orientation programme on Youth Development for the NSS Programme Officers of Assam at Gauhati University organised by Rajib Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt of India. 9th June 2022 (Invited Talk)
3. Sharma N 2017. Back to Nature: What, why and how. One-Day Symposium on “Recent Advancements in Environmental Research (RAER 2017). Centre for the Environment, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati June 5, 2017 (Invited Talk)
4. Sharma N, Huffman MA, Gupta, S, Nautiyal H, Mendonca R, Morino L, Sinha A. 2017. Watering holes: The use of arboreal sources of drinking water by Old World monkeys and apes. Cotton University Symposium 2017, Cotton College State University, Guwahati. 27 January 2017
5. Sharma N. 2016. Can gibbons save natural forests? Conserving the ‘hoolu’: Hoolock gibbons in the threatened Community Forests of Meghalaya. Appraisal and Action Development meeting Khliehriat and Sonapyrdi, Meghalaya, India. February, 2016 (Invited Talk)
6. Sharma N, Raghunath R and Madhusudan MD. 2015. Assessing habitat connectivity for elephants in Karnataka. Annual Meeting, Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore, India, July-August 2015
7. Sharma N. 2014. Environmental Challenges in the North East: Focus on Assam. NIAS Course for IshanVikas – Udhan Programme, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India, December 2014
8. Sharma N, Raghunath R and Madhusudan MD. 2014. Making room for elephants. Annual Meeting, Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore, India, July 2014
9. Sharma N. 2014. Plantation, people, fragment and primate: Is long-term co-existence possible? Environment and Development: New Frontiers of Research on North-East India, HSS Graduate Workshop, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India, January 2014 (Invited Talk)
10. Sharma N. 2013. I propose, they dispose: An anatomy of my rejected proposals. Annual Meeting, Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore, July 2013
11. Sharma N. 2011. A race against time: The uncertain future of the primates in the fragmented rainforests of upper Brahmaputra valley in Assam. Annual Meeting, Nature Conservation Foundation, Valparai, India, July 2011
12. Sharma N. 2010. Luitparor gatha: Deforestation of the Upper Brahmaputra Valley – A historical perspective, Annual Meeting, Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore, India, July 2010
13. Sharma N, Madhusudan MD and Sinha A. 2008. Primates on the edge: Conservation of non-human primates in fragmented habitats of the Upper Brahmaputra valley, northeastern India, Students’ Meet on Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Science (SMEECS), National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, August 2008

Popular Invited Talk/Webinars

1. Sharma N, 2023. From Agreement to Action: Build Back Biodiversity. International Day For Biological Diversity, 22 May 2023 organised by Assam State Biodiversity Board in collaboration with the Department of Environment and Forest, Assam and the National Biodiversity Authority, NEDFi House, Guwahati. 22 May 2023 
2. Sharma N, 2022. Citizen Science. Three-day training on ‘Conservation Education’ for Nature Club/Eco club for educational Institutions held from 11th to 13th October 2022 Organised by Central Academy for State Forest Service (CASFOS), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt of India. 12 October 2022 
3. Sharma N, 2022. Biodiversity is the answer to global societal problems. Organised by Assam State Bio-diversity Board, Assam, 22 May 2022 
4. Sharma N 2022. The Art and Science of Natural History. Organised by Department of Zoology, Assam Don Bosco University, Assam, 25th March 2022
5. Sharma N, 2022. Hoolock Gibbon: An iconic species of the tropical rainforest of northeast India. Organised by Central Zoo Authority, Government of India as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. 2 March 2022 
6. Sharma N, 2022. Nature-based solutions: answers to global societal challenges. National Science Day 2022 organised by SB Deorah College, Guwahati in collaboration with Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) on 28 February 2022 
7. Sharma N, 2021. Designing Successful Livelihood Programme for Biodiversity Conservation. Online training on Training cum Workshop on “Biodiversity Conservation for Sustainable Livelihoods” for in-service SFS/ACS and Range Officers held from 4th to 9th October 2021 at CASFOS, Burnihat Organised by Central Academy for State Forest Service (CASFOS), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt of India. 8 October 2021
8. Sharma N, 2021. Human-wildlife Conflict. One-week Online Interdisciplinary Faculty Development Programme on Wildlife Conservation and Management. Organised by Daulat Ram College, Delhi, in collaboration with Mahatma Hansraj Faculty Development Centre, Hansraj College, New Delhi on 7 October 2021
9. Sharma N, 2021. People’s Biodiversity Register: What, why and how. Online training on Training cum Workshop on “Biodiversity Conservation for Sustainable Livelihoods” for in-service SFS/ACS and Range Officers held from 4th to 9th October 2021 at CASFOS, Burnihat Organised by Central Academy for State Forest Service (CASFOS), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt of India. 7 October 2021
10. Sharma N, 2021. Hoolock gibbon: A flagship species of Chandubi Forests. A talk organised by 7 Weaves Social in Chandubi 2 October 2021.
11. Sharma N, 2021. Role of NGOs in Citizen Science Initiative. Two days of online training on “People and Forest Interface” for Training of Other Stakeholders held from 22nd to 23rd September 2021 at CASFOS, Burnihat, Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change, Central Academy for State Forest Service, Govt of India
12. Sharma N, 2021. Citizen Science. Two-day online training on ‘Conservation Education’ for Nature Club/Eco club for educational Institutions held from 14th to 15th July 2021 at CASFOS, Burnihat
13. Sharma N, 2021. The Art and Science of Natural History. A webinar organised by Nature Walk Barak 12 July 2021
14. Sharma N, 2021 Dehing-Patkai and Baghjan: Its struggle and Journey Ahead. A panel discussion organised by Xondhan in Collaboration with Educult. 1 July 2021 
15. Sharma N, 2021. Ecosystem Restoration: Building a better future. A webinar organised by WWF-India, on 5 June 2021
16. Sharma N, 2021. Ecosystem Restoration: Towards a resilient future. A webinar organised by Regional Science Centre, Guwahati and National Council of Science Museums, Ministry of Culture, Govt of India, Khanapara, Guwahati, on 5 June 2021
17. Sharma N, 2021. People’s Biodiversity Register: Its Importance in Conservation. A webinar organised by Assam State Biodiversity Board, Assam as part of the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22nd May 2021
18. Sharma N, 2021. People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR): What, why and how. Two-days online training on Biodiversity Conservation for Biodiversity Management Committee and Other Stakeholders. Organised by Central Academy for State Forest Service (CASFOS), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt of India. 11 March 2021
19. Sharma N, 2021. Primate diversity of northeast India. One month Certificate Course on Preparation of Peoples’ Biodiversity Registers (PBRs) under Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP) – A programme of ENVIS Secretariat, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Govt of India. Organised by ENVIS-Hub-Assam, Assam Science Technology and Environment Council (ASTEC) and Assam State Biodiversity Board (ASBB). 9 February 2021 
20. Sharma N, 2021. Ecology and Environment for Holistic Development. Winter School on Yoga and Stress Management. Human Resource Development Centre, Gauhati University, 27 January 2021 
21. Sharma N. 2020. Human-Wildlife Interactions. 6 October 2020. A live webinar organised by Ecology and Environmental Science Department, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India 
22. Sharma N. 2020. Primates, forests, people and economy of Upper Assam: Is long-term co-existence possible? 18 September 2020. A live webinar organised by National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, India 
23. Sharma N. 2020. The Past, Present and Future of Primates in Upper Brahmaputra Valley, northeastern India. 19 August 2020. A live webinar organised by School of Human Ecology, Ambedkar University, New Delhi, India
24. Sharma N. 2020. Global Environmental Issues and Human Wellbeing. 7 August 2020. A live webinar organised by Laluk College and Nowboicha College, North Lakhimpur, Assam 
25. Sharma N. 2020. Are world heritage and biodiversity answers to the global humanitarian crisis? 28 July 2020. A live webinar organised by The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) Kamrup Chapter and Bijni Collge, Bijni, Assam, India
26. Sharma N. 2020. Biodiversity: Our Solutions are in Nature. 5 June 2020. A live webinar organised by IQAC, BN College Dhubri, Assam 
27. Sharma N. 2020. Ecology, Diversity and Conservation of Primates. 12 March 2020, BN College, Dhubri, Assam, India 
28. Sharma N. 2020. Citizen Science. 12 March 2020 BN College, Dhubri, Assam, India 
29. Sharma N 2020. Ecology, Diversity, and Conservation of Primates. Certificate Course on Preparation of People’s Bio-diversity Register. Organised by Assam Science Technology & Environment Council. 17 Feb 2020. Sikkim Hall, Shilpgram, Guwahati.
30. Sharma N, 2019. Ecology and Environment for Holistic Development. Winter School on Yoga and Stress Management. Human Resource Development Centre, Gauhati University, 28 December 2019 
31. Sharma N, 2019. The Importance of bird watching. Organised by Women in Nature Network (WiNN), India in Assam State Zoo. 12 November 2019
32. Sharma N, 2019. Exploring Ecosystem Services, Alternate Livelihood Issues, Awareness and Advocacy. 7th Eastern Himalayan Naturenomics Forum, Balipara Foundation, 5th and 6th November 2019, Guwahati, Assam.
33. Sharma N, 2019. The Role of Youth in Environmental Conservation. Orientation Programme on Youth Development. Organised by Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Chandigarh at Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship, Lalmati, Guwahati on 1st October 2019 
34. Sharma N, 2019. Environmental Destruction and Climate Change. Organised by RISE organisation in collaboration with Snehalaya Centre for Child’s right, Guwahati  held at Conference Hall, St. Joseph’s Church, Panbazar, Guwahati, 3rd August 2019
35. Sharma N, 2019. Research and fellowship prospects and opportunities in India and abroad. Certificate Course on Wildlife Research Techniques, organised by Department of Zoology, University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM), 25 June 2019
36. Sharma N, 2019. Study design and field surveys in ecology. Winter School on Bio-Resources of NE India. Human Resource Development Centre, Gauhati University, 15 February 2019
37. Sharma N, 2019. Going, going and almost gone: A requiem for the primates of Upper Assam, Science Cafè hosted by Bangalore Life Science Bio Cluster in Collaboration with IASST, Guwahati and held at Cups and Cues Sports Cafè, Guwahati, 31 January 2019
38. Sharma N, 2018. Conservation on the wheels organised by Road Trippers Club – Guwahati Chapter, Chandubi Jungle Camp, Chandubi, Kamrup, 18 August 2018
39. Sharma N, 2018. Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services, organised by Assam Science Technology and Environmental Council for State Level Resource Persons’ Training for NCSC – 2018 on 26 to 27 May 2018 at MNC Ballika Mahavidyalaya, Nalbari, Assam
40. Sharma N, 2018. Impact of plastic on Biodiversity. World Environment Day. Cotton University 5 June 2018
41. Sharma N, 2018. Ecology, behaviour and conservation of non-human primates. Biotech Hub, B Borooah College, Guwahati, 24 March 2018
42. Sharma N 2017. The journey from posing a problem to a publication. Research Scholar Orientation Program, Cotton University, Guwahati, 15 June 2017.
43. Sharma N. 2016. People and Environment. A five-Day workshop on UGC NET/JRF/SET preparation. SC/ST Cell in collaboration with DSW. Cotton College State University, Guwahati 6-10 June 2016 

Consultant Services

• Provided expert comments on the First Stakeholder Consultation – Assam State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan organised by Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun and Assam State Biodiversity Board at NEDFi House, Guwahati, Assam, 16 September 2016 
• Consulted and written the first draft of Tiger Conservation Plan of Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mizoram on invitation from the Department of Environment & Forests, Govt. of Mizoram, India 2012.
• Consulted and provided inputs to Rainforest Alliance (RA) and the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) to draft the local interpretation guidelines for sustainable tea and coffee production in India, 2011.
• Provided expert inputs into discussion meeting on elephants corridors of North East”, conducted in Guwahati on 1st and 2nd August 2003 by Wildlife Trust of India and contribute to filling in of information gaps on certain corridors and sharing views on elephant habitats of northeastern India.
• Provided expert inputs into a few projects to the National Board of Wild Life (NBWL), Steering Committee, Government of India.

Other Academic Experience

• Evaluator, 26th National Children’s Science Congress, SOA University, Bhubaneswar from 27 December to 31st December 2018
• Panelist, Topic – Rural Futures: Natural Assets and Capitals, Women’s Hub, Eastern Himalayan Naturenomics Forum 2017, Balipara Foundation, 2-3 November 2017
• Judge, Students’ Oral Presentation at Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS), Bengaluru, India on 21 to 24 September 2017
• Panelist, Topic -  Student-Expert Interaction on the Occasion of World Tiger Day, Youth Empowered Club, IIT Guwahati, 27 July 2017
• Panelist, Topic – Women in Science, Women’s Hub 27 May 2017

Administrative and Organisation Responsibility

• Organising Secretary, 7th Asian Primate Symposium and 1st International Conference on Human-Primate Interface to be held in Gauhati University from 8 and 9 February 2020.
• Joint Convener, the launch of the book ‘The Unquiet River: A Biogeography of the Brahmaputra’ authored by Prof Arupjyoti Saikia and panel discussion on the Brahmaputra. 22 November 2019, Room No 311, MCB Building, Cotton University (with Dr Rakhee Kalita Moral, Department of English, Cotton University and Oxford University Press)
• Joint Convener, public talk by Prof Mahesh Rangarajan, Professor of History, Ashoka University on  Joshi, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru. 31 October 2019 at Sudmersen Hall, Cotton University (with Dr Rakhee Kalita Moral, Department of English, Cotton University)
• Joint Convener, workshop and public talk by Prof Amitabh Joshi, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru. 18 October 2019, Sudmersen Hall, Cotton University (with Dr Utpal Dutta, Principal, Handique Girls’ College)
• Convener, talk by Dr Ambika Aiyadurai, Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology – Ahmedabad on “Hunting in northeast India and the challenges of implementing Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.” at Conference Hall, Cotton University, 27 June 2019
• State Coordinator, Campus Bird Count 2019, 2020, 2021
• Head (in Charge), Department of Environmental Biology and Wildlife Sciences, Cotton University from 17 December 2015 to 17 December 2018.
• Convener, Workshop on “An Introduction to Research Methodology” by Dr Hari Sridhar, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore at Conference Hall, Cotton University 28 November 2018
• Convener, talks by Dr Hari Sridhar, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on “Why do birds form mixed-species flocks?” and Dr Joyshree Chanam, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore on “Ants in my Plants” at Conference Hall, Cotton University 28 November 2018
• Convener, talk on “How are we conserving the most charismatic cat in the world?” by Dr Abishek Harihar, Panthera, USA at Room No 311, MCB Building, Cotton University on 5th November 2018.
• Jointly organised World Turtle Day on 23 May 2018 at Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden with Help Earth and Assam State Zoo and Botanical Garden
• Jointly organised a talk (with IASST, Guwahati) by Dr Asad Rahmani, Former Director, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai on ‘Threatened Birds of Brahmaputra Flood Plain of Assam’ at IASST, Guwahati on 18 May 2018
• Organised an interactive session with Dr Geeta Ramaswamy and Ms Swati Sidhu, Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysuru on the topic ‘Citizen Science, Introduction to R and Wikimedia Commons’ on 30 March 2018.
• Co-ordinated the Campus Bird Count held at Cotton University, Panbazar, Guwahati, Assam (February 2018)
• Organised an interactive session with Mr Gopakumar Menon on the topic ‘Why otter matter?’ on 30 January 2018
• Organised an interactive session with Mr Dhananjaya Katju, PhD Candidate, Texas A&M University, USA on the topic ‘The Political Ecology of non-compliance: Environmental Governance, Encroachment, and Illicit Resource Extraction in the Manas Tiger Reserve’ on 27 December 2017
• Organised an interactive session with Ms Neha Sinha of Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai on the topic ‘Communicating conservation- conformation challenges and complexities’ on 8 November 2017
• Organised a workshop on ‘Introduction to eBird’ on 28 October 2018 at the Department of Environmental Biology and Wildlife Sciences, Cotton University (Resource Persons: Mr Jaydev Mandal and Somoyita Sur, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam)
• Organised a colloquium delivered by Shreejata Gupta, SERB-National Post-doctoral Fellow. The title of the talk was, “Gestural communication of wild bonnet macaques Macaca radiata in the Bandipur National Park, southern India”25 April 2017 at Cotton College State University, Guwahati.
• Co-ordinated the Campus Bird Count held at Cotton College State University, Pan Bazar, Guwahati, Assam (February 2017)
• Organised a colloquium delivered by Ron Chandler, Department of Psychology, University of Florida, USA and The Conservation Initiative for the Asian Elephant. The title of the talk was, “The psychology of sustainability”13 February 2017 at Cotton College State University, Guwahati.
• Organised a colloquium delivered by Aniruddha Datta Roy, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The title of the talk was, “A peek into the evolutionary origin of skinks of the Indian subcontinent” on 2 February 2017 at Cotton College State University, Guwahati.
• Organised a colloquium delivered by John W Fitzpatrick, Director, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, New York, US. The title of the talk was, “How birds can save the world” on 18 January 2017 at Cotton College State University, Guwahati.
• Organised a colloquium delivered by Anindya Sinha, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. The title of the talk was, “A search for a new philosophy of biology” on 5 December 2016 at Cotton College State University, Guwahati.
• Organised a colloquium delivered by M Ananda Kumar, Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore. The title of the talk was, “Promoting human-elephant coexistence: potential benefits of technological interventions in contested landscapes” on 15 November 2016 at Cotton College State University, Guwahati.
• Organised a colloquium delivered by Amritharaj Christy Williams, WWF – International and Kashmira Kakati, Wildlife Biologist. The titles of the talks were: “My life with elephants” and “Lessons from the jungle”24 October 2016, at Cotton College State University, Guwahati.
• Organised a workshop on Ecology of Spiders 24 September 2016 at Cotton College State University. (Resource person: Ms Sangeeta Das, Department of Zoology, Gauhati University).
• Organised a workshop on Plant Taxonomy, Identification and Field Skills on 10 September 2016 at Cotton College State University. (Resource person: Himu Roy, Department of Botany, Cotton College State University).
• Organised a workshop on Quantitative Ecology on 11 June 2016 at Cotton College State University. (Resource person: Umesh Srinivasan, Princeton University, USA).
• Organised a colloquium delivered by Subhankar Chakraborty, All India People's Science Network and Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti-Karnataka. The title of the talk was “Why do we conserve, what do we conserve: an (non)-evangelical dialogue in conserving natural population.” 6 April 2016
• Organised Cotton University Butterfly Walk from 30 March 2016 to 1 April 2016 at Cotton University Campus (with Sarangpani Neog).
• Organised a colloquium delivered by Kalyan Varma, Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore. The title of the talk was, “The Power of Photography.” 13 March 2016 at Cotton College State University, Guwahati.
• Organised a colloquium delivered by Krishnapriya Tamma of NCSB, Bangalore. The title of the talk was, “Mammals of South Asia: Biogeographic Patterns, macroevolution and speciation.” 9 Feb 2016 at Cotton College State University, Guwahati.
• Co-ordinated the Campus Bird Count held at Cotton College State University, Pan Bazar, Guwahati, Assam (February 2016)
• Co-ordinated the National Science Day jointly organised by Cotton College State University (CCSU) and the Institute of Advanced Studies in Science and Technology (IASST) at Guwahati, Assam (February 2016).
• One of the key volunteers in preparation of Mysore City Bird Atlas to systematically document the distribution and abundance of birds across the city, Karnataka (June 2015).
• One of the core organisers of Young Ecologists Interact and Talk (YETI) (website:http://www.meetyeti.com) held at Nagaland University, Nagaland(2013), Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun (2012), Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati, Guwahati (2011) and Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore (2010).
• One of the key volunteers of Student Conference on Conservation Sciences (SCCS) held in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2013, 2011 and 2010); and International Tree and Flying Squirrel Colloquia held in Periyar, Kerala (2006).

Courses and Curriculum Design

• BA in Liberal Arts, Cotton University, 2020
• MSc Course (4 semesters), Environmental and Wildlife Sciences, Cotton University, 2018
• UG course on Environmental Studies, Cotton University, 2018Wrote a unit (Unit – Environmental Issues) for self-learning material of paper North East Studies, Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University (with Shalini Sharma), 2017
• MSc Course (4 semesters), Environmental and Wildlife Sciences, Cotton College State University, 2016
• PhD Course (2 semesters), Environmental Biology and Wildlife Sciences, Cotton University, 2016
• Career Oriented Certificate Course on Wildlife Conservation, Digboi College, Dibrugarh University (with Mr Rajib Rudra Tariang)

TRAINING COURSES

• Online Interdisciplinary Refresher Course on Academic Writing and Research, organised by Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), Tezpur University, 16-30 May 2022
• Short-term Course in Soft Skills conducted by UGC HRDC, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022, 16-24 November 2021
• Participated in National Knowledge Conclave for Colleges and Universities, Anil Agarwal Environment Training Institute (AAETI), Rajasthan, 23–25 September 2021 organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
• Short-term Course in Research Methodology conducted by UGC HRDC, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022, 20 - 26 August 2021
• Refresher Course in Life Science (Botany, Biotechnology and Zoology), 17 to 30 October 2019, UGC HRDC, Gauhati University
• Participated in National Knowledge Conclave for Colleges and Universities, Anil Agarwal Environment Training Institute (AAETI), Rajasthan, 4–7 March 2019 organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
• First SERB-Sponsored School in Evolutionary Biology 12-26 March 2019, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, sponsored by SERB, a statutory body of DST, New Delhi
• Orientation Programme (OP 115), conducted by UGC – Human Resource Development Centre, Gauhati University. 07 February 2018 to 6 March 2018
• Exposure Visit conducted under Biodiversity Conservation and Rural Livelihood Improvement Project (BCRLIP) conducted by Field Learning Centre, Periyar Tiger Conservation Foundation at Periyar Tiger Reserve, Thekkady, Kerala from 28 February 2014 to 03 March 2014
• Certificate Course on ‘Introduction to GIS and its Applications’ organised by National Remote Sensing Centre (formerly the National Remote Sensing Agency), Department of Space, Government of India, Balanagar, Hyderabad. 9 April 2007 to 4 May 2007

Completed Online Course

• 'Philosophy of Science' by the University of Pennsylvania and offered through Coursera. Certificate earned on May 15, 2023
• ‘Biological Diversity (Theories, Measures and Data sampling techniques)’ by National Research Tomsk State University through Coursera. Certificate earned on November 4, 2016
• ‘Writing in the Sciences,’ Stanford University from 1 September to 3 November 2015 https://lagunita.stanford.edu/courses/Medicine/SciWrite./Fall2015/info
• ‘Questionnaire Design for Social Surveys,’ University of Michigan, USA from 1 June 2015 to 11 August 2015 through Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/course/questionnairedesign)
• ‘Animal Behaviour,’ The University of Melbourne, Australia from 1 June 2015 to 27 July 2015 through Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/course/animalbehav)
• ‘The Language of Hollywood Storytelling Sound and Color,’ Wesleyan University, USA from 4 February 2013 to 11 March 2013 through Coursera  (https://www.coursera.org/course/hollywood).

Membership in Committees

COTTON COLLEGE STATE UNIVERSITY 

• Member, Research Council, Cotton University 2023 onwards
• Chairperson (Institutional Animal Ethical Committee, Cotton College State University)
• Convener (Colloquium and Seminar Committee, Cotton College State University)
• Coordinator (PhD Course Work), Cotton College State University
• Member (Cotton University Colloquium, Cotton College State University)
• Convener (Exhibition Committee), National Science Day, 2016
• Member (Cotton University Movie Appreciation Society, Cotton College State University)
• Member (Cotton University Newsletter Editorial team)
• Member (Editorial Board, Cotton University Report and Journal 2016) 
• Member (Editorial Board, Cotton University Report and Journal 2017)
• Member (Organising Committee, First Convocation, Cotton College State University 2017)

COTTON UNIVERSITY

• Member, Research Council, Cotton University 2023 onwards
• Co-ordinator, Research Methodology, PhD Course Work, Cotton University 
• Chairperson and Convener, Departmental Research Committee, Department of Environmental Biology and Wildlife Sciences, Cotton University
• Member, Organisation Committee, Popular Lecture by Paul Walton, Professor of Chemistry, University of York, UK
• Member, PhD Course Work Committee, Cotton University
• Member, Fact Finding Committee, Cotton University
• Convener, World Water Day Celebration Committee, organised jointly by Safe Water Centre for Healthy Assam (SWaCHA) and Department of EBWS, Cotton University on 22 March 2018
• Member, Higher Secondary Admission Co-ordination Committee, Cotton University for the academic session 2018-19
• Member, Departmental Research Committee, Department of Zoology, Cotton University
• Chairperson and Convener, Under Graduate and Post Graduate Board of Studies, Departmental Department of Environmental Biology and Wildlife Sciences, Cotton University 
• Member, Invitation Committee, Northeast India Energy Conclave organised by Cotton University 23 to 25 April 2018
• Member, Technical & Poster Committee, Northeast India Energy Conclave organised by Cotton University, 23 to 25 April 2018
• Joint Convener, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Cell – Cotton University, 2018
• Organising Secretary, World Environment Day Celebration, Organised jointly by Cotton University and United Nations Resource Centre, North Eastern Region at Cotton University, 5 June 2018
• Member, RUSA Committee, Cotton University, 2018
• Member, Advisory Committee, Review Various Qualitative and Quantitative Matrix under Key Indicators in Criteria – VII (Institutional Values and Best Practices) of NAAC Assessment Process, Cotton University. 24 December 2018

OTHER ORGANISATIONS

• Member, Expert Committee, Impact of the blowout of the OIL Rigs Well No 5 Baghjan, 2020
• Member, Assam State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (ASBSAP), 2017
• Panel of Experts, Internship Programme on Biodiversity Conservation, Assam State Biodiversity Board, 2017
• Advisor, Assam Biodiversity Portal, 2017
• Member, Editorial Board, Aaloran, First Edition March 2018

Invited Peer Reviews

Biological Conservation, Animal Conservation, Environmental Conservation, Ambio, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, International Journal of Primatology, Current Science, Endangered Species Research, Tropical Ecology, Wildlife Society Bulletin, Journal of Threatened Taxa, Ecology, Economy and Society--the INSEE Journal, National Geographic Society, Science Vision, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, Young Ecologist Talks and Interact (YETI) Conference, Indian-Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution Conference (I-BEE), Student Conference on Conservation Science – Bengaluru, ZSL-EDGE Fellowship Programme