Journal

• Bimal K Kar, Anchal Purbey, Aditi, Minakshi Buragohain, L David Lal, Punit Mishra, Subrato Mondal, "Maternal Health in Assam: Unveiling Broader Challenges", Demography India,Special Issue: RASTA (2025), (2025), pages. 146-160, Indian Association of Study of Population
• Lal, LD, "Beyond the Forest: Struggle Over Indigenous Identity in India", The Book Review,49, (2025), pages. 31-33, Literary Trust
• Wani, J. I., & Lal, L. D. , "Dearer Caste and Cheaper Lives: The SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the Double Violence of Law in India", History and Sociology of South Asia, (2024), pages. https://doi.org/10.1177/22308075231226364, (Sage)
• Narzary, D. and Lal, L.D., "Pursuing Autonomy amidst Political Complexities: The Bodo Political Journey in Northeast India", Critical Asian Studies,doi.org/10.52698/PPML8090, (2024), Routledge: Taylor and Francis
• Lal, L.David., "Caste Discrimination and Exclusion in Indian Universities: A Critical Reflection", Contributions to Indian Sociology,58 (1), (2024), pages. 110-112, (Sage) https://doi.org/10.1177/00699659241258325
• Lal, L.David., "Caste Discrimination and Exclusion in Indian Universities: A Critical Reflection", Contributions to Indian Sociology,58 (1), (2024), pages. 110-112, (Sage) https://doi.org/10.1177/00699659241258325
• Lal, LD, "Anatomy of Caste Violence in India: The Question of Dignity, Honour and Justice", Cambridge University Press Engage, (2023), Cambridge University Press
• Lal, L.D., "In Search of a Utopian Society: Situating ‘Dalit’ Conversions in Contemporary India", CASTE A Global Journal on Social Exclusion,4 (2), (2023), pages. 288-305, Brandeis University
• Narzary, D. and Lal, L.D., "The Eastern Gate: war and peace in Nagaland, Manipur and India’s far east", Asian Ethnicity, (2023), Routledge: Taylor and Francis (doi.org/10.1080/14631369.2023.2182275)
• Lal, LD, "A Complex Interplay Between Past and Present: Reordering Adivasi Worlds: Representation, Resistance, Memory", The Book Review,Vol. 46, No. 5, (2022), pages. pp.11-13, Perspective Publications, Delhi
• Barua, Suranjana and Lal, L.David, "Feminist Consciousness, Empowerment and Identity: Contextualizing Chandraprabha Saikiani in Contemporary Assam", in 7th World Conference on Women’s Studies (WCWS 2021) TIIKM Publishing Conference Proceedings (ISSN 2424-6743), (2021),
• Lal, LD., "Mapping the Changing Contours of Tribal Politics", The Book Review,Vol. 45, No. 5, (2021), pages. pp. 21-23 , Perspective Publications, Delhi
• S. Barua & L, L.D., "History, Memory and Legend: Contextualizing Joymoti Utsav in Assam", Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities,Vol. 13, No. 3, (2021), pages. 1-16, Aesthetix
• Sukumar,N., Lal, L.D. and Mishra, VK., "Inclusiveness in the Panchayati Raj Institutions", Journal of Social Inclusion Studies,5(1), (2019), pages. 72-88, (Sage) doi.org/10.1177/2394481119859675
• Lal, LD, Ojha, A. and Sabharwal, N., "Issues of Under-Representation: Mapping Women in Indian Politics", Journal of South Asian Studies,Vol. 3, No. 1, (2015), pages. pp.93-102, EScience Press
• Lal, LD, Ojha, A. Sabharwal, N., "Women’s Political Representation in the 16th Lok Sabha: Continuity, Contestation or Change?", Women Link: A Quarterly Journal,Vol. 20, No. 3, (2014), JMI
• Pal, GC and Lal, L.D., "Pattern of Atrocities against Dalits in Haryana: Issues of Promoting Social Security and Social Justice", The Human Rights and Global Focus,5(3-4), (2011), ...

Inviting Talks

• L. David Lal, "‘Indian Knowledge Systems'", 26th NEP Orientation and Sensitisation Programme,24th April, 2025, (2025), MMTTC-SRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE
• L. David Lal, "‘Indian Knowledge Systems'", 14th Two-Week Online Programme on “NEP Orientation & Sensitization Programme,5th March 2025 , (2025), UGC MM-TTC at Central University of Punjab
• L. David Lal , "‘Indian Knowledge Systems'", 23rd NEP Orientation and Sensitisation Programme,4th March, 2025, (2025), MMTTC-SRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE
• L. David Lal, "‘Indian Knowledge Systems'", 22nd NEP Orientation and Sensitisation Programme,20th February, 2025, (2025), MMTTC-SRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE
• L. David Lal, "‘Indian Knowledge Systems'", 21st NEP Orientation and Sensitisation Programme,5th February, 2025, (2025), MMTTC-SRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
• L. David Lal, "‘Indian Knowledge Systems'", 13th Two-Week Online Programme on “NEP Orientation & Sensitization Programme,22nd January 2025 , (2025), UGC MM-TTC at Central University of Punjab
• L. David Lal, "‘Indian Knowledge Systems'", 10th Two-Week Online Programme on “NEP Orientation & Sensitization Programme” ,19th of September 2024, (2025), UGC MM-TTC at Central University of Punjab
• L. David Lal, "‘Indian Knowledge Systems'", 11th NEP Orientation and Sensitisation Programme,5th September, 2024, (2025), MMTTC-SRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
• L. David Lal, "‘Indian Knowledge Systems'", 7th NEP Orientation and Sensitisation Programme,5th July, 2024, (2025), MMTTC-SRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
• Lal, L. David, "Constitution, Universal Value and its connection with Education", Online Faculty Induction Programme , (2024), UGC MM-TTC at NIEPA, New Delhi, 19 March
• Lal, L David, "Development and Review of the Guidelines and Action Plan for Curricular Integration and Implementation of ESD and GCED in Schools", External Member , (2024), NCERT, New Delhi, 12-16 February
• Lal, L David, "The Research Process and Educational Research Tools and Techniques", two-day training programme on 'Project Planning, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation' for DIET faculties from North East India, (2024), North East Regional Institute of Education in Shillong, Meghalaya, 30-31 Jan
• Lal, L.D., "Indian Knowledge System", 7th NEP Orientation and Sensitisation Programme, (2024), MMTTC-SRCC under the Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme, MMTTP, Ministry of Education, Government of India, July 25
• "Higher Education and Society", 11th NEP Orientation and Sensitisation Programme , (2024), organized by MMTTC-SRCC under the Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme, MMTTP, Ministry of Education, Government of India, 5th September
• Lal, L.D., "Indian Knowledge Systems", Two-Week Online Programme on “NEP Orientation & Sensitization Programme”, (2024), organised by Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre at Central University of Punjab from 16th to 25th of September 2024, under Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme of the University Grants Commission, Ministry of Education, Government of India.
• Lal, L.D., "Student Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education", two-day Collaborative Orientation Programme, (2024), conducted by NIEPA and UGC-MMTTC, Gauhati University 03-04, October
• Lal, L. David, "'Repressed Caste Guilt and Remorse: Understanding Caste Violence in India'", Special Lecture in February 2024, (2024), CSDE/ School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University
• L. David Lal , "'Institutional Mechanism for Managing Diversity Social Inclusion in the Higher Education Campus'", two-day Collaborative Orientation Programme on Student Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education,4th October, 2024, (2024), NIEPA and UGC-MMTTC, Gauhati University
• L David Lal, "‘Women Voters, Welfare Politics and Elections in Assam’", One Day Workshop on ‘Gender and Governance in Assam: Studying Institutions, Practices and Policies’,14th November, 2024., (2024), Department of Women Studies, Gauhati University and Indian Institute of Public Administration, Assam Regional Branch
• Lal, LD, "An expert for a consultative meeting of the Nodal Officers of the States and Union Territories on Sustainable Development Goals 4.7: Policies and Practices in School Education", Planning and Monitoring Division, National Council of Educational Research and Training,9-11 August, (2023), NCERT
• Lal, LD., "Invited as an expert for a Consultative Meeting to deliberate on ‘Tribal Health in North-East India’", Public Health and Education,April 26 , (2023), RASTA Population Council of India
• Lal, LD., "Invited for a special lecture on ‘Historical and Contemporary Anti-Caste Utopias: A Dalit Bahujan Discourse’", Dalit Studies,Feb 28 , (2023), Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, Delhi
• Lal, LD., "Invited as an expert for a Consultative Meeting to deliberate on ‘Health Data Analysis Needs in North-East India’", Health Data,Feb 10, (2023), Population Council Institute
• Lal, L.D., "Four- Day Consultative Meet on 'Guidelines and Action Plan for Curricular Integration and Implementation of ESD and GCED in Schools',", Planning and Monitoring Division, National Council of Educational Research and Training, 26-29 Dec, (2023), University of Calicut
• Lal, L. David, "Student Diversity and Civic Learning", Orientation Programme on Student Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education , (2023), NIEPA and UGC-MMTTC, Gauhati University, 28 February
• Lal, L David, "Repressed Caste Guilt and Remorse: Understanding Caste Violence in India", CSSEIP, JNU , (2023), 14th February
• Lal, L David, "Guidelines and Action Plan for Curricular Integration and Implementation of ESD and GCED in Schools", NCERT-Delhi, 26th - 29th December, (2023), Department of Education, University of Calicut, Kerala
• Lal, L David, "The role of Theories in Social Science Research", Tata Institute of Social Sciences Guwahati , (2023), 1 December
• Lal, L David, "Sustainable Development Goals 4.7: Policies and Practices in School Education", Planning and Monitoring Division, (2023), National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), Delhi, 11 November
• Lal, L David, "Implications of Interdisciplinary partnership: New directions in mental health, wellbeing, ‘recovery’ and resilience", Consultative Meet on MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE: Embedding Wellbeing in Everyday Life , (2023), Mind India, Guwahati, 8-9 Sep
• Lal, L David, "Sustainable Development Goals 4.7: Policies and Practices in School Education", External member for a consultative meeting , (2023), National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), Delhi on 9-11 August
• Lal, L David, "Tribal Health in North-East India", External member for a Consultative Meeting , (2023), RASTA Population Council of India
• Lal, LD., "Invited as a resource person for a Workshop on ‘Review of Literature’", Research Methodology,6 December , (2022), Assam Downtown University
• Lal, LD, "Invited as a resource person for a Workshop on ‘Literature Review’", Research Methodology,11th November , (2022), TISS Guwahati
• Lal. LD., "Invited as an expert consultative meeting of the Nodal Officers of the States and Union Territories for a research study on ‘Sustainable Development Goals 4.7: Policies and Practices in School Education’", Planning and Monitoring Division, National Council of Educational Research and Training,2-5th August, (2022), NCERT
• Lal, LD., "Invited for a consultative meet on ‘Ration Pe Charcha: Situating Public Distribution System in Delhi’", PDS in India,20 April, (2022), NIDAN India
• Lal, D., "Invited to talk on “Covid19 Pandemic, State and its Responses in India”", ‘Indian Politics and the Covid19' ,22 June, (2021), Rajdhani College, University of Delhi
• Lal, LD., "Invited for a lecture on “Aam Aadmi Party and Emergence of Alternative Politics in India”", Alternative Politics in India,16th November, (2021), MSW-Community Organisation and Development Practice, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati
• Lal, LD., "Invited as a resource person and keynote speaker in AICTE-ATAL Faculty Development Program on the theme “ROAD: -Response Effectiveness, Organizing Self, Attitudinal Shift, Decision Making”", Faculty Development Programme,6 December, (2021), Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Pharmaceutical Science (Guwahati, Assam) and AICTE ATAL- FDP, AICTE
• Lal, LD., "Invited for a talk on “Rupture of the Normal: Understanding Caste Violence through Legal Lens”", Monthly Lecture Series,28 August, (2020), School of Law, Governance, and Citizenship, Ambedkar University Delhi

Conference

• Lal, L David, "‘Beyond Borders: The Role of the Tamil Diaspora in Promoting India-Mauritius Relations’", International Conference on Indian Diaspora in African Countries: Diverse History of Migration and Settlement in Western Indian Ocean,10-11 March 2025, (2025), The Centre for African Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, in collaboration with Organisation for Diaspora Initiatives (ODI) India
• Lal, L. David, "Education of the Marginalized in Swaraj India", 47th Indian Social Science Congress, (2024), University of Science and Technology Meghalaya, 6-7 February
• Lal, L.D., "Cultural Continuity and Socio- Economic Challenges: The Tamil Diaspora in Myanmar", International Conference on International Conference on Indian Diaspora from North East and Other Parts of the Country: Comparative Journeys, Identity and Challenges of India Connect, (2024), organised by North East Regional Research and Resource Centre, Miranda House and Organisation for Diaspora in Initiative, India, held on 24-25, October
• Lal, L.D., "Guilt and Remorse in Caste Atrocities: Analysing Upper Caste Detachment", Issues and challenges in global studies: Ambedkar’s theoretical contribution, forced labour and exclusion, (2024), Molde University College, Norway
• Lal, L.David, "Innovative Partnership: Bridging the Gap between Industry and Academia for Nation Building", International Conference on 'Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Perspectives of Industry and Academia', (2024), Royal Global University, Guwahati, Assam
• Lal, L David, "‘Cultural Continuity and Socio-Economic Challenges: The Tamil Diaspora in Myanmar’", International Conference on Indian Diaspora from North East and Other Parts of the Country: Comparative Journeys, Identity and Challenges of India Connect ,24th to 25th October 2024, (2024), Organisation for Diaspora Initiatives, India (ODI India) and NERRRC, Miranda House, University of Delhi.
• Lal, L. David, "‘Guilt and Remorse in Caste Atrocities’", Issues and challenges in global studies: Ambedkar’s theoretical contribution, forced labour and exclusion,14-16 August 2014, (2024), Molde University College, Molde, Norway
• Lal, LD., "Repressed Caste Guilt and Caste Violence in India", European Conference for South Asian Studies, (2023), EASAS
• Lal, LD., "Culture, People and Cooperation: Understanding the Contribution of Indian Diaspora in India-Myanmar Relations", India-Myanmar Relations: New Challenges,24-26 May, (2023), Centre for Myanmar Studies, Manipur University and Ministry of External Affairs, GoI
• Lal, LD., "I Owe my Intellectual Life to my Teacher’: Recognizing the role of Dalit Bahujan Teachers in Indian Universities", Challenges in Higher Education for the Underprivileged: A Global Perspective,27 January, (2023), Anna University, Chennai
• Lal, LD., "Under-representation of Chrisitians in Indian Politics: An Analysis of 15-17 Lok Sabha", Intergroup Inequality in Indian Society: Magnitude, Nature, Sources, Policies and the Movement,23-25, August, (2023), Association of Academics for Social Justice (AASJ) and Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru
• Nair, A. and Lal, L.David. , "Education of In-migrant Children: Issues and Challenges", International Conference on “Changing Dynamics of Global Education", (2023), Asian Business School and Northern University Bangladesh, 11-12 December
• Lal, L. David, "Unpaid Labour and Caste Hierarchies: A Study of Ooliam among the Shanar in South Travancore", 82nd Session of Indian History Congress, (2023), Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana, 29 December
• Lal, L. David, "Under-representation of Christian in Indian Politics: An Analysis of 15-17 Lok Sabha Elections", Association of Academic for Social Justice, (2023), Institute for Social and Economic Change Bangalore, 23-25 August
• Lal, L. David, "Repressed Caste Guilt and Caste Violence in India", European Conference of South Asian Studies, (2023), Turin, Italy 26-29 July
• Lal, LD., "Untouchability, Caste and Ayyavazhi Movement of 19th Century Travancore Province", Untouchability, Caste and History,27-29 December, (2022), 81st Indian History Congress at MCC Chennai.
• Narzary, D. and Lal, LD., "Promoting Entrepreneurs among Bodo Women under PM Van Dhan Yojana: A case study of Pachim Maligaon and Jaraguri Van Dhan Vikas Kendra of BTR", 14th Annual National Seminar on Challenges and Pathways to Livelihood Enhancement in Rural Communities of India: Cultural and Economic Parameters,25-27 November, (2022), North Institute of Cultural Research
• Lal, LD., "Gandhi’s Social Expansionism in Assam: A Critical Reflection", Towards Social Equality: Multiple Contexts and Approaches with Special Reference to North East India ,2&3 November, (2022), Dr. Ambedkar Chair, Tezpur University
• Lal, LD., "Searching AI in a Karbi village: Narrative from the Field", International Conference on (Re)constructing the ‘self’ in the age of AI: Perspectives, Contestations and Challenges,15th -16th December , (2022), Galgotias University and Jean Monnet Module-Erasmus Programme of the European Union
• Bhattacharya, R., Agrawal, S. and Lal, L.D. , "Disruptive factors influencing Women’s Education during Covid-19", International Conference on Women Empowerment in Science and Technology,8-10th March, (2021), National Institute of Technology Warangal
• Lal., LD., "Caste, No-Caste, Caste: Reading the Madness of Caste Violence in India", Recovering Caste in International Relations: Challenging Colonial/Brahminical Hegemony,10-15 July, (2021), International Political Science Association, Greece
• Lal, LD., "Identity, Autonomy and Constructing the New ‘Self’ and New ‘Social’: Re-visiting Ayyavazhi movement of Travancore kingdom", Thirteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences,25-27 July , (2018), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
• Lal, LD., "Dalits Quest for Citizenship in Quotidian Violence", Reclaiming Social Justice, Re-visiting Ambedkar’,21-23rd July, (2017), Government of Karnataka and National Law School Bangalore
• lal, LD., "Understanding Citizenship through Caste Lens in India", International Conference on ‘Violence and Citizenship’,30th March-1st April, (2017), Centre for Citizenship Studies, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
• Lal, LD., "Caste Atrocities’ against Dalits in India: A Different Understanding of the Concept of Atrocities’", International Conference on Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing and Teaching Genocide ,19-21st February, (2014), Mount Royal University, Canada
• Lal, LD., "Women and Political Exclusion", Research Methodology Workshop on Social Exclusion and Discrimination,24–26 June , (2013), Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (CSSEIP), National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore

Book Chapters

• Lal, L.D., "From Benign to Blatant: Reproduction of Caste through Atrocities", in an edited book on Social Exclusion Matters: Essays on Discrimination and the Journey of Inclusion (Conference Proceedings), (2024), pages. 122-142, AOB Publishers
• Nair, A. and Lal, L.D., "Education of In-migrant Children: Issues and Challenges", in an edited book on Changing Dynamics of Global Education (Conference Proceedings), (2024), pages. 58-67, KB Publications
• Lal, LD and Barua, S., "Gandhi's Role in India's North-East: Issues of Reform and Integration", Revisiting Gandhi: Legacies for World Peace and National Integration, (2021), World Scientific: Singapore Publishers

• Narzary, D. and Lal, L.D. , "The Eastern Gate", Asian Ethnicity,DOI: 10.1080/14631369.2023.2182275, (2023), Routledge: Taylor and Francis
• Narzary, D. and Lal, L.D. , "The Eastern Gate", Asian Ethnicity,DOI: 10.1080/14631369.2023.2182275, (2023), Routledge: Taylor and Francis
• Lal, LD., "'Claiming ‘Nation’ and ‘National Movements’: Marginalised Historiography of Dalits and Tribals'", Peoples (Dalits, Tribes, Women, Peasants, etc.) Struggles and Movements for Equitable Democratic Society),28-30th March 2022 , (2022), 45th Indian Social Science Congress
• Lal, LD., "Language, Identity, Cultural Protest and Political Meanings: Evidence from Jhallikattu Protest in Tamil Nadu", International Conference on Language, Culture and Identity,10-11, November, (2017), Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore

Others

• Lal, LD, "The Politics of Repressed Guilt: The Tragedy of Austrian Silence", The Historical Dialogues, (2022), HISTORICAL DIALOGUES, JUSTICE, AND MEMORY NETWORK
• Wani. J. and Lal, LD , "Lessons in Popular Resistance", Indian Express,dated 26th January, (2021), Indian Express
• Wani. J. and Lal, LD , "UP’s anti-conversion laws are a political weapon to further communalism", Indian Express,dated 7th December, (2020), Indian Express
• Wani. J. and Lal, LD , "The Precarity of Dalit Lives in India", Indian Express,dated 27th October, (2020), Indian Express
• Wani. J. and Lal, LD , "A Pandemic of Failures", Indian Express,dated 25th September, (2020), Indian Express
• Wani. J. and Lal, L.D., "Will Jammu and Kashmir Remain Hostage to the Narrative of Regional Conflict?", 9Dashline.com ,dated 21st September, (2020), 9Dashline.com
• Wani. J. and Lal, L.D. , "A Secularism More Inclusive", Indian Express,dated 4th September, (2020), Indian Express
• Lal, L.D., "CRIMINALISATION OF POLITICS: Caste, Land and the State", Seminar, (2016), https://www.india-seminar.com/2016/678/678_books.htm
• Lal, LD, "Gender Gap in Politics: Why the numbers, reflecting under representation of women in Parliament matter", DNA India,dated 15th January, (2015), DNA India
• Lal, L.D., "Criminalization of Politics: Caste, Land and the State", Seminar Magazine,678, (2015), pages. 76-77, Seminar
• Lal, L.D., "Boys will be Boys…Hang the Women?: An Insensitive Uttar Pradesh", Countercurrents.org,www.countercurrents.org/lal170614.htm, (2014), Countercurrents