Mouparna Roy

I am a sociologist and media scholar with over 6 years of combined experience in teaching, research, and interdisciplinary training. With a strong academic foundation in Indigenous Studies, Sociology, and Media Studies, my research engages with gender, dance writings, orality, cultural journalism, and the sociology of education. I have worked across academic institutions and digital platforms, combining critical pedagogy with artistic practice. My approach emphasizes inclusive, student-centric learning rooted in both scholarly inquiry and creative expression.

• A Brief Evolution of Dance Writings in India, Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences, 04/24/2024
• From Oral Tradition to Digital Continuity: Exploring New Orality in the Santali Language, Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences, 03/12/2025
• Discussion of ‘Heretic (2024)’, Talking Films Online, 03/22/2025

• Experiments with Modernity and Writings on Rabindra Nrittya, Mass Media: A Communication Research Journal, 13, 147, 2-13, 06/2024, 2277-7369, https://www.mediastudiesgroup.org.in/issues/mass-media-june-2024/
• Male Gaze in Indian Cinema: The Presentation of Women in Mainstream Cinema, International Journal of Humanities and Education Development (IJHED), 3, 5, 94–101, 2021, https://doi.org/10.22161/jhed.3.5.13

• Studying the Karma festival and rituals of the Oraon tribe, Brambe, Jharkhand, 2011
• Studying the Folklores of Oraon tribes, Gumla, Jharkhand, 2012
• Medical condition of the Oraon and Asur tribe near the bauxite mining area, Lohardaga, Jharkhand, 2012
• Visual Documentation of material culture of the Santhal tribe, Durduriya, Odisha, 2013
• Effects of Displacement on Mankidiya tribes, Odisha, 2013
• Language Documentation of Birhor tribe, Mcluskigunj, Jharkhand, 2014
• Studying malls and their consumer culture in a metropolitan city, Delhi, 2015
• The Capital of Politics: How Economic, Cultural, and Social Capital Shape Student Activism in JNU, Delhi, 2016
• Documentary film on Tribal women of Jharkhand (as Director, Script Writer, Editor) – 'The Untold Story', 2013

• Gender and Sexuality
• Dance Writings
• Cultural Journalism
• Sociology of Education
• New Media
• New Orality and Oral Literature

• Trained in Bharatanatyam
• Trained in Indian Classical Music
• Founding Member & Instructor,
• JNU Dance Club Performer, Dastak – A cultural group
• Performer at Shristi Theatre Group
• Organizer & Cultural Volunteer, Tribal Fest (Akhra), 2012