1. Designation: Assistant Professor

2. Qualification (including University): MA Ancient History and Archaeology (Gold medalist), University of Madras, UGC NET, PhD (Dept of Cultural Studies, Tezpur University)

3. Email id: ngutoliyswu@gmail.com

4. Awards:

• 1^st Rank and Gold Medalist in MA Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Madras
• Professor Ramachandran Dikshitar Prize for securing the Highest Marks in History, University of Madras
• Nehru Trust UK Visiting Fellowship 2022-2023 (Documentation of Sümi Cultural Materials at Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford)

5. Publications:

Book Chapters:

• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2018) The Need for Digitalization of Naga Oral Traditions in Dr Bhaskar Bhattacharyya & Dr Utpal Deka (Eds) Issues in Social Science (First Edition, pp 163-168). Guwahati: Assam Publishing Company
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2023) Leshele from Mishilimi Village  in Sentinaro & Vizovono Elizabeth (eds)  Homegrown Amthology of New Writings from Nagaland (First Edition, pp 314-315. Penthrill Publications
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2023) Deconstructing the Fallacy on the Sümi Bride Price in Sentinaro et al (eds) Discourses on Cultural Heritage in Contemporary Nagaland.  Penthrill Publications

Conference Proceedings:

• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2022) Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage: A Comparison Between Nagas and the Indigenous People of East Africa in G Kanato Chophy & Sarit K Chaudhuri (eds) The Cultural Heritage of Nagaland (pp)  London: Routledge.

Journal Articles:

• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2018) A Critical Appraisal of the Sumi Oral Traditions. Tetso Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 6, pp11-22.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y & Juri Gogoi Konwar (2021) Degeneration of ‘Memory’: The Case of Sümi Naga, Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society (UGC CARE List) Soc 56(2): 138-153 (2021), pp 138-153.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2021) Understanding the Sumi Naga Death Rituals and Customs, Historical Approaches of Rituals and Customs in Nagaland and Tamilnadu Vol , pp 1-6.

 6. Paper presentations:

• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2015, September 29 & 30)Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Nagas (Paper Presentation) National Seminar on “Cultural Heritage of Nagas”, Department of Anthropology, Kohima Science College in collaboration with IGRMS, Bhopal.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2016, March 28-30) Significance of Oral Traditions in Sumi Society (Paper Presentation) , National Seminar on “Oral and Textual Traditions of North East India”, Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies, Rajiv Gandhi University in Collaboration with the Kala Kosha Division, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2016, August 23) Freedom Movement of 1857 and Independence Struggle (Resource Person) Azadi 70- Yaad Karo Kurbani (Freedom Fortnight) A Programme of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India organized by Zisaji Presidency College, Kiphire.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2016, December 2 & 3) The prospect of Cultural Tourism in the Economic Development of Nagaland (Paper Presentation), Regional Seminar on “Socio Economic Transformation of North East India”, Zisaji Presidency College, Kiphire in collaboration with Department of Underdeveloped Areas (DUDA).
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2019, September 24 & 25), Deconstructing the Fallacy on the Sümi Bride Price (Paper Presentation) , National Seminar on ‘Kelhou Zho – Cultural Heritage among the Tribes of Nagaland: Balancing Tradition and Modernity’, Culture Study Centre, Baptist College, Kohima in collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, North East Regional Centre, Guwahati.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2020, January 20 & 21) Degeneration of ‘Memory’: The Case of Sümi Naga (Paper Presentation) ICSSR Sponsored Two-Day International Seminar on ‘Heritage, Culture and Identity: Renegotiating Spaces of Memory in a Time of Rapid Urbanisation”, Sarat Centenary College in collaboration with West Bengal Heritage Commission.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2020, November 26-28) The Invisible Cloak of Cultural Appropriation among the Millenial Naga (Paper Presentation) International Webinar on ‘Living in the present: Nagas in the 21^st Century’, Naga Scholars Association.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2021, November 19-21) The Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Sumi: Inter-connectedness’ (Resource Person) Celebration of World Heritage Week’, Department of Cultural Studies, Tezpur University.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2022, February 10-11) Equality: A Myth or Reality for the Naga Women’ (Paper Presentation) ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on ‘The Quest for Emancipation Intellectual Traditions among the Dalits and Tribes in India’, Department of History, Tetso College in collaboration with Sacred Heart College, Vellore.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2022, February 11) Understanding the Sumi Death Rituals and Customs (Resource Person)  National Webinar Research Centre and Trust, Harur, Tamilnadu, Zunheboto Government College in collaboration with P G & Research Department of History, C Abdul Hakeem College (Autonomous) Melvisharam, Tamilnadu and Thonmam Historical.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2022, May 23) Cultural Heritage and Indigenous People (Resource Person) State Level Consultative Meet with All Tribal Hohos on Documentation of Traditional Attires, Motifs, Designs and Ornaments, Government of Nagaland.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y ( 2022, June 1 & 2) Complementarity of the Sümi Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage (Paper Presentation) International Seminar on ‘Fusion: Intellectual and Cultural Exchanges’, Department of English & Research Committee, Dimapur Government College in collaboration with the Highland Institute Kohima and IQAC, Dimapur Government College.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2022, August 11) Field Methods and Ethics in Oral Data Collection (Resource Person) Orientation Workshop on Documentation of Traditional Attires, Designs, Motifs and Ornaments, Government of Nagaland.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2022, October 13) Custodians or Desecrators?: A Critical Study of Naga Women on Culture (Paper Presentation) National Seminar on ‘Role of Women in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage in North East India’, North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC) and Immanuel college Dimapur.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2022, October 2 & 3), ‘Cross Cultural Marriage and its Impact’ (Resource Person) Two Days Regional Seminar on ‘Protecting Language and Preserving Culture’, jointly organised by Upper Assam Sümi Christian Union and All Assam Sema Naga Council at Lalpahar, Margherita, Assam.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2023, August 2 & 3) Memory of the Sümi Naga: Understanding its Source (Paper Presentation) 19^th IUEAS –WAU World Anthropology Pre Congress ‘Anthropology In/Of the Future, Discipline of Social Sciences, IGNOU.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2024, March 2). Introduction to NEP 2020 (Resource Person) Teachers’ Seminar on NEP 2020, Eden Higher Secondary School, Dimapur. 
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2024, March 8), Invest In Women: Accelerate Change (Resource Person), International Women’s Day organised by Sümi Aphuyemi Totimi Hoho.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2024, March 27- 28), Christian by Faith, Animist by Nature: Dual Character of the Sümi Christians in the 21^st Century (Paper Presentation) ICSSR –NERC Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Religion and Society of North East India: Exploring New Frontiers’, Department of Sociology, Unity College.
• Swu, Ngutoli Y (2024, August 31), Restoration of the Vitiated Cultural Heritage: A Case of Sümi Naga (Paper Presentation) Inter-Departmental Seminar, Research and Development Cell & Department of History, Dimapur Government College.
• Swu, Dr Ngutoli Y (2024, December 5 – 6), Traditional Cultural Expressions of the Naga- Identity Markers: Challenges in the Post-Modern World (Paper Presentation) 6^th International Naga Culture Symposium 2024 on Naga Cultural Heritage: Tradition-Modernity Interface, North East Christian University. 

 7. Research Projects:

• Research Assistant “People, Heritage and Oral History of the Nagas”, Department of History and Archaeology, Nagaland University. Date of appointment- 3rd July 2008.

• Research Assistant “Land as a Private Property: changing patterns of land use in tribal societies of East India” jointly conducted by the Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati and Institute of Developmental Studies, Kolkata sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi. Date of appointment – 17th December 2013.
• Researcher Sumi Documentation Committee under the Government of Nagaland Sponsored Project on ‘Documentation of Traditional Attires, Designs, Motifs and Ornaments. (ongoing)

 8. Member of Professional Academic Bodies/Organisation:

• Life Member of North East Indian History Association

9. Academic related training/courses attended:

• Orientation Course, UGC HRDC, NEHU Shillong. 2015, February 9 – March 8.
• Refresher Course, UGC HRDC, Gauhati University. 2018, January 29 – February 18.
• 7 days National Level Short term course on Museum Management, Gandhi Research Foundation, Jalgaon. 2020, August 17 – 24.
• One week National Level Faculty Development Programme on “New Directions in Teaching-Learning”, Department of Humanities, St. Claret College, Bengaluru. 2020, November 23 – 30.
• 7 days National level online Short term Course on “Ethnography The Power of Observation”, Kalamaharashi Keki Moos Foundation, Jalgaon. 2020, December 10 – 17.

• 7 days National Level Short Term course on “Archaeology and Museum Heritage of India, Deccan Archaeological and Cultural Research Institute, Hyderabad and Panash Organization, Delhi. 2021, January 10 – 18.

• 12 days ‘Research training’, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise – Technology Development Centre (PPDC), Government of India. 2021, June 14 – 25.

• Weeklong Online FDP on Intellectual Property Rights in Academic Excellence, Teaching Learning Centre, Tezpur University in association with DPIIT IPR Chair Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Cell, Tezpur University. 2021, July 12 – 16.

• One week International Faculty Development Programme on Curriculum Development, Research and Publication Ethics for Faculty and Researchers, Department of English and other Foreign Languages, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram Campus, Chennai. 2021, August 2 – 9.

• 8 Days’ Faculty Training Programme (FTP) on ‘Digital Skills for Educators’, Saraswati College of Professional Studies, Ghaziabad in association with Council of Teacher-Education Foundation, Delhi-NCR Chapter. 2022, May 1 – 8.

• 4 Days Online Faculty Development Programme on ‘Revised Manual of SSR’, Immanuel College, Dimapur in collaboration IQAC Cluster. 2022, July 8 – 11.

• Refresher Course, UGC HRDC, Mizoram University. 2021, August 20 – September 13.

• Refresher Course, UGC HRDC, NEHU. 2022, November 24 – December 7.
• One Week State Level Faculty Development Programme ‘Envisioning Learning Spectrums, NAAC Steering Committee and RDC, DGC in Collaboration with Directorate of Higher Education, Government of Nagaland in association with Bank of Baroda and supported by IQAC, DGC. 2024, November 7-13.