Monthly columnist for The New Indian Express and The Telegraph
Occasional columnist on request for _The Hindu, Economic and Political Weekly, Indian Express etc.
Former fellow Indian Institute of Advanced Study, IIAS, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh ,
Former book writing fellow Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti, New Delhi,
Author of two books: The Northeast Question: Conflicts and Frontiers (Routledge) and Shadow and Light: A Kaleidoscope of Manipur (Hachette India)
Former member of the Manipur University Syndicate as Chancellor’s nominee.
Consultant at Indo-German watershed rejuvenation project in the Eastern Himalayas, Manipur Chapter, called Community Oriented Social Forestry Manipur, COSFOM, funded by German Development Bank, KfW.
