July 2026 Repairing linguistic injustice: Insights from the oral histories of Yakthung Tumyangs. 1st National Conference on Yakthung Language Education, Culture and Knowledge. Kirat Yakthung Chumlung and Kathmandu University School of Education, Nepal.
July 2026 Communicative classroom: school transformation and teachers. Sikaai Samuha, Nepal.
July 2026 Translanguaging, land/place, and social justice centered teacher education. Teachers for Teachers (TfT) Network, Nepal.
June 2006 Teachers’ role in actor-based education planning for school transformation. Dudhauli Municipality, Sindhuli, Nepal.
June, 2026 Researching language policy in multilingual contexts. Graduate School of Education, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
February 2026 Translanguaging in education: From pragmatic to decolonial approaches. Bilingual/Bicultural Education Program, Teachers College, Columbia University.
December 2025 Education in the development regime: Reimagining the role of higher education for teacher education reforms. Janta Multiple Campus, Nepal.
November 2025 Decolonizing multilingual education: Coloniality, linguistic double divide and the future of multilingual education. McGill University
July 2025 Multilingual education policy. The Language Commission, Nepal.
July 2025 Language Policy and multilingualism in Nepal: Decolonizing perspectives. Forum for Discussions on Marginalized and Indigenous Peoples’ Issues
March 2025 Decolonial Language Awareness: Land, Indigenous languaging and linguistic survivance. The University of Bristol, University
February 2025 Understanding violence in education: Language policing, social injustice and English medium of instruction (EMI) policy. The University of Turin, Italy
December 2024 Decoloniality, language policy, and linguistic justice in education; Lessons from the grassroots. Central Department of Linguistics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
August 2024 Decolonising higher education. King’s College, Kathmandu, Nepal
August 2024 Teachers for social justice and diversity in education. 2nd Teacher Research Symposium. Teachers for Teachers (TFT) Network, Nepal
July 2024 Framing curriculum in higher education. Kathmandu University School of Education, Nepal
July 2024 Writing the grammar of decoloniality in multilingualism in education. Decolonising Multilingualism Symposium, Bilingual-Multilingual Education Interest Section of TESOL International Associatio
July 2024 Decolonising applied linguistics. The 17th International Conference of The Association for Language Awareness, Karlsruhe, Germany
July 2024 Academic discourse on migration and development: Thematic discussion on student migration in Nepal. Nepal National Planning Commission and Central Department of Population Studies, Tribhuvan University
July 2024 Decolonial and transformative research. Mahendra Ratna Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University
June 2024 University, society and the politics of knowledge production. Free Student Union of Tribhuvan University
May 2024 From a learner to a knower: Building students’ identity as transformative agents through diversity-based and critical pedagogies. Janata Multiple Campus, Nepal
January 2024 Decolonial education: Recentring Indigenous lifeways and epistemologies. National Conference on Decolonial Education, Kathmandu University
October 2023 Language ideology, translanguaging and multilingual education. Graduate Centre of the City University of New York (CUNY)
August 2023 Exams for school education: Lessons and future directions (with Dr. Bal Chandra Luitel). National Examination Board, the Ministry of Education, Nepal
July 2023 Multilingual education policies and practices. Ministry of Education, Science & Technology, CEHRD, Language Commission, the British Council, UNESCO and UNICEF
March 2023 Translanguaging pedagogy. The Southeast Asian Multidisciplinary Research Expo and Extension Conference, Sorsogon State University, Philippines
November 2022 Politics of multilingualism in South Asia. South Asian Language Analysis and Linguistic Society of Nepal
November 2022 Decolonizing English language education (ELE): Theory, praxis and implications. SONAPLES (Sociedad Nacional de Profesores de Lenguas Extranjeras en la Enseñanza Superior) 22nd Conference “Interculturalism, Multiculturalism, and Decolonization in Language Teaching and Learning, Osorno, Chile
November 2022 Transformation as becoming: Understanding implicit and explicit transformations in participatory research. 3rd International Conference on Transformative Educational Research and Sustainable Development (TERSD-22), Kathmandu University School of Education, Nepal
October 2022 Indigenous knowledge, decoloniality and resisting deficit ideologies: lessons from the grassroots. Indigenous Knowledge and the Academy SIG (IKA SIG), Comparative and International Education Society
September 2022 Language policy, language ideology and social justice. LANGUAGE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION – Monthly Zoominar Programme -Universitas Negeri Jakarta [Dr. Hywel Coleman, organizer]
June 2022 Medium of instruction and multilingual education in Nepal. Central Department of Linguistics at Tribhuvan University
April 2022 Decolonizing English Language Education (ELE): Theory, Praxis and Implications. Far Western University International Conference of TESOL
February 2022 Indigenous Language Politics in Asia. La Trobe University, Australia
January 2022 Language policy, indigenous language and language advocacy in Nepal. Endangered Language Project
December 2021 Sociolinguistics of multilingualism: space, ideologies and inequality. University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
July 2021 ‘Ideological becoming': Critical pedagogy in language teacher education. North South University, Bangladesh
June 2021 Entangled language ideology: Understanding local-global tension in the English language education (ELE) policy in Nepal. Kathmandu University
April 2018 Linking assessment with quality learning. Tribhuvan University
February 2018 Recognizing multilingualism in education. Language Commission, Nepal
January 2018 Does social justice matter in education? Scales of (in)justice, neoliberalism and diversity in education. Research Centre for Educational Innovation and Development (CERID), Tribhuvan University
December 2017 Multilingual education: Policies, misconceptions and pedagogies. National Foundations for Development of Indigenous Nationalities, Nepal
October 2014 Bilingual education (with Kathryn A. Davis). The Board of Education, Hawaii
INVITED WORKSHOPS
July 2023 Reflecting and integrating researchers’ positionality and voice in academic writing (with Dr. Peshal Khanal). Teacher Educators’ Society of Nepal
July 2022 Research and academic writing workshop for faculty members. Saptagandaki Campus (Chitwan), Bhubaneshwari Campus (Chitwan), Gorkha Campus (Gorkha) and Siddha Jyoti Campus (Sindhuli), Tribhuvan University
June 2024 The role of indigenous youth for multilingualism and Indigenous knowledge. Federation of Nepalese Indigenous Nationalities Journalists
June 2023 Writing for social justice: Workshop for faculty members. Kathmandu University
May 2023 Theorising research findings: workshops for faculty members of Tribhuvan University. Central Department of Education and Open and Distance Education Centre
July 2021 Writing a qualitative research paper. Far Western University (Nepal) Scholars’ Association Nepal
May 2020 Becoming a qualitative researcher: Focus on critical perspectives. Far-Western University Teachers' Association (FWUTA) Central Campus
May 2020 Researching critical and social justice issues in education. May 3, Research Centre for Educational Innovation and Development (CERID), Tribhuvan University
July 2019 Doing and writing qualitative educational research. Multiple Campus, Itahari and Siddha Jyoti Campus, Sindhuli, Nepal
May 2019 Media and language policy in education. Education Journalists Group (EJG), Kathmandu, Ilam, Janakpur, and Bhaktapur
January 2019 International models and practices of L2 teaching. Curriculum Development Centre (CDC) and the Ministry of Education, Early Grade Reading Program (EGRP), Nepal
