Dr. Dhriti Roy
  Designation: Associate Professor & Head of the Department
  Date of Joining: 27.02.2012
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Areas of Specialization 
Classical Chinese and Sinology, Modern Chinese Language, Translation and Interpretation, Chinese Buddhist Studies and Manuscriptology, Chinese Philosophy and Intellectual History, Ancient and Pre-modern Sino-Indian Relations

Teaching Experience: 14 years
2010-2012: Associate Fellow, Department of Chinese, Sikkim University
2012-2023: Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese, Sikkim University
2023-till date: Associate Professor, Department of Chinese, Sikkim University
 
Academic Record & Distinction 
(2013) PhD in Chinese, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; Thesis Title: “A Critical Study of India-China Monastic Relations in the Fifth Century C.E. Based on a New Annotated Translation of Fo-Guo-Ji (Fa Xian’s Itinerary)” 
(2009-2010) Senior Visiting Scholar for specializing in Sino-Indian Relations, Buddhology and Manuscriptology at Peking University, China 
(2008-2009) Advanced Studies Student in Mandarin under Chinese Government Scholarship Scheme at Beijing Normal University 
(2006) UGC-NET Senior Research Fellow (SRF), Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan 
(2004) UGC-NET Junior Research Fellow (JRF) for December 2002, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan
(2003) Master of Arts in Chinese (First Class First), Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan 
(2001) Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Chinese (First Class First), Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan 
(2004) Two-year Certificate Course with Distinction in Tibetan, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan
(2001) Two-year Certificate Course with Distinction in Japanese, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan

Award of Nominations/Scholarships and Fellowships

International

• (2021) Nominated as an expert member from the Indian University teaching fraternity in Chinese Studies in the founding cohort of AsiaSlate’s China Capsule 101. 
• (2008-2009) Awarded full scholarship under the Chinese Government Scholarship Scheme, sponsored by the Chinese Government Scholarship Council, People’s Republic of China, in September 2008 for intensive language training in Mandarin at Beijing Normal University, China, 汉语文化学院，北京师范大学
• (2009) Awarded 9/10 scholarship for participation in the Four-Week Buddhist Summer Program held in Beijing and Suzhou under the collaboration and sponsorship of Renmin University of China, Tzu Chi University of Taiwan and University of British Columbia, Canada

National

• (2006-2008) Awarded UGC Senior Research Fellowship (SRF).
• (2004-2006) Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (December 2002) after having qualified the National Educational Test (NET) Eligibility for Lectureship in Colleges and Universities by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India

(2002) Awarded ‘National Scholarship’ under the National Scholarship Scheme, sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (Department of Education), Government of India based on the result of BA (Hons.) in Chinese for Post-graduate Studies.

PUBLICATION PROFILE

Book in Translation

Roy, Dhriti (2020). Zhenliao Suo 诊疗所 (Sole translator of the first-ever complete translation of the Sahitya Akademi-award winning Bengali Novel Arogyaniketan by Shri Tarashankar Bandopadhyay into Chinese (New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi), published under the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Project as announced by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India in June 2019 at Bishkek, Kyrgystan, ISBN: 978-93-90310-96-8

Chapters Contributed in Edited Books

1. Roy, Dhriti (2023). “Re-visiting the Historical Episodes of Buddhist Vinaya Interchange between Pre-modern India and China: A Critical Textual Investigation” in Kalyana Mitra: A Treasure House of History, Culture and Archaeological Studies (Festschrift to Prof. P. Chenna Reddy), Bluerose Publishers, ‎ ISBN: 9357411100, pp. 215-223.
2. Roy, Dhriti (2023). “Zhemengxiong as Depicted in Qing Official Documents: Exploring Sikkim’s Cultural and Commercial Ties with Tibet in Light of Qing China’s Perception of the Sub-Himalayan Region” in Alka Acharya (ed.) Boundaries and Borderlands, A Century after the 1914 Simla Convention, Routledge: London and New York, South Asia Edition, ISBN: 97-1-032-46855-6, pp. 201-225. 
3. Roy, Dhriti (2022). “Fifth Century Common Era: Reorienting Chinese Buddhist Monastic Tradition, Redefining India-China Buddhist Monastic Relations- A Critical Study”, in Professor Jayeeta Ganguly Commemoration Volume, Jayeeta Publishing House: Ratanpalli, Santiniketan, West Bengal, Birbhum, ISBN: 978-81-952533-0-2, pp. 307-327.
4. Roy, Dhriti (2020). “Buddhist Centres in Pre-modern India through the Eyes of a Chinese Buddhist Monk: An Historical Survey”, in Pedarapu Chenna Reddy (ed.), Heritage of Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Volume III, Delhi: B.R. Publishing, ISBN: 9789388789363, pp. 591-604.
5. Roy, Dhriti (2019). “Continuity, integration or metamorphosis? Retracing the evolution of China’s social structure and cultural identity through history”, in Geeta Kochhar (ed.), Modern China: Society, Culture and Literature, Routledge: London, ISBN: 978-0-367-34342-2, pp. 61-84.
6. Roy, Dhriti (2017). “Gaoseng Faxian Zhuan 高僧法显傳: The Earliest Extant Chinese Manuscript on Indian Kingdoms, A Critical Study” in Projit Palit and Susmita Palit Saha (ed.), Manuscript and Indian Culture, New Delhi: Kaveri Books, ISBN: 978-81-7479-206-8, pp. 216-236.
7. Roy, Dhriti (2014). “In Search of the Roots of the Pañcasheel: Redefining India-China Diplomacy in the Wake of the ‘Asian Century’, Conference Proceedings, Volume-I, International Conference on India-China Relations, Implications for Peace and Prosperity of Asia, 11-13 October, 2014, pp. 112-129. 

Articles in UGC CARE and Peer Reviewed/Refereed Journals

1. Roy, Dhriti (2024). “Viewing the Present in the Mirror of the Past: A Search for New Approaches in the Study of India-China Relations through History”, The Calcutta Journal of Global Affairs, Volume 8, Issue 1, ISSN: 2582-2241, pp.79-97
2. Roy, Dhriti (2023). “From Textual References to Iconographic Representation: The Evolutionary Journey of Bodhisattva Manjusri in the Chinese Buddhist Tradition”, Dharmadoot, 2567 B.E., Vol.89, ISSN: 2347-3428, pp. 49-65.
3. Roy, Dhriti (2022). “Biographies, Eulogies, Funerary Inscriptions: Mapping the Influence of Buddhism Upon Song China’s Societal Trends”, The Maha Bodhi, 2566 B.E., Vol. 130, ISSN: ISSN: 0025-0406, pp. 66-80.
4. Roy, Dhriti (2022). “Behind the Fault Line: A Critique of President Xi Jinping’s Grand Strategy of Ideological Control Amidst His Patriotic Call to Arms, The Calcutta Journal of Global Affairs, Volume 6, Issue 1, ISSN: 2582-2241, pp.87-106.
5. Roy, Dhriti (2021). “Theorizing the Concept, Context and Content of Gentry Buddhism in Pre-modern China: A Historical Investigation”, Dharmadoot, 2565 B.E., Vol.87, ISSN: 2347-3428, pp. 42-53.
6. Roy, Dhriti (2021). “The Political Rhetoric of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: A Confucian Prototype or a Capitalist Archetype”, The Calcutta Journal of Global Affairs, Volume 5, Issue 2, ISSN: 2582-2241, pp. 178-198.
7. Roy, Dhriti (2021). “Buddhism in Tang China: An Alternative to Gender Stereotypes, Feudal Mindset, and Confucian Patriarchal Tendencies”, The Maha Bodhi, 2565 B.E., Vol. 129, ISSN: 0025-0406, pp. 57-67.
8. Roy, Dhriti (2021). “The Political Rhetoric of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: A Confucian Prototype or a Capitalist Archetype?”, The Calcutta Journal of Global Affairs (Kolkata: Research Centre for Eastern and Northeastern Regional Studies), Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 178-198, ISSN: 2582-2241
9. Roy, Dhriti (2020). “Da Bore Boluo Miduo Jing: An Ancient Chinese Buddhist Manuscript on the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra Discovered in Sikkim”, The Maha Bodhi, The Buddhist International Journal (Kolkata: Maha Bodhi Society of India), 2564 B.E., Vol. 128, pp. 41-49, ISSN: 0025-0406
10. Roy, Dhriti (2020). “Bone, Stone and Throne: Exploring the Rise of Relic Veneration Cult and its Impact upon Pre-modern Chinese Society”, Dharmadoot (Sarnath: Maha Bodhi Society of India), 2564 B.E., Vol. 86, pp. 17-34. ISSN: 2347-3428
11. Roy, Dhriti (2020). “China’s Intellectual Development in Modern Times”, Third Concept, An International Journal of Ideas. (New Delhi: Third Concept), Vol. 34, No. 403, pp. 38-41, ISSN: 0970-7247
12. Roy, Dhriti (2019). “Retracing the Footsteps of Few of the Earliest Chinese Buddhist Nuns: Some Reflections on the Introduction of the Bhiksunisamgha in China in the Fifth Century Common Era”, The Maha Bodhi, Mahabodhi Society of India, 2563 BE, Vol. 126, Buddha Jayanti Issue, ISSN No: 0025-0406, pp. 28-39, ISSN: 0025-0406
13. Roy, Dhriti. (2017). “The Monk, the Pilgrim, the Scholar: Rediscovering Shi Faxian as the Chief Architect of Chinese Buddhist Monastic Tradition”, The Mahabodhi, Mahabodhi Society of India, 2561 BE, Vol. 124, No. 1, Buddha Jayanti Special Issue, ISSN No: 0025-0406, pp. 51-59, ISSN: 0025-0406
14. Roy, Dhriti (2017). “Transition in Chinese Literature, Chinese Literature in Transition: A Critical Study of ‘New Period Literature’ and its Representative Literary Genre, ‘Scar Literature” in Research and Criticism, Journal of the Department of English, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, pp. 77-89, ISSN: 2229-3639
15. Roy, Dhriti. (2016). “Hindu Gosains and Tantric Buddhism: Glimpses of the Complex Patterns of Cultural Negotiations in Pre-modern Bengal and Tibet through Chinese Historical Records”, in the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IJIRC), Volume III, Issue I, IISN No: 2455-2275, pp. 60-71, http://ijirc.com/archives.php?issue=january
16. Roy, Dhriti (2016). “Rising from the Crevasse of Time: Retracing the Sojourn of Bodh Gaya through History”, The Mahabodhi, Mahabodhi Society of India, 2560 BE, Vol. 123, No. Buddha Jayanti Issue, ISSN No: 0025-0406, pp. 42-48, ISSN: 0025-0406
17. Roy, Dhriti. (2014). “Chinese Humanist Thought on State and Society: Is There Something to Learn from Ancient Chinese Philosophical Writings for Modern Governments”, in the International Journal of Languages and Linguistics, Centre for Promoting Ideas CPI, USA, http://ijllnet.com/journal/index/2121, 22 September, ISSN No: 2374-8850, pp. 15-29
18. Roy, Dhriti (2012-2013). “Dynamics of Early Buddhist Dissemination on the Foreign Soil of China: A Critical Study”, The Mahabodhi, Mahabodhi Society of India, 2557 B.E. Vol. 120, No. ISSN No: 0025-0406, pp. 12-18, ISSN: 0025-0406
19. Roy, Dhriti (2012-2013). “Chinese Buddhism: A Fine Example of Exquisite Indigenous Craftsmanship” in The Visva-Bharati Quarterly (Vol.21 No 3 & 4 and Vol.22 No 1 & 2, October 2012 – September 2013), pp. 73-82, ISSN: 0972-043X
20. Y. Kumar and Roy, Dhriti (2007). “Tagore’s Role in Strengthening Sino-Indian Relations”, Dialogue Quarterly, ISSN: 0973-0095, pp. 70-78
21. Roy, Dhriti. (2004-2005). “A Search for the Rudiments of Political Thought in Ancient Confucianism” in The Visva-Bharati Quarterly (Vol.13 No 3 & 4 and Vol.14 No 1 & 2, April 2003 – September 2003), pp. 75-78, ISSN: 0972-043X
22. Roy, Dhriti. (2003). “Gurudeva’s Monumental Role in Cementing Sino-Indian Cultural Interface”, in The Visva-Bharati Quarterly (New Series Vol.12, No 1 & 2 April 2003 – September 2003), pp. 25-31, ISSN: 0972-043X.

Awards and Recognition

1. (2022) Assistant Editor of the Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, Bhikkhu Jagdish Kashyap Institute of Buddhist and Asian Studies, Aditya-Shyam Trust, Nandnagar, Karaundi, Varanasi, UP.
2. (2021) Life Member of the Research Centre for Eastern and Northeastern Regional Studies, Kolkata (CENERS-K).
3. (2021, 2022, 2023) Awarded Sikkim University Best Publication Award for three consecutive years, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
4. (2016) Awarded University Research Fund Award by Sikkim University, for conducting original research on a Chinese Buddhist manuscript on Prajna-paramita Sutra at the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology.
5. (2014) Recipient of the Best Paper Award for academic paper presentation at the International Conference on India-China Relations: Implications for Peace and Prosperity of Asia, UGC Centre for Southeast Asian and Pacific Studies, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India, 11-14 October.
6. (2013) Recipient of the 2013 Mira Sinha Bhattacherjea Award for the best academic paper presented by a promising scholar at the 6th All India Conference of Chinese Studies, organized by the Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS), New Delhi and IIM, Kozhikode, 12-14 December.
7. (2013) Nominated as the Best Emerging Scholar from India on India China Studies to present academic paper at the Second Interdisciplinary Symposium for Emerging Scholars at the India China Institute, New School, New York, 3-4 March.
8. (2009) Awarded 9/10 scholarship for participation in the Four-Week Buddhist Summer Program held in Beijing and Suzhou, held under the collaboration and sponsorship of Renmin University of China, Tzu Chi University of Taiwan and University of British Columbia, Canada.
9. (2002) Awarded National Scholarship under National Scholarship Scheme for securing highest marks in Bachelor’s progamme in Chinese

Research Supervision Profile

1.    (2023-2024) PhD External Examiner 
IIT Madras, Department of Arts and Humanities
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Centre for East Asian Studies

2.    (April 2021) Research and Subject Expert 
Nominated as a subject expert in Chinese Buddhist Studies to review a monograph for publication at the Chennai Centre for Chinese Studies, 2020.

3.    (July 2020) Research Proposal Reviewer 
Nominated as subject expert (Chinese Buddhist Studies) to review research proposals for Malviya Post-Doctoral Fellowship under Institution of Eminence, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

4.    (2018 onwards) PhD Supervision at the Department of Chinese, Sikkim University
Dr. Dhriti Roy as Supervisor
One PhD Degree awarded for Dr. Sheetal Pradhan (17/PhD/CHN/01) for the PhD thesis titled, “Pre-modern Chinese Buddhist Apologetic Thought: A Critical Investigation in the Light of an Annotated Translation of Hong Mong Ji”

Three PhD scholars registered and pursuing PhD

5.    (2017 onwards) PhD Course Work in Chinese 
Offers papers to PhD candidates in Chinese Studies programme and other allied disciplines on Research Methodology (Chinese Historiography, Sinology and Sinological Approaches), Emerging Trends in Chinese Studies (Theories of Social Sciences, New Sinology, Frontier and Borderland Studies)

6.    (2015 onwards) MA Dissertation Supervision 
Already supervised 23 MA Dissertation 

Research and Academic Project Assignments

1.    (2020) Sole Translator for International Book Project for Sahitya Akademi-award winning Bengali Novel Arogyaniketan by Shri Tarashankar Bandopadhyay into Chinese under Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.

2.    (2016) Principal Investigator under the University Research Fund Award of Sikkim University and translator for a 12th century Chinese Buddhist Manuscript on the Prajna-paramita sutra housed at the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology,

3.    (January 2014 to December 2015) Translator for the international project, “84,000: Translating the Words of the Buddha”, a nonprofit global initiative, funded by the Non-Profit Organization, called the Buddhist Literary Heritage, New York, USA,

4.    (2014) Editorial and research assistant for the project, titled, “Encyclopedia of India China Cultural Contacts”, initiative jointly undertaken by the Governments of India and China and published by the Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs, 

5.    (2014-2016) E-content developer for 35 modules (prepared in 4 quadrants for each module) for Post-graduate Chinese Course for the paper, titled, Chinese Grammar (Paper II) for UGC-E-PATHSHALA under University Grants Commission, New Delhi, June 

Paper presentation in Seminars/Conferences 
International Conference (Abroad)
1.    (2013) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper titled, “Fifth Century Common Era: Reorienting Chinese Buddhist Monastic Tradition, Redefining Sino-Indian Buddhist Monastic Relations- A Critical Study” at the second interdisciplinary symposium of emerging scholars on India and China studies, organized by India China Institute New School, New York, 6 March.

International Conference (Within the country)
1.    (2017) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper titled, “The Politics of Misrepresentation: Revisiting the memories of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China through Scar Literature” at the Three-Day International Seminar “Politics of Representation: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” organized by the Department of English, Sikkim University in collaboration with HRDD, Government of Sikkim, 1-3 November.

2.    (2016) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper titled, “Pre-Colonial Brothers, Post-Colonial Neighbours: Exploring Northeast India’s Influence on the Pre-modern States of Indo-China through a Critical Study of Chinese Official Historical Records” at the 4th International Conference on Reframing India’s Northeast: People, Power and Perspectives, organized by Sikkim University, Gangtok in collaboration with Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, 24-26 November.

3.    (2016) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper titled, Vinaya, Relic Veneration, Gentry Buddhism, Apologetic Literature: Exploring the Process of Sinicization of Buddhism in Fifth Century China”, at the Kyoto University Hakubi Center and Sikkim University Joint Workshop on Human Survivability, organized by Sikkim University, 21-22 March.

4.    (2015) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper titled, “Northeast India and Southwest China: Revisiting the Unexplored Domain of Historical Contact, Revisiting Colonial Space” at the 3rdInternational Conference on Reimagining India’s Northeast: Narratives, Networks and Negotiations, organized by the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 4-6 February.

5.    (2014) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper titled, “Retrieving the Footsteps of the First Chinese Buddhist Nuns: Some Reflections on the Introduction of the Bhikṣuṇīsaṃgha in China in the Fifth Century CE” at the three-day International Seminar on Biksunisangha at Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, 7-9 February.

6.    (2014) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper titled, “Zhemengxiong as Depicted in the Qing Official Documents: Exploring Sikkim’s Cultural and Commercial Ties with Tibet in Light of Qing China’s Perception of the Sub-Himalayan Region” at the Shimla International Symposium commemorating 100 Years of Simla Convention, organized by ICS, New Delhi and IIAS, Shimla, 06-08 June.

7.    (2014) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper titled, “In Search of the Roots of the Pañcasheel: Redefining India-China Diplomacy in the Wake of the Asian Century” at the International Conference on India China Relations: Implications for Peace and Prosperity of Asia, organized by the Centre for Southeast Asian and Pacific Studies, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, 11-13 October.

National Seminar/Conference
1.    (2023) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper titled, “The Role of Intermediary Spaces in the Dissemination and Assimilation of Buddhist Cultural Elements between India and China: Historical Perspectives and their Contemporary Relevance” at the Two-Day National Seminar on Revisiting the Forgotten Episodes of India-China Civilizational Contact: A Historical Perspective, organized by the Department of Chinese, Sikkim University, 16-17 June.

2.    (2021) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper titled, “Behind the Fault Line: A Critique of China’s Intellectual Response to the Chinese Communist Discourse on ‘Modernity’ During and After the Reform Period” at the Annual V.P. Dutt Young Scholars’ Conference on Hundred years of Chinese Communism: Impact on China and the World, organized by the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, 29-31 October. 

3.    (2015) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper titled, “Hindu Gosains, Tantric Buddhism and the Sahajiya Cult: Exploring the Complex Patterns of Cultural Negotiations in Pre-modern Bengal, Orissa, Tibet and Nepal through Chinese Historical Records” at the 8th All India Conference of China Studies, organized by the Institute of Chinese Studies, ICS, Delhi and hosted by Sikkim University, 5-7 November.

4.    (2015) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper titled, “An Intensive Study of Chinese Grammar through Modular Packages: Gateway to Innovative Teaching and Effective Learning at the Chinese Language Conference, 2015, organized by the Indian Air Force, Bagdogra, 27-28 October.

5.    (2015) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper titled, “The Unheard Voices of the ‘Other’: Few Critical Observations on the Complex Dynamics of Contemporary Chinese Literary Culture: On Evolution, Change and Continuity”, at the intra-school, interdisciplinary seminar on Trends in Contemporary Literature: Issues and Perspectives: Issues and Perspectives, organized by the School of Languages and Literature, Sikkim University, 29-31 May. 

6.    (2014) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper titled, “Chinese Language Learning: Blending traditional classroom teaching with modern e-learning technique”, at a national seminar organized by the Indian Air Force, Bagdogra in March.

7.    (2013) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper titled, “Chinese Humanist Thought on State and Society: Is there something to learn from ancient Chinese philosophical writings for modern governments”, at the 6th All India Conference on Chinese Studies, organized by the Institute of Chinese Studies, ICS, New Delhi and held at IIM, Kozhikode, Kerala, 12-14 December. Published in the research proceedings by the Research Conference & Publications Division, IIM Kozhikode. ISBN: 978-81-926239-3-1.

8.    (2013) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper titled ‘Relevance of Chinese Language and Chinese Studies in the Indian Subcontinent Today- May the Door Open for Both Army and Civil Society’ on at the National Seminar on Synergizing Chinese Language Expertise- 2013 on 30-31 January at the Air Force Station Bagdogra.

9.    (2013) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper titled “The Ancient Tea Horse Trade Route (茶马古道): Sikkim’s Past at the Crossroads of Cultural Interchange” at the National Conference on Tea Culture and Science- Special Reference to Present Scenario of Indian Tea jointly organized by the Department of Plantation Management and Studies, Sikkim University and Tea Board, India on 9April.

10.    (2012) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper in the first interdisciplinary symposium of emerging scholars on 28-29 November India and China studies organized by India China Institute New School, New York, in partnership with Centre for Policy Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University and University of Delhi. The paper was titled, ‘Adaptation, Assimilation, Reorientation, a Popular Tendency in Chinese Buddhism- A Fine Example of Exquisite Craftsmanship’.

11.    (2011) Roy, Dhriti. Presented a paper titled, “The Phenomenon of Buddhist Dissemination in Pre-modern China…In Retrospect” at the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Indian Society for Buddhist Studies (ISBS) in collaboration with the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sanstha, New Delhi, 16-18 September. 

Invited Lectures Delivered as Resource Person 
1.    (2022) Roy, Dhriti Delivered lecture as Resource person on “The Birth of Republic of China” at the Department of Asian Languages (Chinese), School of Arab and Asian Studies, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, 29 January.

2.    (2022) Roy, Dhriti. Delivered lecture as Resource person on “China 1840-1919” at the Department of Asian Languages (Chinese), School of Arab and Asian Studies, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, 21 January.3.    (2020) Roy, Dhriti. Delivered lecture as Resource person at Two-Day UGC Sponsored National Workshop on Research Methodology at Government College, Rhenock, Sikkim, 6-7 February.

4.    (2016) Roy, Dhriti. Resource person at Music Workshop organized for seven days by the Department of Music, Sikkim University on “Indian Music and New Approaches”. 

Language Proficiency: English, Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan, Bangla, Hindi