2020. Five-day International Webinar on “The Art of Academic Writing and Publishing in Social Research”,
Department of Sociology, University of Kerala, 20th to 24th October 2020
2018. Awaz – Voice of Change Makers. Department of Sociology, University of Kerala, 5th December 2018
2017. The International Seminar on “Gender at the Intersection of Identity and Community – Viewing the
Landscape of Culture in a Digital World”, organized in collaboration with Aalborg University, Denmark, October
6-8, 2017
2016. The International Seminar on Living and Working in the Digital Information Age: Intercontinental
Insights. Organized jointly by Department of Humanities, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
(IIST) in collaboration with World Science Project, Louisiana State University and North-Rhine Wesphalian
Project, Universities of Bielefeld and Paderborn, Germany held at Trivandrum, Kerala, India on Saturday, June
25, 2016, organized by ANTONY PALACKAL and Lekshmi V. Nair
2005. The special Kerala Session at the International conference on the Past, Present and Future of Research
in the Information Society jointly organized by the Society for Social Studies of Science and World Science
Project, as an official side event of the Phase II of the World Summit on Information and Society, held in
Tunis, Tunisia from 12-15 November, 2005.
Organized and Coordinated the month long study Abroad Programme “India Experience in Kerala” for the
students of Cleveland State University, Ohio, U.S.A, July – August in 1999 – 2003
Water Management, Workshop organized in association with University of British Columbia, Canada and Loyola
Extension Services, Loyola College of Social Sciences, December 5-8, 2000
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2021. Organized “Meet the Scholar Programme, University of Kerala with Prof. Mohan G. Gopal, Formerly, Vice
Chancellor, Law University Bangalore and Director, Nationl Law School of India University and Director,
National Judicial Academy, Bhopal, on the topic “Social Identity and the Constitution in Contemporary India:
The Question of Caste”, at in the Senate Chamber, Palayam Campus, University of Kerala on 22nd March 2021
2019. Organizing Secretary, 45th All India Sociological Conference, University of Kerala
2019. Organizing Secretary, Pre-Conclave in connection with 45th All India Sociological Conference on
“Environment Management: Policies, Perspectives & Strategies, in collaboration with the Dept. of Environmental
Sciences, University of Kerala, Sponsored by Kerala Pollution Control Board on December 11, 2019 held at
Conference Hall, Environmental Sciences, University of Kerala.
2019. Organizing Secretary, Pre-Conclave in connection with 45th All India Sociological Conference on
“Vulnerability – Reduction and Reconstruction: Policies, Approaches and Methods in Disaster Management” on
27th December 2019, supported by National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project Phase II, Kerala, held at Seminar
Hall, UGC-HRD, Kariavattom Campus, University of Kerala
2019. “Gender Displacements – Women’s Place Making in Modernity” National Symposium Organized in the Dept.
of Sociology 22nd March 2019
2019. Doing and Writing Sociology: Workshop on Qualitative Research and Publishing in Sociology, Feb. 8-15,
2019
2019. PG Sociology Revision Workshop, Mahatma Gandhi University, as the Chairman, PG Expert Committee,
Sociology, Jan. 23-25
2017. Ageing Care and Wellbeing – Empowerment and Fulfilment, Department of Sociology, University of Kerala,
, in collaboration with RUSA October 27-28
2017. Convenor of the three day UGC sponsored National Seminar on Health and Well Being – The Tribal
Perspective organized by the Department of Sociology, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala, 27-29 March 2017.
2015. Antony Palackal. Organized and conducted three day UGC Sponsored National Workshop on “Organic Farming
and Food Security in Kerala” in collaboration with Department of Agriculture, Government of Kerala and World
Science Project, Louisiana State University, Louisiana, USA, June 11-13, 2015
2014. Organized and conducted three day UGC Sponsored National workshop on “Writing and Publishing in Social
Sciences” for research scholars and young faculties on 4-6 December 2014
2014. Organized and conducted the three day workshop in Participatory Research and Action (for the Post
Graduate Students of Sociology, Loyola College, Trivandrum, July 24-26, 2014
2013. Organized and conducted the two day workshop in Participatory Research and Action (for the Post
Graduate Students of Sociology and Personnel Management, Loyola College, Trivandrum, Nov. 29-30, 2013
2013. Organized and conducted the intercollegiate seminar on “Understanding Kasturi Rangan and Gadgil Report
in the Kerala Context” on 6th December 2013
Organizing Secretary, ICSSR sponsored 37th Annual Conference, Kerala Sociological Society, on the theme
“Mobility, Mobilization and Social Development” at Farook College, Kozhikode, 21-23 November 2011
2011. Organizing Secretary, Round Table Conference on “Moolampilly Struggle – Experience and Lessons’ at
Loyola College of Social Sciences, Trivandrum on 28 July 2011
2010. Organizing Secretary, 36th Annual Conference, Kerala Sociological Society, on the theme “Social
Exclusion and Inclusion: Issues, Prospects and Responses” at Loyola College of Social Sciences, Trivandrum,
20-22 March 2010
2010. Organizing Secretary, UGC sponsored National Round Table Conference on “Struggles of the Excluded
Communities in the Neo Liberal Era with Special Focus on Land Issue”, at Loyola College of Social Sciences,
Trivandrum 22-23 March 2010
2010. Five day PRA training for MA Sociology and MAPM students, Loyola College of Social Sciences,
Trivandrum, August 24-29, 2010
2009. Organizing Secretary, , Annual Meet, Trivandrum Chapter, Kerala Sociological Society on the topic “Job
Prospects and Challenges in Sociology in the Kerala Public Sector – Issue and Challenges” in Loyola College
October 16, 2009
2007. ANTONY PALACKAL & Organized the seminar on “Redefining the concept of family in the 21st Century” by
Dept. of Sociology, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Trivandrum, on March 21 & 22 2007
2005. Organizing secretary the one-day State level workshop on Academia- NGO Networking organized and
conducted by Loyola College of Social Sciences, on October 28, 2005.
2001. Organized and conducted the Counselling Training for Street Educators, workshop organized by the
National Institute of Social Defence (NISD) and UNICEF; LES, Trivandrum, December 18-22, 2001
