Prof. Tejaswini Niranjana (Ahmedabad University), Biatrisha Mukhopadhyay (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Md. Yasin (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Dr. Kaustav Padmapati (The Royal Global University Guwahati), Daveirou Lanamai (Tezpur University), Poonam Surie (Institute of Chinese Studies New Delhi), Dr. Ritu Agarwal (Jawaharlal Nehru University)

The panelists will present papers on "Intricacies of Religious Identity in China in the Xi Era”, “Pravasi Bharatiya and Huáqiáo-Huárén: Explaining the Similarities and Differences of Two Diasporas”(of India and China), “Democratic Transition, New Taiwanese Identity and Queer Rights Movement in Taiwan: Assessing the Linkages” and “Sinicising Naming Practices of Select Ethnic Minorities in China”