Chiangmong Khiamniungan

ALT The image shows a conference panel setting at the Small Voice of History: Princeton South Asia Conference held from October 30 to November 1, 2025. Chiangmong Khiamniungan, a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Hyderabad, is standing at a podium delivering a presentation titled “Democracy in its purest form exists among Nagas: Some rough notes on a tribal theory of democracy.” Behind him, the title slide with the University of Hyderabad logo is projected on a large screen. In front of the podium, two panelists, Neel Thakkar and Anees M. Peramanu, are seated at a table with name cards, laptops, and water bottles. To the right, another table holds microphones and a name card labeled Haider Shahbaz, suggesting additional speakers. The room has a professional academic atmosphere, typical of an international conference presentation.

ALT Chiangmong Khiamniungan stands outside the South Asia Institute at Heidelberg University beside a large orange banner for the 28th European Conference on South Asian Studies (ECSAS 2025). He is wearing a dark checkered blazer, maroon sweater, gray scarf, dark jeans, and white sneakers, posing with his hands in his pockets near the building’s entrance.

ALT Chiangmong Khiamniungan stands behind a red podium in a lecture hall, speaking during a session at Heidelberg University. He is wearing a dark checkered blazer, maroon sweater, and gray scarf, with a laptop open in front of him and a green chalkboard in the background.