Ongoing Research Projects

Financial Empowerment in Meghalaya: AI-Powered Multilingual E-Marketplace for Tribes (in collaboration with IIIT Guwahati)

Funding Agency : IBITF

Duration (Dates): 14th November 2023 - 14th November 2025

Status: Ongoing

Principal Investigator: Dr. Basil N. Darlong Diengdoh

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

1. Prof. Indrajit Dube, Vice Chancellor, National Law University Meghalaya, Shillong;
2. Dr. Umeshwari Dkhar, Assistant Professor, National Law University Meghalaya, Shillong;
3. Dr. S. Elika Assumi, Assistant Professor, National Law University Meghalaya, Shillong;
4. Dr. Kaustuv Nag, IIIT Guwahati
5. Dipankar Kundu, Assistant Professor, National Law University Meghalaya, Shillong;

LIDSS: Legal Intelligence and Decision Support System

Funding Agency : TIH-AI4ICPS (IIT Kharagpur)

Duration (Dates): 8th March 2024 to 8th March 2026

Status: Ongoing

Principal Investigator: Prof. Indrajit Dube

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

1. Dr. Dipa Dube, Professor, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur;
2. Prof. Pabitra Mitra, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur;
3. Dr. Kaustuv Nag, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati;
4. Dipankar Kundu, Assistant Professor, National Law University Meghalaya, Shillong;
5. Yogesh Mishra, Assistant Professor, National Law University Meghalaya, Shillong

Administration of Justice under the Syiemship of Mylliem: A Legal Study

Funding Agency : KHADC

Duration (Dates): 1st November 2023 - Present

Status: Ongoing

Principal Investigator: Dr. Umeshwari Dkhar

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

Dr. Basil N. Darlong Diengdoh

Mapping of the Living-root-bridges of the Khasi Community: Conserving Meghalaya’s Intangible Heritage through the Legal and Empirical Lens

Funding Agency : KHADC

Duration (Dates): 1st November 2023 - Present

Status: Ongoing

Principal Investigator: Badapbiang Dkhar

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

Domestic Violence in a Matrilineal Context: Investigating the Experiences of Tribal Women in Meghalaya

Funding Agency : West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata (WBNUJS)

Duration (Dates): 27th March 2024 - 27th March 2025

Status: Ongoing

Principal Investigator: Dr. Umeshwari Dkhar

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

1. Dr. Surja Kanta Baladhikari, Assistant Professor, WBNUJS, Kolkata;
2. Ankita Chakraborty, Assistant Professor, National Law University Meghalaya, Shillong;