Education:

1. Bachelor’s Degree: B.Sc. in Anthropology (Kohima Science College)
2. Master’s Degree: M.Sc./M.A. in Anthropology (University of Delhi)
3. Ph.D.: Awarded Ph.D. (Social Anthropology) from the University of Delhi in 2014.
4. Others: UGC-NET, ICMR (SRF)

Professional Experience:

• Assistant Professor (contractual) in the Centre for Indigenous Cultural Studies, Central University of Jharkhand (2013 – 2016) 
• A Fellow of the New India Foundation, Bengaluru, Karnataka (2017)
• Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre of Excellence, Centre for North-East India Studies, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (2020)

Area of interest:

• Ethnography, Tribal studies, Historical anthropology, Anthropology of religion, Anthropology of North-East India

Life Membership:

• The Indian Anthropological Society

Books Published

1. Chophy, G.K. (2021) Christianity and Politics in Tribal India: Baptist Missionaries and Naga Nationalism. Ranikhet: Permanent Black and New York: State University of New York Press
2. Chophy, G.K. (2019) Constructing the Divine: Religion and Worldview of a Naga Tribe in North-East India. New York/London: Routledge.

Edited Book

1. Chophy, G.K. and S.K. Chaudhuri. Eds (2021) Cultural Heritage of Nagaland. New Delhi: Manohar/IGRMS.

Research Publications

1. Chophy, G.K. 2022. ‘On Religious Identities and Cultural Change: Exploring the New Religious Developments among the Sumi Nagas in North-East India.’ In Bulletin of the Department of Anthropology 49: 99-108. ISSN: 0976-2264.
2. Chophy, G.K. (2021) ‘Critical Reflections on the Konyak Naga Ethnography.’ In The Oriental Anthropologist. doi: 10.1177/0972558X211036599
3. Chophy, G.K. (2019) ‘Gandhi and the Nagas.’ In Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India 68 (1): 1-17, ISSN: 2277436X.
4. Chophy, G.K. (2019) ‘Agents of the Godlings: An Ethnographic Account of Folk Hinduism in Himachal Pradesh.’ In Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India 68 (1): 1-12, ISSN: 2277436X.
5. Chophy, G.K. and Zhimo, A.G. (2018) ‘Naga Tribal Councils: A Formidable Political Force.’ In Economic and Political Weekly LIII (32): 18-21. ISSN: 2349-8846
6. Chophy, G.K. (2017) ‘An Anthropological Enquiry on Indian Comics and Culture.’ In Journal of theAnthropological Survey of India 66 (1-3): 183-201.
7. Chophy, G.K. (2015) ‘An Incongruent Inheritance: The Anthropology of J.H. Hutton and the Sema Nagas.’ In Eastern Anthropologist. ISSN: 0012-8686. 2 (3): 327-340.

Book Chapters

1. Chophy, G.K. 2021. ‘Ethnic Attachments and Alterations among Nagas in the Indo-Myanmar Borderlands.’ In Jelle J.P. Wouters and Michael T. Heneise (eds) Routledge Handbook of Highland Asia. Routledge: New York and London
2. Chophy, G.K. 2021. ‘Frontier Baptists.’ In Jelle J.P. Wouters and Tanka B. Subba (eds) Northeast India: An Introduction. Routledge: New York and London.
3. Chophy, G.K. 2019. ‘On Worldview and Witchcraft among the Indian Tribes.’ In M.C. Behera (ed.) Tribal Studies in India- Perspective of History, Archaeology and Culture. Singapore: Springer.
4. Chophy, G.K. 2018. ‘J.H. Hutton’s the Sema Nagas Revisited.’ In S. Gregory and S.K. Chaudhury (eds) Cultures, Identities, Multiculturalism and Beyond, 1-14. New Delhi: Rawat Publications.
5. Chophy, G.K. 2018. ‘Religion of the Ao Naga.’ In Jain et al. (eds.) Hinduism and Tribal Religions, Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Singapore: Springer.
6. Chophy, G.K. 2018. ‘Religion of the Sumi Naga.’ In Jain et al. (eds.) Hinduism and Tribal Religions, Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Singapore: Springer.
7. Chophy, G.K. 2018. ‘Religion of the Ho tribe.’ In Jain et al. (eds.) Hinduism and Tribal Religions, Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. New Delhi: Singapore.
8. Chophy, G.K. 2014. ‘Reconsidering Auto-Ethnographic Research in North East India.’ In V.K. Srivastava (ed.) Experiences of Fieldwork and Writing, pp. 180-95. New Delhi: Serials Publications.
9. Chophy, G.K. 2013. ‘Global Christian Developments and their impact on the Sumi of Nagaland.’ In V.K. Srivastava (ed.) Tribes in India: Concepts, Institutions and Practices, pp. 356-376. New Delhi: Serials Publications.