SMVDU Katra: Dr. Amitabh V. Dwivedi, Head, School of Languages & Literature, SMVDU and a Linguist, chaired an academic session at GDC Udhampur in a Two-Day National Conference on ‘Routing the Rootless: Exploring the Literatures on the Indigenous Cultures” on 02 December 2017. During the interactive session, ten paper presenters, including college lectures and research scholars, presented their papers on Indigenist Cultures, Dalit Studies, and Decolonized Methodologies. Dr. Dwivedi emphasized that such activities are important for establishing a culture of knowledge sharing among academicians and research scholars. Further, he thanked the convener Prof. Anuradha Kalsi and the organizing secretary Prof. Kamaldeep Kaur for inviting him as a Resource Person.