I am a doctoral researcher in cultural geography with a focused interest in cultural heritage, identity construction, and the socio-cultural impacts of tourism, particularly in the Eastern Himalayan region. My research centers on the Monpa community of Tawang District, Arunachal Pradesh, where I examine how cultural identities are negotiated, represented, and transformed within contexts of globalization, development, and heritage practices. My academic training integrates both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, including ethnographic fieldwork, questionnaire-based surveys, and statistical analysis using advanced techniques. I engage with interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks, drawing from identity theory, cultural geography, postcolonial studies, and globalization studies to understand the dynamic relationship between culture, space, and society. I have also been working on themes such as imagined geographies, platformization of heritage, and the interaction between tangible and intangible cultural elements. My research aims to contribute to both theoretical debates and empirical understanding of indigenous cultural transformations. I engage with Buddhist studies through an interdisciplinary lens, focusing on the lived practices, institutions, and knowledge systems of Himalayan societies. My particular interest lies in Tibetan Buddhism as a dynamic cultural and philosophical tradition. I explore its contemporary transformations in relation to heritage, mobility,