Roluahpuia is currently serving as an Assistant Professor (Sociology) at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. His published work has appeared in noted journals, including Asian Ethnicity, Contemporary South Asia, Himal South Asian, Journal of Borderlands Studies, Nations and Nationalism. Puia’s research interests broadly cover, among others, identity, nationalism, development, and borderland studies. His book titled Nationalism in the Vernacular: States, Tribes, and the Politics of Peace in Northeast India (2023) was published by Cambridge University Press.