Personal Profile

1.	Name	Dr. Laimwn Basumatary
2.	Designation	Assistant Professor
3.	Department	Political Science
4.	Gender	Female
5.	DOB	30/12/1987
6.	Contact No. & email	8447583560 & laimwn87@gmail.com
7.	Residential Address	Village no. 2 Kacharipara, Bhakatpara, Udalguri, Assam – 784190
8.	Area of specialization	Peace and Conflict, International Organisation

Academic Profile

Educational qualification (degree onwards) :

Degree	Subject	Institution	Year of passing	Grade/Percentage
B.A.	Political Science	Cotton College	2010	II Class
M.A.	Political Science	Delhi University	2013	II Class
M.A.	Public Administration	IGNOU	2017	II Class
M.Phil.	International Organisation	Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi	2016	I Class
Ph.D.	International Organisation	Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi	2022

Teaching experience :

Designation	Institution	Period of Work	Experience in years
Teaching Assistant	Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi	Monsoon Semester 2016	6 months
Assistant Professor	University of Science and Technology (USTM)	01.09.2022- 31.05.2023	8 months
Assistant Professor	Bijni College, Bijni	26.06.2023

Participation in Seminars/Webinar/FDP/Workshops

• Participated and presented in the Winter Research Methodology Course for PhD students on “Negotiations & Assertions: Engaging with Political Realities in Contemporary South Asia” sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi and organised by Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Campus, 13^th January 2016. Paper title: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in South Asia: The Political Reconstruction in Nepal.
• Presented in the International Conference on Literature, Culture and World Peace organised by Higher Education and Research Society, Navi Mumbai, India on 23^rd and 24^th September 2016. Paper title: Media in Peace Operations: An Analysis of United Nations Initiative in Public Information Strategy.
• Presented in the International Conference on “India and New World Order in Contemporary Global Politics” sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi and organised by Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, 20-21 March, 2018.Paper title: India’s Role in the United Nations Peace Operations in 21^st Century: An Analysis of Trends and Challenges.
• Presented in the CIPOD Young Scholar’s Conference on “Conflict and Cooperation in Contemporary World Politics” organised by the Centre for International Politics, Organisation and Disarmament, School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi, 20^th November 2018. Paper title: Media Development Cooperation in Post-Conflict Countries: An Analysis of the Role of United Nations Public Information Component.
• Presented in the international conference on “Role of Media and Peace Journalism” by Asia Pacific Peace Research Association (APPRA) on 10^th October 2022. Paper title: Media Development in Post-Conflict: The Role of United Nations Information Operation in Liberia.
• Participated and presented in International Seminar on “Sustainable Development: Socio-Economic, Political and Technological Aspects” organized by the Department of Economics, Computer Science and Political Science in collaboration with IQAC, Kokrajhar Govt. College, Kokrajhar, Assam, India, 25th May, 2024. Paper title: The Perspective of Gender Equality in Sustainable Development Goals: An Analysis.
• Participated and presented in Two Day National Seminar on “Science and Technology in Ancient India” organized by Research, Innovation and Publication Cell, IQAC, Bijni College, Assam, 24th and 25th June, 2025. Paper title: Food Security in India and Traditional Agricultural System: An Analysis.
• Participated and presented in Two Day National Seminar on “Preserving Indigenous Heritage: The Cultural Identity of Assam’s Indigenous Communities” organised by Department of Economics and IQAC, Darrang College, Tezpur, Assam, on 20th and 21st February, 2026. Paper title: Development and Displacement: An Analysis of Land Rights among Tribal Communities in Assam.
• Participated in Two-week Capacity Building Programme for Young Faculty in Social Sciences organised by Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development and Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, 29th April to 13th May, 2025.
• Participated in the One week Faculty Development Programme on Application of ICT Tools in Teaching and Learning, Office Management, Binary System of NAAC Assessment & Research Ethics organised by Bijni College, Bijni, 10th April to 16th April, 2025.

Orientation/Refresher course attended

• Induction Training Programme for Newly Appointed Assistant Professors on 21^st and 22^nd January 2024 organised by UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, Gauhati University.
• UGC Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, UGC sponsored Faculty Induction Programmeorganised by University of Jammu, from 9^th December to 4^th January 2025.
• UGC Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, UGC sponsored Refresher Course organised by North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, from 23^rd February to 9^th March, 2026.

Publications

• Paper published in Journal of Higher Education And Research Society: A Refereed International, titled “Media in Peace Operations: An Analysis of United Nations Initiative in Public Information Strategy”, ISSN-2349-0209, Volume V, Issue I (April 2017).
• Paper published in International Journal Remarking An Analisation: Peer Reviewed/Refereed Journal, titled “Political Reconstruction in Nepal: An Analysis of the Multilateral Initiative by the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) and Bilateral Initiative by India”, ISSN- 2394-0344, Volume 5, Issue 6 (September 2020).
• India’s Role in the United Nations Peace Operations in 21^st Century: An Analysis of Trends and Challenges, in Chakali Bramhayya (ed.), Indian Foreign Policy towards Eurasia, West Asia (Delhi: Writers Choice, 2021).
• “The Perspective of Gender Equality in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): An Analysis” (2024). Anwesha: A Multilingual Interdisciplinary Research Based Edited Book, Publication Cell: Bijni College, ISBN: 978-81-962480-6-2, pp. 83-93.
• “Media Development In Post-Conflict Societies: Analysing the Role of United Nations Information Operations” (2025). Pratibha: A Multilingual, Multidisciplinary, Peer-Reviewed National Annual Journal, ISNN- 2349-5286, pp. 173-183.
• Dr. Laimwn Basumatary. “United Nations Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in the Context of the Bodo Tribes in India” (2026), Shanjarang, Souvenir: 65th Annual Conference Bodo Sahitya Sabha, pp. 550 to 552.

Key positions/Additional responsibilities held in the college

Teaching experience :

Sl. No	Name of key role	Name of institution at which the role was held	Duration of the role	Academic year in which it was held
1.	Committee member for H.S. 2nd Year Pre-Test Examination	Bijni College, Bijni	2023	2023
2.	Member of the Sessional Examination Committee	Bijni College, Bijni	2023	Odd Semester, 2023
3.	Assistant Officer in-charge for H.S. Final Examination	Bijni College, Bijni	2024	2024
4.	External Evaluator for Gunotsav, 2024	Kokrajhar District	4.01.2024- 06.01.2024	2024
5.	External Evaluator for Gunotsav, 2024	Chirang District	10.01.2024- 12.01.2014	2024

Fellowship & Grant

• Awarded ICSSR Full-Term Centrally Administered Doctoral Fellowship for the year 2018-2019.
• Field Trip grant sponsored by the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, to the United Nations Headquarters, New York (16^th March to 23^rd March 2019). 

Member of various bodies

1. Member of Institutional Innovative Committee, Bijni College, 2024.
2. Joint Convenor, College Website Maintenance Cell, 2024
3. Member, Research, Innovation & Publication Cell 2025