ACADEMICS

 

Niminita Saikia

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Handique Girls´ College

Orcid Id: 0009-0004-0002-0869

Email Id.: niminita.saikia@gmail.com

 

Educational Qualification:

Ph.D.- (Pursuing in Gauhati University)

M.Phil.- (Gauhati University)

UGC NET in Political Science

M.A. in Political Science (Gauhati University)

Areas of Interest:

Human Rights, Gender Studies, Indian Political Thought, Indian Polity, Western Political Thought.

 ACHIEVEMENTS:

Project: Teacher-Led-Student-Project on "Human Rights and Women: A Study on the Status of Human Rights Condition of Women Prisoners in Guwahati Central Jail, Guwahati, Assam" funded by Research Cell, Handique Girls´ College (2023-24)

Papers:

Presented a paper titled "Conservation of Biodiversity: The Pivotal Role played by the Indigenous People of Northeast India" on 22nd & 23rd March, 2024 in the ICSSR Sponsored International Conference on Traditional Knowlwdge(Exploring Traditional Knowledge : Bridging Past and Future) organised by Nowgong College (Autonomous) upgraded to Nagaon University.

 Presented a paper titled "Globalization and North East India: An Understanding on the effects of globalization on the ethnic tribes of Northeast India" on 16th & 17th August, 2024 in the ICSSR Sponsored national seminar on Ethnicity, Multiculturalism and Democracy: Understanding from India´s North-East organised by Dr. B.K.B. College, Nagaon, Assam

Presented a paper titled "India´s Act East Policy and North East India: Prospects and Impediments" on 5th March, 2025 in the Young Scholars´ Meet, a national seminar on Globalising Northeast India through Act East Policy: A Socio-Political and Economic Perspective organised by Department of Political Science in collaboration with IQAC, Handique Girls´ College, Guwahati, Assam (An initiative under the ICSSR Major Research Project)

Publications:

Published a chapter titled "Role of Indigenous People of North East India in Conservation of Biodiversity" in the Proceeding of ICSSR Sponsored International Seminar ´Contemporary Concerns of the State of Indigenous People vis-a-vis their Existence and Survival´, 2023, ISBN: 978-81-958446-9-2.

Published a chapter titled "Biodiversity and Sustainable Development: An Overview on the role of Indigenous People of Northeast India in Conservation of Biodiversity" in the edited book Sustainable Development and Livelihood Strategies, Volume II, published in 2023 by Dreambook Publishing, ISBN: 978-81-19862-39-9