NEISSR faculty and 27 MSW students contribute to the 14th Indian Social Work Conference held in Guwahati.
DIMAPUR — The North East Institute of Social Sciences and Research (NEISSR), Nagaland, played a key role in the successful conduct of the 14th Indian Social Work Conference (ISWC) 2026, held from November 2 to the 4th at Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU), Tapesia Campus, Guwahati.
According to a press release issued by NEISSR, its faculty members held key organisational and academic responsibilities at the three-day conference, while 27 Master of Social Work (MSW) students from the institute volunteered in its conduct.
Dr. Fr. CP Anto, Principal of NEISSR and Executive Member of the National Association of Professional Social Workers in India (NAPSWI), and Daisinlung Sebastian Kamsuan, Assistant Professor at NEISSR, served as joint secretaries of the conference.
Dr. Anto also addressed a plenary session on “Issues and Challenges of North East Region.”
Other NEISSR faculty members also took on important responsibilities. Dr. Toli H Kiba, Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work, served as co-chair of a conference session, while Dr. BarnicRajianlung Gangmei chaired a plenary session.
Vizosu Kikhi, Assistant Professor, served as the NEISSR volunteer coordinator and led the team of 27 MSW student volunteers.
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The conference, the flagship event of NAPSWI and hosted by ADBU, was organised on the theme “From Welfare to Wellbeing: Reimagining Social Work Practice for Viksit Bharat @2047.”
It brought together social work educators, practitioners, researchers and students from across the country and beyond.
The event recorded 532 registrations, including 20 on-the-spot registrations, and featured 335 paper presenters, of whom 250 presented offline and 85 online. The Governor of Assam, Shri Lakshman Prasad Acharya, attended the inaugural session.
Through the active participation of its faculty and students, NEISSR contributed to the organisational and academic proceedings of the national conference.