Dr. T. Luithuiwung Awungshi

Publications

1. Gachuiwo, H. et al., (2025) Wanderlust of Buddhist Heritage Sites: An Empirical Exploration of Tourists’ Behaviour on Religious Sites of Sikkim. American International Journal of Business Management (AIJBM), 8 (10), 90-100.

2. Gachuiwo, H. et al., (2025) Mitigating Overtourism in Sikkim: A Review Base Analysis for Research. Advanced International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research.

3. Lakra, N.R., & Awungshi, T.L. (2024). Examining the Role of Migration Dynamics in Shaping India's Act East Policy: Contributing to G20 and SDGs. New Paradigm of Development

4. Awungshi, T.L. & Das, P. (2024) Counsellor Well-Being in Rehabilitation Centres for Recovering Addicts in Guwahati, Assam. Crossroads

5. Lakra, N.R., & Awungshi, T.L. (2024). Exploring the Role of Social Work Amongst Child Labor: National Education Policy, 2020 and its perspective in the context of Pub-Boragaon, Guwahati. Children with Multiple Vulnerabilities, 106-122.

6. Mangar, U., Gachuiwo, H., Dey, M., Lyndoh, Y., & Awungshi, T.L. (2023). Exploring Satisfaction and Loyalty on Select Monastic Heritage Sites with Special References to Sikkim. International Journal of Membrane Science and Technology, 10 (5), 317-330.

7. Bhattacharjee, J. & Awungshi, T.L. (2022). Refuge in the Office: The Female Social Worker's Account of Engagement at 'Home' Versus The 'Outside' World. South Asian Journal of Participative Development, 142-159.

8. Awungshi, T.L., & Joseph., A.G. (2021). Drug abuse among Tangkhul youth in Ukhrul district of Manipur. Social Work Journal, 12 (1&2), 99-110.

9. Awungshi, T.L., & Joseph., A.G. (2018). Media and Drug Abuse: A Study of Tangkhul Naga Youth of Ukhrul District, Manipur. 9 (2), 55-62.

10. Awungshi, T.L., & Joseph., A.G. (2018). Problems and Prospects to Development of North-East India. 9 (2), 17-25.

Projects awarded

1. Awarded a research project funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) as co-project director titled “Role of Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana in the Development of Value-Based and Sustainable Entrepreneurs: An Evaluation of the Northeast Region.” Date of award: 29/09/2023, File No: 221/CRP-2023-2299|PMMY|SCD, Amount: Fifteen lakhs (1500000), Duration of the Project: 6 Months

Seminars/Conferences

1. Presented a paper on Migration and the Act East Policy at the International Conference on “India’s Act East Policy and Indo-Pacific Developments: Problems and Prospects for Northeast India,” held on 2nd and 3rd June 2022.

2. Presented a paper on Media and Youth Drug Abusers: A Study of the Tangkhul Naga Tribe of Ukhrul District, Manipur, at the UGC-sponsored Three-Day National Conference on “Social Media: Authentication and Transformation” held on 30th, 31st Jan & 1st Feb 2019 at Arul Anandar College, Karumathur, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu.

3. Presented a paper on Youth and Drug Abuse: A Study of the Tangkhul Naga Tribe of Ukhrul District, Manipur, at the 25th Asia-Pacific Joint Regional Social Work Conference from 17-20 Sept., 2019 – Bengaluru, India.

4. Presented a paper during a National Seminar on Financial Reform in India on Demonetization and its Social Impact organized by Department of Commerce Assam University, Silchar on 12th January 2017

Workshops and Conferences attended 

1. Participated in the three-day (29th to 31st July 2020) International Workshop on Career Talks organized by the Department of Social Work, Assam University, Silchar.

2. Participated in the ‘Academic Publishing & Enhancing & Research Effectiveness’ held on 9th June 2020, organized by Dr. Zakir Hussain Library, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, and supported by Springer Nature & Elsevier.

3. Participated in the webinar series on ‘International Perspectives in Social Work Perspectives’ organized by the P.G. department of Social Work (Shift-II), MSSW from 8th June to 13th June 2020.

4. Participated in a two-day workshop on academic writing delineating theory and praxis organized by Research for Resurgence Foundation (RFRF) Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal, Assam Visvavidyalaya Samiti, and Assam University, Silchar held at the Department of Economics from 11 to 12 September 2019.

5. Attended a 5-day workshop on data analysis in ‘SPSS’ from 25th Feb to 1st March 2019 organized by the Department of Statistics, Assam University, Silchar.

6. Participated in one day workshop on “Gandhian Approach to Rural Development” organized by NSS Cell, Assam University, Silchar on 12th February 2019.

7. Participated in the National Workshop on Data Collection, Processing and analysis conducted by the Department of Economics, Assam University, Silchar from 12-14 March 2018.

8. Participated in National Seminar on Geriatric Care Management and Role of Social Work Profession from 20 – 21 March 2018 organized by department of Social Work, Assam University Silchar.

9. Attended National Workshop on Research Methodology in Social Sciences for the Research Scholars and Faculty members organized by ICSSR-Northeastern Regional Centre on 4th - 13th December 2017 at NEHU campus, Shillong. 10. Completed a Program on Strategies for promotion of rural micro-enterprise held from November 2-6, 2015, at NIRDPR, Guwahati.

11. Participated in the 15-day Research Capacity Building Program for Faculties in Social Sciences (sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi) organized at the Department of Business Administration, Assam University, Silchar from 25th November 2013 to 11th December 2013

12. Participated in the One-day awareness Program on Governance through Rural and urban local government bodies. Organized on 11.01.2012 by the Equal Opportunity Cell in collaboration with Centre for studies in Human Development, Assam University, Silchar

13. Participated in the one-day workshop on “Fieldwork as an Essence of Social Work Practice: Echoes from the Field”, organized by the Department of Social Work, Assam University, Silchar, held on 26th November 2011 at Assam University campus.

14. Participated in the one-day workshop on “Capacity Building for Field Work Practice in Social Work”, organized by the Department of Social Work, Assam University Silchar, held on 5th February 2011 at the Assam University campus.

Membership

Lifetime Member of National Association for Professional Social Workers Membership (No: NAPSWI/MN/LIFE/21617)

Recognition as an Outstanding Performance in the National Conference held in Arul Anandar College, Karumathur, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, Assam University Unit, on 2nd April 2019.