About:

Dr. Priyanka Jain, is currently working as Assistant Professor, SLA teaching sociology, business communication, value education and research methodology courses at various schools of NIU. Presently, serving as Editor-in- chief of NIU Journal of Social Sciences (NIUJSS), a peer-reviewed journal. In addition, fulfilled administrative responsibilities at Centre for Research Studies (CRS) as Course Coordinator (Ph.D. Programme) and Registrar Office as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Registrar of university engaging in research and policy documentation interventions. Her Ph.D. was on "Impact of Transnational Migration on Identities of Chakmas in Northeast and Consequential Shifts in India's Foreign Policy". For the same, she has done extensive field work in difficult geographic terrains of Arunachal, Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya and so on.

Further, she has been a trainer in the corporates like AEGIS, HCL on women safety issues and in addition, worked for advocacy of child rights by promoting film based on child labour, “IAM KALAM” in premier institutes like IIT Delhi, IIM Ahmadabad and Kolkatta, XISS Ranchi, Narsee Monjee Mumbai, Jamnalal bajaj Mumbai, etc. She has international exposure of being Resource Person on “Trafficking and HIV/AIDS '' in World Social Forum, Lund, Sweden.