Dr. LANGTHIANMUNG VUALZONG

Designation: Asst. Professor
Department: Political Science
Phone: 9654484198
DOB: 28-01-1993
E-mail: mungvualzong@rayburncollege.ac.in
Area of specialization: Public administration, Disaster related Issue, Environmental Ethics, Public Policy, Political Science, Law & Governance.
Qualification: M.A. M.Phil FGPA 7.03, Ph.D.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

1. B.A(Honours) 2013 Govt. Aizawl West College (MZU)
2. M.A 2015 Delhi University.
3. Qualification: M.A. M.Phil, P.hD.

Teaching Profile
Assistant Professor 21.07.2021 Till date.

CONFERENCE/SEMINARS/SCHOOL/TRAINING ATTENDED

Experience:

  • Actively participating in NSS activities from eleventh grade till graduation. Got Volunteership Certificate from Rayburn College 2008 & 2009. Got 11th days training at the Atal Bihari Mountaineering Training Institute at Mcleodganj in Himachal Pradesh in 2012. Received best participant‟s awards among the 30 plus candidates. Field work experience in Manesar Haryana in 2014. Field work in Manipur in the year 2016 (April) and 2017 (March & April). Research Project Coordinator in the Special Centre for Disaster Research, JNU.
  • Working as Research Assistant at the Special Centre for Disaster Research as per the following records: Regular full time paid position: 1st December 2018 to 30th June 2019 where 25,000/- paid per month to the Research Scholar. Part-time Incentive payment based volunteering: 1st September 2016 to 30th November 2018. 1st July 2019 to 31st March 2020.

During this period he was consistently trained to teach/train/organize new and innovative demands of transdisciplinary courses in disaster research, organize international and national symposiums, generate collaborations, manage budgetary grants and coordinate with national and international academic, policy and administrative institutions and experts. He coordinated collaborations with National Disaster Management Authority, National Institute of Disaster Management and National Disaster Response Force under the MoU signed with NIDM through MHA- GoI and MoU with SKYMET Weather Co. and with the two International institutions ie; Beijing Institute of Administration, Beijing and Law Department of the University of Colombo. He also initiated a newsletter as its Coordinating Editor, for the new Centre on disaster Research at JNU.

  • The 1st Newsletter: Special Centre for Disaster Research (SCDR), JNU May 2019, Issue
    1. Editor: Mr. Langthianmung Vualzong (PhD, Centre for Law & Governance, JNU. New Delhi).

Certificate of Honour:

  • Certification of Award for Winning the “SBI Green Channel Inter College Quiz Competition 2012” Organized by Aizawl City College Joint Students‟ Union (ACCJSU) and also won Best Participations Awards for Correctly answering most questions raised. The first Inter-College Quiz competitions representing Government Aizawl West College (GAWC).
  • Certificate of Appreciation for sharing the importance of “What comes next after Graduation” & “Career Prospects” to the Bachelor Students (3rd & 5th Semester) of the Government Aizawl West College, Dawrpui Vengthar, Aizawl, Mizoram on the 23rd, 26th & 27th August,
  • Certificate of Honour for successfully obtaining Masters of Philosophy (M.Phil) Degree on the Topic “Land Management & Disaster Preparedness: A Study of Selected Regions of Manipur” under the Supervision of Amita Singh from the Special Centre for the Study of Law and governance (CSLG). JNU, New Delhi-67. Dated 13th October, 2018, New Delhi by Siamsinpawlpi, Joint Headquarters, Delhi.

Publications and Reports:

Contributed a Chapter on The Khuga Dam: A Case Study at Disasters, Management and Development-Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

  • Contributed a Chapter on Community Resilience Building and the Role of Paite Tribe of Churachandpur in Manipur-Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
  • Contributed a Research Report under the aegis of DRP Report on Research Report “JNU- NIDM Collaborative Programme on Disaster Research”,
  • The Other Humans (or Non-Humans) in Disaster management in India- Palgrave Macmillan,
  • Dependency Disaster: Indian Experience and tracing the missing piece for Know no Disaster.
  • Theorising COVID-19 Impacts on Education and its Challenges in Manipur
    Published by North Eastern Social Research Center ISBN 978-81-953024-7-5

Book Review:

  • Review a Book on 2015 titled The Societal Impact of Technology Author by Savvas Katsikides Published on 1998.

Vernacular publication:

  • Theihkhawl Louh Tuahsiatnate (Disaster) A kipan Khotaang Leh Innsung Etkhiakna published on10/15/2020.
  • Phakchiam Delh Tuailai: What does it mean to be a Youth and understanding our purpose of existence? For EBC Silver Jubilee Souvenir publish by BYF Delhi on March 9, 2019.

Conference Conducted and Participated: International Conferences/Workshops:

  • Earthquakes and Landslide: Challenge of Disaster management in four North-Eastern States (Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Nagaland), April 9th -11th 2016 at the Court hall, Manipur University, Imphal,
  • World Congress on Disaster Management at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on November 06-10, 2017.
  • “Two Week Capacity Building Programme” (February 5-18) on The Social Science Approach to Disaster Research and in the International Experts‟ Sessions (February 16-18) on Reinforcing Institutional Decision Making in Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation under a Collaborative of Special Centre for Disaster Research (SCDR), Indian Oil and Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) at SCDR, JNU, New Delhi.
  • “Reinforcing Coastal Zone Management: Saving Lives, Habitats and Livelihood of People” held at SCDR, JNU New Delhi, from 15th-17th November
  • “SCDR Collaborating Meeting with Beijing Administrative Institute (BAI)” held at CSLG, JNU, New Delhi, on 15th May
  • SCDR participated as a knowledge partner in “Global Inclusive Disaster Management Conference” at India International Centre, New Delhi, from 10th -11th July
  • “Governance of Sustainable Development and Disaster Management (ICGSD 2018)” held at Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 6th – 7th October
  • SCDR participated as a knowledge partner in “4th World Congress on Disaster Management” held at IIT Bombay, from 29th January 2019 to 1st February
  • World Symposium on “Artificial Intelligence in Governance and Disaster Management” at JNU, New Delhi, from 11th-13th March 2019. In collaboration with Niti Aayog, NDMA, NIDM,
  • Disaster Resilient Smart Cities at Special Centre for Disaster Research (SCDR), JNU, New Delhi, From 4th to 6th December,

National Workshops-Collaborative Meetings:

  • Participatory Neighborhood mapping “College Cluster”, New Delhi. Jan 20,
  • Two Day Workshop on “Disasters and Community Resilience in the Northeastern States” and the launch programme of the Centre. Held on 26-27 October 2017, JNU, New Delhi at Special Centre for Disaster Research (SCDR), JNU and National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), New.
  • Launch of Special Centre for Disaster Research by Hon‟ble Minister of State (Home Affairs) Shri. Kiren Rijiju, October 26,
  • “Development, Disaster and Community Resilience in the Northeastern States of India”, New Delhi, October 26-27 th
  • Two weeks Capacity Building Workshops on “Social Science Approach to Disaster Research”, New Delhi, Feb 5th -18th, 2018.
  • “Early Warning Systems and Community Resilience to Floods with focus on Regional and Institutional Coordination” at SCDR, JNU, New Delhi, 27th April 2018.
  • SCDR-IERB collaborative Teacher‟s Annual Lecture on “Bethikalism: A journey, a core, in all „ism‟!” held at Convention Centre, JNU, New Delhi, on 5th September
  • “Media and Disaster Management” Conference, Constitution Club, New Delhi, from 06th-07th December
  • UGC-HRDC “Refresher course on Disaster Management” at JNU, New Delhi, from 17th-21st December
  • Saifuddin Kitchlew Chair Annual Lecture entitled “Current Political Scenario and Its Impact on India‟s Northeast” held on 19th February 2020 at Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (CNESPR), Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
  • National Seminar on “Journey of Modern India” held at Deputy Speaker, Constitution Club, Rafi Marg New Delhi on 4th March
  • 4th Annual Workshop on “ICMR Draft National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research involving Human Participants (Research in Social Sciences, Law and Sciences). Organized by Institutional Ethics Review Board, JNU. New Delhi. Dated 15th February
  • Volunteer in National Science Day 2018, Held on 28th February, 2018 with the theme “Science and Technology for Sustainable Future”, Organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
  • Volunteer in National Science Day 2019, Held on 28th February, 2019 with the theme “Science for the People and the People for Science”, Organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
  • Workshop on Writing for Publishing: Articles for Peer-reviewed Journals organized by Sage School of Publishing and Dr. Ambedkar Central Library, JNU, New Delhi on 4th March,

Paper Presented:

  • At Disaster Research Programme (DRP) on a special meeting among the DRP faculty and cohorts, 2016.
  • National Consultative Meet on “Early Warning Systems and Community/Resilience to Floods with focus on Regional Cooperation and Institutional Coordination” Organized by Special Centre for Disaster Research (SCDR), JNU, New Delhi on 27th April
  • SCDR participated as a knowledge partner in “4th World Congress on Disaster Management” held at IIT Bombay, from 29th January 2019 to 01st February
  • “Reinforcing Coastal Zone Management: Saving Lives, Habitats and Livelihood of People” held at SCDR, JNU New Delhi, from 15th-17th November
  • Participating and presenting in the Brainstorming Session on “Public Policy on Disasters, Agriculture & Agrarian Communities” held on 07th of October 2018 at Gannoruwa Agriculture Research Institute, Kandy, Sri Lanka adjoined to International Conference on Governance for Sustainable Development (ICGSD- 2018)” held at Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 6th – 7th October.
  • Communities at Risk and Disaster: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, IIT Delhi, New Delhi organized by Dr Vibha Arora, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, from 24th February to 28th February

The Series of Lectures Conducted covered through Special Centre for Disaster Research (SCDR, JNU) were:

  • Role of India Meteorological Department in Disaster Management – Dr. M. Mohapatra, IMD.
  • Role of Disaster Management Act in India – Dr. Nivedita Haran, Retd (IAS)
  • Disaster Management and its Impact – By Dr. P Puneeth, CSLG, JNU
  • Basics of GIS/GPS applications in disaster research”- By prof. Joshi SES, JNU
  • “Chernobyl Disaster-Revisiting Transdisciplinary Solutions” By Dr. Anton.

Seminar/Conferences attended through Online by Centre for the Study of Law & Governance (CSLG) through EXALT (Exchanges on Law Technology and Society):

  • Artificial Intelligence  (AI)  Ethics  and  Governance  with    Luke Stark Assistant Professor University of Western Ontario on 6th July, 2021 7 pm (IST)
  • A Conversation on Global Data Justice with Dr. Linnet Taylor Associate Professor, University of Tilburg and Dr. Siddharth Peter de Souza Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Tilburg on Wed, 3 March, 2021.
  • Subbarao Kambhampati Arizona State University Former President, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAI) on April 22, 2021.
  • The Reality Game How the Next waave of technology will break the truth by Dr. Samuel Woolley on 18 February,
  • A Conversation on Digital Labour and Gig Economy Platforms with Dr. Noopur Raval Post-Doctoral Researcher AI Now Institute on 30 June
  • Privacy and Data protection in smart cities with Dr. Masa Galic, Assistant Professor, VU Amsterdam on April 5,
  • A Conversation on The Limits of Knowledge in a Data-Driven Society with Dr. Sun-Ha Hong Assistant Professor Simon Fraser University on July 14.

International Conferences/Workshop attended during Covid 2020/2021

  • Policy Research Centre, Bangladesh lecture series on Corona Virus
  • The 13thbd International Online Zoom Conference on “Peaceand Conflict Resolutions: South Asian Context” on 28th September, 2021
  • Laws, Disaster and Public Health Emergencies Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic” Dated: September 29,

National Conferences attended during Covid 2020/2021

  • National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) Lecture Series