David Jangminlien is a PhD Scholar at NIAS. Before inducting as a doctoral student at the institute, he completed Master of Arts in Political Science at Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Madhya Pradesh and a Bachelor of Arts at Don Bosco College Maram, Manipur. He was listed in the Prime Minister Box 2020 as Prime Minister’s Guest to witness the Republic Day Parade 2020 at Rajpath, New Delhi.
Jangminlien is working with Dr. Anshuman Behera on the research enterprise entitled: Ethnic Conflicts in Manipur: A Study of Kuki and Naga Conflict. He has a keen interest in conflict management in a multi-ethnic society.
His areas of research interest include Ethnic Conflicts in India, Myanmar and Bangladesh, Border Security, Counter-Insurgency, Human Rights, and Indigenous Studies of India’s Northeast.