BIO-DATA

AUGUSTINE ZIMIK Designation: Assistant Professor Email: azimik22[at]gmail.com/ augustinezimik[at]tripurauniv.in Contact no. : +91-7005867804

PERSONAL PROFILE

Date of Birth: 22nd March 1989 Father’s name: Yarteo Zimik Language known: English, Hindi, Manipuri Sex: Male Nationality: Indian Religion: Christian Marital status: Single Permanent Address: Kalhang village, p/o District, -795142

Qualifications

B.Sc. (Botany) NEHU M.L.Sc. (NEHU) Qualified NET for Asst. Professor conducted by UGC, 21st April 2014 Qualified NET for Asst. Professor conducted by CBSE (UGC), 29th Sep., 2015

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 Served as Guest lecturer in department of Library & Information Science, ICFAI University, (IUN), for 5 months (August – December 2014)  Served as Assistant Professor Library and Information Science Department, IUN (December 2014 – February 2016)  Serving as Assistant Professor at Department of Library and Information Science, University (March 2016 till date)

AREA OF INTEREST

 Knowledge organization  Management of Libraries and Information Centers  Documentation, Preservation and Conservation of indigenous knowledge

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Written a Dissertation on the topic “Indigenous knowledge of Tangkhul foodstuffs and medicine in Kalhang village of Manipur” under the supervision of Dr. P Hangsing(Asst. Prof. Department of Library and Information Science, NEHU)

SEMINAR DELIVERED

1. Seminar deliveredon “Indigenous knowledge of Tangkhul medicine and food stuff in Kalhang village” during M.L.I.Sc. (IVrdsemester). 2. Seminar delivered on “Pomato” during B.Sc. (IIIrd year).

CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

1. International conference on Information Literacy in the knowledge society6th to 8th March, 2014. North- Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, ,

2. Inter College students’ seminar presentation competition in botany (seminar delivered on “pomato”). St. Anthony’s college Shillong, Meghalaya, India

3. International year of Chemistry & 70 years of the department of Chemistry St. Anthony’s college , inter- college students’ chemistry seminar,4th November 2011, St. Anthony’s college Shillong, Meghalaya, Shillong, India

4. National Seminar on “the role of humanities and social sciences in management” organized by ICFAI University Nagaland and sponsored by ICSSR. (19th – 20th Feb. 2015) Conference attended:

5. 10th Convention PLANNER 2016 (Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region) organized by the INFLIBNET center at North Eastern Hill University, Shillong from November 9-11, 2016.

6. National Workshop on “Data and Statistical Analysis Using R Programming” organized by INFLIBNET centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat from December 20th to 21st, 2016.

7. International Conference on “Library Services in Knowledge Society: Innovative, Value Added Services and Best Practices” organized by Department of Library & Information Science, University, Aizawl from March 1st to 3rd, 2017.

PAPER PRESENTED Presented a paper entitled “Documenting Indigenous Knowledge; Processing of Khor, a Traditional Beverage” in the International Conference on “Library Services in Knowledge Society: Innovative, Value Added Services and Best Practices” organized by Department of Library & Information Science, , Aizawl.

PUBLICATION Published a paper entitled “How to Satisfy the Users: User Survey in Tripura University” in 62nd ILA conference proceeding, Feb. 2017.