Banasmita Bora is the Programme Coordinator at Lokniti- Programme for Comparative Democracy. She joined Lokniti in the year 2003 after completion of her Masters from Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

As a Programme Coordinator her main responsibilities at Lokniti is to coordinate the activities of different ongoing projects and academic programme liaison with CSDS, project
partners and other funders.

Research Interest: Public Policy Analysis, Politics of Ethnic conflict in North East India

Publications

Sikkim: The Pro-Incumbency Factor, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XXXIX No 51 December 18-24,2004 pp 5536-5538

Seminar presentation

Presented a paper on the Institutes of Juvenile Justice System in UK in a Seminar organised by Children Rights Goa held at India International Centre Goa on the 22-23rd May 2008.

Presented a paper titled Shadows of the 1983 Assembly Election in Assam at a Seminar on Managing diversity: Electoral System and Process in India held on 8-9th February 2008 at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi.

Presented a paper titled Electoral Politics in Sikkim at a Seminar on Electoral Politics in India, February 2005, Bangalore