The President of NAPSWI presents the Best Researcher award to C P Anto on November 6 in Odisha.
Dimapur, November 9 (MExN): The founder-principal of the North East Institute of Social Sciences and Research (NEISSR) and the founder-director of Peace Channel, Dr Fr C P Anto, was conferred the ‘Best Researcher’ award at the 13th Indian Social Work Conference 2025 on November 6.
Organised by the National Association of Professional Social Workers in India (NAPSWI), the conference was held between November 6 to 8 at Centurion University of Technology and Management, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, in collaboration with the Odisha Professional Social Work Association and the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).
Anto’s research presentation, titled “Advancing Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies in Social Work in India: Academic Innovation and Community Engagement through the Peace Channel,” was selected for the award from among more than 100 research presentations, representing 23 states across 32 panels.
In addition to receiving the award, Anto chaired a Parallel Technical Session on the thematic area “Health and Spiritual Health: Issues in the Knowledge Society” on 7th November 2025.
He also participated as an expert in a group discussion on “Syllabus, Field Work, and the Inclusion of Emerging Issues and New Topics in Social Work Education,” particularly in the context of recent curriculum revisions under the National Education Policy (NEP).
