Wasbir Hussain

Wasbir Hussain is a journalist and writer who has published on peace, security and development in Northeast India. Hussain was twice nominated Member of India’s National Security Advisory Board (2006-2008 and 2010-2012).

In 1996, Hussain received the Sanskriti Foundation National Award for excellence in journalism. In 2004, Hussain started a think-tank, the Centre for Development and Peace Studies in Guwahati, and inducted former administrators, academics, senior editors and development experts as part of the centre’s core team. CDPS, under Hussain’s initiative, has also engaged in a peace awareness and vocational training programme for Madrassas in parts of Assam.

Some of the books Hussain has authored or edited touches on issues of communal harmony and has succeeded in highlighting the devastating impact of violence and insurgency. His books include Homemakers Without The Men: Assam's Widows Of Violence (Indialog Publications, New Delhi, 2006),  Child Victims of Ethnic Violence (Bulwark Books & Institute for Conflict management, New Delhi, 2004), Order in Chaos: Essays on Conflict in India's Northeast and the Road to Peace in South Asia (Spectrum Publications, Guwahati / New Delhi, 2006), Positive in Rhino Land: Battle against HIV/AIDS in Assam (Wordweaves India, Guwahati, 2008), Peace Tools & Conflict Nuances in India's Northeast (Wordweaves India, Guwahati, 2010),   Tarun Gogoi: The Inside Story of a Blunt Politician (Wordweaves India, Guwahati, 2010),    Chord of Harmony: Sattras and Dargahs of Assam (Wordweaves India, Guwahati, 2010, co-authored with Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta), Kamrup: The Mirror of Assam's Past and Present (Wordweaves India, Guwahati, 2013, co-edited with Ashutosh Agnihotri).