Barikynti Khonglah has been awarded PhD by William Carey University, Meghalaya, for her thesis titled ‘Study on the Influences of the Information and Communication Technology on the Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students in West Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya’. She is the daughter of Lodestarborn Tiewsoh and Roily Khonglah, and is a resident of Sohkha Mission, West Jaintia Hills.