Silverine Swer was born on 12 November 1910 in a
Khasi Christian family in
Shillong, the capital of the Northeast Indian state of
Meghalaya. After passing her matriculation from the Welsh Mission Girls School, Shillong, she graduated (BA) from
Scottish Church College, under the
University of Calcutta, in 1932, and continued there to secure her graduate degree in education (BT) in 1936. She held the post until 1949 when she resigned from government service to take up the job of a teacher at Pine Mount School, Shillong. She stayed at the school for three years until she had a chance meeting with N. K. Rustomji, then Adviser to the Governor of Assam on NEFA, who persuaded her to take up the post of the Chief Social Education Officer of the
North East Frontier Agency (NEFA) with office at
Pasighat. headed the State Guides movement as its commissioner and was a member of the Executive council of the
North Eastern Hill University. Silverine Swer, who remained a spinster throughout her life, died on 1 February 2014, aged 103, at her residence in Riatsamthiah in Shillong. Her mortal remains were buried at Mawkhar Presbyterian Church Cemetery in the high range city. ==Awards and recognitions==