Nagaland Roundup: Training Starts, Youth Events and Official Visits

Kohima: Nagaland officials and citizens kept busy this week with government training, youth programs, and international representation. The Administrative Training Institute launched mandatory foundation training for Directorate Ministerial Staff Services on July 13. The one-month course follows a July 10, 2026, memorandum from the Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department.

Staff must complete three weeks of instruction and one week of testing. Experts from government departments are teaching Office Procedure, Finance, Service Matters, IT, Soft Skills, and Legal Matters. The training is required under Rule 8 of the Nagaland Directorate Ministerial Service First Amendment Rules, 2025.

Elsewhere, 187 children from the Child Rights Movement attended a summer camp led by the Assisi Centre for Integrated Development and the National Domestic Workers Movement. Kids played games and competed in quizzes under the theme "Together we learn, Together we Grow." Resource person Moala Longchar spoke to the group about unity and teamwork.

In politics, Lok Sabha MP S. Supongmeren Jamir visited Governor Nand Kishore Yadav. They discussed state welfare before Jamir left for the Monsoon Parliament session. Meanwhile, three Nagaland residents represented the state at the July 11 United Colours of North East India event in London. Neikuonuo Kense, Imlinochet Longkumer, and Shesalu Vadeo performed a folk song and joined a fashion show. Vadeo also displayed four pieces of her artwork at the gathering hosted by North East Indians in UK.