Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party

2-Dimapur-II Assembly Constituency

Date of Birth: 01.01.1959

Place of Birth: Kohima

Father’s NameLate Shri T. Imti

Mother’s Name: Smt. Chubala

Marital Status: Married

Spouse’s Name: Dr. Amenla

Children: 1 Son 1 Daughter

Educational Qualifications: MSc (Agri)

Tribe: Ao, Naga

District: Mokokchung

Permanent Address: Indisen, House No. 179 Dimapur

Postal Address: H.No. 172 Mental Hospital Road, New Ministers’ Hill, Kohima

Contact: 9436003639

SERVICE CAREER:

1982-1987: Research Officer, Department of Agriculture

1987-1991: Lecturer, IETC Department of Agriculture

1991-1993: Deputy Director, Department of Agriculture

1993-2013: Deputy Director, Joint Director, Additional Director, Wasteland Development Department

2007-2013: Mission Director, Nagaland Bio Resource Mission (NBRM)

POLITICAL CAREER:

2014-2015: Secretary, NPCC

March 2018: Elected to the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly from the Naga People’s Front party

2018-2023: MLA

March 2023: Re-elected to the 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly from the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (2nd term)

March 2023 onwards: Advisor, Labour, Employment & Skill Development and Excise Department

INTEREST: Football, Badminton and Chess

COUNTRIES VISITED: US, France, Rome, Germany, Greece China, Korea, Hongkong, Bali, Vietnam, Laos Cambodia and Thailand

PUBLICATIONS: “Plant Resources of Nagaland: An Illustrative Guide to Various Indigenous Plants and their Uses”.

OTHER INFORMATION:

Recipient of the Governor’s Meritorious Award in 2009 for the Development of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants for the first time in Nagaland. Initiated the signing of an MoU between the Government of Nagaland and HSMM Group Lao, PDR, which led to the development of Agar Fungus Culture and the successful launch of the Agar Distillation factory in Nagaland. Founding Member of the Department of Wasteland, Government of Nagaland in 1993 (now Land Resources Development).