Itanagar, Oct 6: In a moment of pride for Arunachal Pradesh and the tribal communities of the North East, Katung Wahge, a respected elder and educationist from the Nyishi tribe, has been conferred the Sant Eshwer Samman at a grand ceremony held at the Bharat Ratna C Subramaniam Auditorium, Pusa, New Delhi, on Sunday.

A retired Chief Engineer (PWD), Wahge has devoted his post-retirement years to preserving indigenous values while ensuring that tribal children have access to quality education. In 2020, he founded Nyibu Nvwgam Yerko in Rang, East Kameng district, as a model institution that blends modern academics with traditional wisdom, rituals, and identity of Arunachal’s native communities.

What began as a single school has now grown into a movement. Today, four institutions across the

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