Sethrichem Sangtam was awarded the Rohini Nayyar Award for Rural Development.
23/12/2022
Sethrichem Sangtam, who helped triple the income of 1,200 marginal farmers in eastern Nagaland, was honored with the first Rohini Nayyar Award for outstanding contribution to rural development.
The award, given to a person aged 40 years or less, was presented by Suman Berry, Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog.
Dr. Nayyar, a noted economist and former principal advisor to the erstwhile Planning Commission, was one of India’s foremost authorities on rural development. He passed away in October 2021.
The award was established by the family of late Dr. Rohini Nayyar, an eminent scholar-administrator who spent most of her professional life working on issues related to rural development in India.
