Registration Office

Registering Office Art & Culture Chumoukedima Nagaland.

Office Address:

Registering Office

Tenyiphe 1

Chumoukedima

P.Box no- 140

The Registering Office under the department of Art & Culture, Nagaland was established in the year1987. At present the office is headed by the Registering Officer along with other Grade III and Grade IV staffs. There is 1(one) Registering Officer, 3 (three) Grade III employees and 9 (nine) Grade IV employees (MTS).

The purpose of the Registering Office is to preserve and promote the rich culture and traditions of the Nagas. It is also responsible to look after the Cultural activities of various Naga tribes in the district, mainly the Garo, Kachari and Kuki tribes as other tribes are looked after by their own District Offices/Officers. The Registering office have organized and selected various cultural troupes to participate in the state and national holidays and also in the annual Hornbill Festival held at Kisama every year from 1^st December to 10^th December. The office coordinates with the district administration and other departments or NGO for implementation of various cultural or other programs in the district. The Registering Officer as member secretary of the district selection committee for Governor’s award every year, of which a good number of individual have already received the award from Dimapur/Chumoukedima and Niuland Districts.

The Registering Officer is also actively involved in overall planning and development of the district. The office has a good library and a good no. of books and 40 registered Rural Libraries.

District Library:

The District Library is attached to the Registering office at Chumoukedima. At present there are 11856 no of books in the library. The District Library has 4(four) no of computer sets and good number of furniture. Library is being digitized. At present around 25% only have been digitized, however due to damaged of batteries/ups and non-availability of specialist such as Librarian / Assistant and Computer Assistants the work as far from being complete.