Celebrations and Felicitations:

31st of January VKIC Foundation Day.

•      To honour a person from the North East who has worked to sustain the socio-cultural fabric of his/her community.
•      To discover commonalties through the performance of cultural programme
•      To be aware of the how even small communities face up to international challenges to preserve their tradition.
•      Award of VKIC SANMAN
•      Awardees thus far – 10

Every year VKIC celebrates its Foundation Day on 31 January. On this day a person from this region having immense contribution towards preservation of traditional culture to his credit is felicitated and offered the VKIC SANMAN Award. Till date seven such individuals covering six states of this region have been honoured. The Sanman Awardees from 1999-2009 are:

Year                   Name

1999                   Dr Pradip Chaliha from Assam

2000                   Sri Tadak Gara from Arunachal Pradesh

2001                   Sri Yose Chaya from Nagaland

2002                   Sri Phrikshon Lyngdoh from Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

2003                   Sri Ajajpu Kamson from Manipur

2004                   Sri Bikram Bahadur Jamatiya from Tripura

2005                   Sri Lyngong Snieh from Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

2006                   Smt Nirupama Hagjer from Assam

2007                   Golgi Bote Talom Rukbo [posthumous] from Arunachal Pradesh

2008                   Puitham Lalchangliana from Mizoram

2009                  Sri Matilal Kalai fromTripura