The Economics & Statistics Department, Government of Nagaland, organised a one-day State-level Workshop on ‘Using Administrative Data for Governance: Linking Departmental Data at State Level’ on 24th March 2026 at the Secretariat Conference Hall, Nagaland Civil Secretariat, Kohima. The event brought together senior officials and technical experts from 20 state departments to advance the agenda of data-driven governance. The workshop was inaugurated with a Welcome Address by Neidilhou Keditsu, Director, Economics & Statistics Department.
Development Commissioner, Temsunaro Aier, IAS, in her keynote address, emphasized that administrative data should be AI ready to leverage the benefits of AI and big data for good governance and data driven policy making.  The technical session began with presentation on the workshop’s theme by Akunu S Meyase, Secretary to the Government of Nagaland, Economics and Statistics Department, wherein she emphasized that the prevailing siloed and underutilised governmental data must be integrated and linked to transform the same as strategic asset for evidence-based governance. 
During the workshop the following presentations were made, ‘Use of the PIMS database for scheme implementation such as CMHIS and CMLIS’ was made by Livitoli Sukhalu, Deputy Secretary, P&AR Department; ‘Best practices from other States’ by Vikosieto Krose, Deputy Director, Economics and Statistics Department; ‘State Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy’ by Er. Pelengulie Chucha, Scientist ‘C’ Nagaland Science and Technology Council, Science and Technology Department; ‘Data privacy and Interoperability’ by Er. Yanger Longkumer, Program Officer, Information Technology and Communications Department; “Leveraging Administrative Data for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by Abilo Humtsoe, SDG Officer, SDGCC, Planning & Transformation Department. 
The aforesaid presentations were followed by a consultative discussion moderated by Neisatuo Puro, while Charles N Kikon, Additional Directors, Economics and Statics Department spoke on challenges and way forward for administrative data linkages. The workshop ended with a concluding remark by Akunu S Meyase, Secretary to the Government of Nagaland, Economics and Statistics Department. 

(DIPR)