Dharani Payeng
State Coordinator – Northeast
Dharani Payeng is currently the state coordinator of Assam and Manipur (Upper
Assam, Western Assam and Barak Valley) and other adjoining states of Nagaland,
Manipur, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh. He is currently leading 3 projects in
Dhemaji and Lakhimpur and one project in Manipur. He holds a bachelor’s degree in
law from Baniram Medi Government Law College, Guwahati, Assam. He has 15
years of working experience in the development sector in planning, monitoring and
partnership management.
He has expertise in legal interpretation, critical analysis, project management and
development, network and linkages with stakeholders, strategic planning, issue
identification and analysis, facilitation, donor management and reporting and
procurement.
He began as a volunteer and has been working with IGSSS for the past 15 years.