Dimapur, July 2 -- Nagaland University research scholar Repakaba Tzudir represented the university at the United Nations World Indigenous Youth Conference 2026, held in Kathmandu recently.

The conference was co-organised by the Youth Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (YFIN), Nepal, and the National Youth Council (NYC), Nepal, under the theme, "Our Roots, Our Rights, Our Leadership: Collective Indigenous Movement for Self-Determination," bringing together nearly 150 Indigenous youth leaders, activists, academics, and community representatives from across Asia.

Tzudir, from the Sociology Department of the Lumami campus of the varsity, attended the conference as an international delegate and Indigenous scholar, along with fellow parti...