Mr. Gam Awungshi Shimray
Secretary General, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact
Mr. Gam Shimray started working on indigenous peoples’ issues in 1993 and became the Convener of the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR), an indigenous movement based in Northeast India, in 1998. From 2000 – 2004 he was one of the expert members for Technical and Policy Core Group (TPCG) of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP), Ministry of Environment and Forest of India. Gam was also holding the position of the National Coordinator of the All India Coordinating Forum of the Adivasi/Indigenous Peoples in India from 1999 - 2005. At the regional and global level, he worked with various indigenous organizations at various capacities before he was elected as the Secretary General of the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) for the period of 2017 – 2020, in September 2016. His educational qualification includes a Postgraduate Diplomate in development studies that included an essay on differential diagnosis for ending poverty in India.