Spouse(s) Yashila Asung Awards Padma Shri | Parents Hopongki | |
Born 27 July 1945 (age 71) ( 1945-07-27 ) Chare, Tuensang district, Nagaland, India Occupation Politician
Social worker
Industrialist Children Two sons and two daughters Known for Indian National Congress (Organisation) | ||
K. Asungba Sangtam is an Indian politician, industrialist, social worker and a former member of Lok Sabha. He was a member of the 12th and 13th Lok Sabha representing Nagaland Lok Sabha constituency.
Born on 27 July 1945 at Chare, a small village in Tuensang district of the Northeast Indian state of Nagaland to Hopongki, Sangtam did his early schooling at St. Edmund's School, Shillong (1962) and completed his pre-university course at St. Edmund's College, Shillong in 1964. He started his graduate degree from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and completed it in 1970 from the Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung in Nagaland. Aligned with the Indian National Congress, he is a member of the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee, serving it as a joint secretary in 1987 and as a secretary in 1989. During his tenure as a member of Lok Sabha, he served as a member of the Committee on Communications and as a member of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture. He also contested the general elections of 2004 and 2009, though unsuccessfully. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2009, for his contributions to society.
Sangtam, who is the president of the Baptist Church Trust Association (BCTA), Delhi, a partner organisation of the BMS World Mission, is married to Yashila Asung and the couple has two sons and two daughters. He lives at Shamrock Dale at Mokokchung, in Nagaland.