About Us

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Nocte Digest is the first online platform that is fully dedicated to preserve the history and culture of the Nocte tribe. Founded on March 18, 2016, by Shri Wangtum Humchha Lowang, ND started its journey as an ordinary Facebook page that used to upload photos and videos related to the Nocte tribe. Initially, ND was known as Noctes: Warriors of the Hills. The current nomenclature was given on June 06, 2018, and it is inspired by the founder's childhood-favorite magazine, Reader's Digest. 

When lockdown was declared in entire India in the last week of March 2020, Lowang was growing restless by the inactivity it offered. To pass his time more productively, Lowang thought of creating a website so that he can do more for his tribe, and not just collect and post photos and videos. Finally, on May 05, 2020, without any experience in information technology, Lowang created noctedigest.com with the help of GoDaddy. Since no coding was required in GoDaddy, the creation of the website was tiresome, but relatively easy. More than a month later, ND was launched in Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube on June 11, 2020. 

Born on October 25, 1996, Shri Wangtum Humchha Lowang is the youngest child of Shri Nanne Lowang and Smt. Yampo Matey. He is also their only son, and has an elder sister, Km. Roancha H. Lowang. His father, Nanne, is the first lawyer from the Nocte tribe. His mother, Yampo, is the first female graduate and postgraduate of the Nocte tribe. Belonging to Namsang or Thinnyan village, Lowang permanently resides at Deomali, Tirap.

Lowang started his education from Sun Hum Primary School, Deomali. In 2005, he joined Ramakrishna Mission School at Narottam Nagar, Deomali at fourth standard. He completed his education in the same school, and passed out from there in 2014 in science stream. 

In 2015, after taking coaching at Itanagar, Lowang cleared the then APJEE (Arunachal Pradesh Joint Entrance Exam) and was selected on merit basis for  G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering at Nagpur, Maharashtra. When he and his father reached Nagpur for admission, Lowang decided to withdraw because he wanted to study civil engineering, but was allotted a seat in electrical engineering course. 

After returning from Nagpur, Lowang took admission in civil engineering at Regional Institute of Science & Technology at Baridua, Meghalaya, in August 2015. However, he left the college a year later. In August 2016, Lowang joined Don Bosco College at Jollang, Itanagar, and opted arts. He graduated from the college in August 2019 with a degree in economics honors. Later that year, he joined Arunachal University of Studies, Namsai, and pursued masters in economics.

On August 01, 2021, Lowang was appointed for two years as the Under Secretary-General (Student Welfare) of a newly formed organization called, North East Student Council (NESCO), by its first Secretary-General, Shri Rishiraj Dutta.

1. Promote the people and the attires of the tribe in leading social media accounts.
2. Write down the biography of renowned persons.
3. To become a one-stop station for scholars interested in studying the tribe.
4. Make books, articles and documents related to the tribe available in soft copy.
5. Help local artists and entrepreneurs by purchasing and promoting their work for free.
6. Protect all known historical sites, artifacts and monuments for future generation.
7. Preserve and record:

• History of origin;
• Historical facts since 16th Century AD;
• Language;
• Cultural and religious practices/beliefs;
• Myths and folktales.

0n September 8, 2020, Wangtum Lowang formed a company called Nocte Digest Studios and registered it as a developer account with the Google Play Console (Beta). 

Using the Android Studio software and the Java coding, the creation of an android application called Nocte Digest began at 1700 hours on September 16, 2020. 

The Android Application Package, popularly known as APK File, of the Nocte Digest was ready by 1400 hours of September 22, 2020. At 1700 hours, the APK File was rolled out for publication using the Google Play Console (Beta) and was then sent for review. 

On September 28, 2020, Nocte Digest android application was published and available for download in Google Play Store.

On December 19, 2020, Nocte Digest sponsored the release of Wild Fire on YouTube channel called M & A Production. Wild Fire is a short film directed by Mudang Nobin. In 2020 short movie contest organized by Arunachal Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (APSACS), the film came second. 

In an attempt to promote the work of local brands, the Nocte Digest team works closely with various media companies of Arunachal Pradesh. As of now, 6 out of 7 companies are from the state, while the rest is from Assam.