Education
Payeng did his graduation from Saint Edmund"s College Shillong and his Masters degree in Economics and Master of Philisophy in Sociology from J.N.U. New Delhi.
National Executive Information Commissioner
Payeng did his graduation from Saint Edmund"s College Shillong and his Masters degree in Economics and Master of Philisophy in Sociology from J.N.U. New Delhi.
He will contest Lok Sabha 2014 elections from Arunachal West constituency. Before becoming the Information Commissioner, Payeng worked as a lecturer of Economics in J.N. College, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh. He has also worked as a newsreader and translator in All India Radio and as an editor for "The Arunachal News", an English weekly paper Published from Itanagar.
Payeng was previously employed as the State Information Commissioner in the Arunachal Pradesh Information Commission.
Prior to this, he was a lecturer of Economics in J.N. College, Pasighat. He has also worked as a District Research Officer in the Government of Arunachal Pradesh and served as the Director of the North East Handloom and Handicraft Development Cooperation.
He was a member of the North East Regional Advisory Committee of Small Industrial Bank of India and was on the boards of the Small Scale Industries, Arunachal Pradesh, Standing Committee on North East and Hill States Industrial development and the Telecom Advisory Committee, Social Security Administration of Arunachal Pradesh.