[citation needed] He was the co-founder of the Nagaland Chapter Chair of Young Indians of the CII and had a short stint with a publishing firm in Delhi before entering social work and active politics.
By the year 2006, Kikon had founded an NGO called the DICE foundation, which focused primarily on the three key areas of environmental policy, sustainable development and rural women livelihood.
With an aim to push for civil society engagements with the Government of India on the various conflicts and development challenges in the Northeast, he has been instrumental in forming regional coalitions among civil society leaders and young leaders from diverse fields from all the Northeast states and communities.
Indian Olympic boxer and Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Mary Kom formally released the book on "The Village Empire" written by Mmhonlümo Kikon at her residence[7] in New Delhi.
He has also travelled extensively to European and Asian Countries attending seminars and workshops on international relations, Climate change and sustainable Development.
[11] In the year 2018, he was appointed the Chief Whip of the BJP Legislature Party in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly.