Six-year-old Altaf and his companions were sitting adjacent to the river bank since morning, with their eyes locked on the distance. With just a glimpse of a vessel, they stand up and begin bouncing and yelling in bliss. On the vessel, one of the crew members approaches the bow and checks the water level with…
Thanks to a philanthropist, remote villages in the Brahmaputra river islands in Assam will soon be lit up with solar street lights. The donor, Smti Almitra Patel, based at Bengaluru is a member of the Supreme Court committee for Solid waste management for Class 1 cities, Technical expert, Swachh Bharat Mission, Government of India, Clean…
Bidyabati Das, ANM, Sonitpur Boat Clinic has been selected as the best ANM of the district. She was felicitated by Sonitpur Deputy Commissioner Manoj Kumar Deka on the Republic Day January 26, 2017. This is the second consecutive award and recognition to Boat Clinic services in Sonitpur district. Das has been awarded with a Certificate…
A new book which graphically maps the health choices and challenges before women in the isolated island communities on the Brahmaputra river in Assam was released on Friday. Authored by Chandana Bora and Dr CR Hira the book titled 'Women and Reproductive Health' looks at the health concerns facing by women in the char/ sapori…
C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter October – December 2016) Editorial A poorer world: Trump comes and two friends go As the year winds down, just as we are getting used to the idea of Donald Trump becoming the helmsman of the most powerful nation on earth, comes a startling joint statement by three top Harvard…
The National Family Health Survey-4, 2015-16 has revealed very deplorable state of Assam’s Universal Immunisation Programme and poor indices of Infant Mortality Rate and Under Five Mortality Rate. The data show that the state is lagging far behind the desired goals in respect of mother and child health. Read more..
Tata Institute of Social Sciences(TISS), a pioneer educational institution in social sciences with decades of experience in teaching, research, publications and field interventions has come forward to host 'National CSR Hub' to support Public Sector Enterprises(PSEs) for developing Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) management capacity. The hub carries out activities in a partnership mode i.e. TISS, Civil…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 35) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter July – September 2016) C-NES – Manipal University Collaboration A memorandum of understanding (MOU) for collaboration was signed on 8th July, 2016 between Manipal University, Karnataka and the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research(C-NES). Manipal University is a leading university with extensive technical…
Rambuai, Mizoram’s Trouble Years’ a film by C-NES Managing Trustee Sanjoy Hazarika and Trustee Preeti Gill premiered on October 20, 2016 at the Royal Group of Institutions, Betkuchi, Guwahati to a packed hall . The film was screened as part of the River Talks – North East literary Festival organized by the Royal group of…
Dr. Henk Bekedam, the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to India accompanied by a team from WHO India including Dr. Debashish Roy,Regional Team Leader,East and Officials of Health Department, Govt of Assam, visited a Boat Clinic health camp on October 5, 2016, to observe the unique work being done by these Clinics for the marginalized…