Villages swallowed as river erosion accelerates in Bangladesh
Warming temperatures and dam construction in the Himalayas are worsening river erosion downstream in Bangladesh, displacing entire villages.
On Assam’s River Islands, Family Planning Clashes against Religious Tradition
MAZERCHAR CHALAKURA, Assam — On the banks of the Brahmaputra River, off the coast of Dhubri town in the northeastern state of Assam, lie a few hundred villages that seem stuck in time, difficult to reach from the mainland and undeveloped for decades. These “char,” the name given to the more than 2,000 riverbank villages…
Uttarakhand floods a “man-made disaster”
Experts argue rampant development and poor disaster planning has exacerbated flood damage, as a massive rescue operation is under way to reach survivors.
World Bank team visits Boat Clinic camp
Mr Onno Ruhl, head of the World Bank in India and Michael Hanley, Chief of Operations for the Bank in India, accompanied the Kamrup Boat Clinic unit on 6th June 2013 to a health camp at Bhakuamari char to observe the unique work of Boat Clinic in Assam among the island dwellers of the Brahmaputra…
First NE Green Journalism award given
Promising journalist Ratnadeep Choudhury who is working for Tehelka bagged the first ever Northeast Green Journalism Award, 2013 instituted by assamtimes.org, a community e-paper on Wednesday on the occasion of World Environment day. His story which exposed the illegal stone mining in and around Kaziranga National Park in Assam was selected for the award. It was published…
“Where there are no Roads” screened at Guwahati
After a overwhelming response at Delhi, C-NES’ documentary 'Where there are no roads' on the Boat Clinics of the Brahmaputra was screened at Jyoti Chitrabon Studio, Kahilipara Guwahati, on May 24, 2013 with a very good response despite heavy downpour and subsequent water logging in most city streets. Government officials and writers, film makers, scholars,…
Sanjoy Hazarika nominated to NEHU Executive Council
The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, Department of Higher Education has conveyed the nomination of Sanjoy Hazarika, in his capacity as Director, Centre for North East Studies & Policy Research, Jamia Millia Islamia, to the Executive Council, of NEHU (North Eastern Hill University) by the President of India in terms of the…
CM dedicates floating hospital
Education can play a pivotal role in making people health-conscious, said Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi while dedicating an underconstruction floating hospital to the people at Pandu in the city today. The floating hospital is being built by the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) with the financial support from the North Eastern…
Premiere of documentary on Boat Clincis of the Brahmaputra
May 14, New Delhi premiere of film on the Boat Clinics of the Brahmaputra, May 24 in Guwahati.
Intern Reports
Summer Internship Program 2008- UNICEF India Internship Report- Dr Sheila Longkumar,Tata Institute of Social Sciences(TISS), Mumbai, 2010 Health Logistics : A Report by TISS Intern Sukhreet Bajwa in March 2012 Through American Eyes: The C-NES Boat Clinics