New Delhi, February 15 – The First Media Fellowship on Refugee Issues sponsored by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) has been awarded to Nava Thakuria, a Guwahati-based journalist who has written extensively on issues related to Myanmar, it was announced here today. The…
Pasted below is the schedule of public hearings planned for the document on the NE Vision 2020 prepared by the Natinoal Institute for Public Finance and Policy in New Delhi. Place: Itanagar Person conducting the hearing: Dr(Mrs) I K Barthakur, Member NEC Phone: 0364-2522641 / 09436160713 Date: 07 Nov NEC Nodal Oficer: Dr.Binay Singh, Adviser(Agri/Hort)…
In September, Mr Sanjoy Hazarika participated in a conference on Media and Stereotypes, organized by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Bonn (September 3-5) and in a larger conference on the role and impact of the media, co-organized by FES and Deutsche Welle. His paper was on media stereotypes of "Bangladeshis" in India. Mr. Hazarika travelled…
The inaugural screening of Mimesha Productions’ latest documentary “Children of the River – The xihus of Assam” will be held at the India International Centre Auditorium on November 15, 2007 at 6.30 pm. The xihus, as they are known in Assam, are the fresh water Gangetic dolphins of the Brahmaputra, Ganges and other rivers of…
The India International Centre presents an evening with Sanjoy Hazarika on July 3, 2007 on his initiative with health ships on the Brahmaputra. Please see the details below and do come. Tuesday 3rd July - AUDITORIUM at 18:30 A Boat Called 'Hope' – Health and Healing on the Brahmaputra An illustrated lecture by Shri Sanjoy…
Mr Sanjoy Hazarika has been appointed to the Advisory Committee of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of the Government of India. The 12-person committee includes such distinguished figures as Ms. Kumud Bansal, former Secretary, Ministry of HRD, Dr. RK Pachauri, Director General, The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI) and Dr. PK Iyengar, former Chairman,…
New Delhi -- On 28 May 2007 the President of India H.E. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, inaugurated the India Development Marketplace 2007 (IDM 2007) organized by the World Bank in New Delhi. He visited a number of exhibits and spent time at the "Ships of Hope in a Valley of Flood" stall of the Centre…
Guwahati, June 3 – In an effort to help the campaign to save the highly endangered Gangetic dolphins in the Brahmaputra and its tributaries, the city based Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) has initiated a process of training for local fishermen on alternative fish bait to dolphin oil. A team of…
The Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research invites applications for the Third CNES-Setu National Media Fellowship (2007), a program aimed at enabling metro media journalists as well as those from the North East of India to research, understand and communicate on issues relating to the North-east as well as in other parts of…
The Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES), New Delhi, a prominent think-tank of the North-east, is looking for a young and energetic person for a website project for two months. Candidates must be good in communication and writing skills. Contact Sandeep Vats by April 5, 2007 Email: sandeep@c-nes.org Phone: 91 11 26121426