Announcements

Participants at a seminar in Guwahati stressed the need for improved coordination between Panchayats, Anganwadi workers and ASHAS (Accredited Social Health Activists) if the health conditions of women in rural Assam, suffering from the worst maternal mortality rate in the country (MMR olf 480), are to improve. The seminar, organized by C-NES to present findings…

The Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata, is announcing two research fellowships on issues of Forced Migration in South Asia. A) TWO SHORT DURATION WRITING FELLOWSHIPS ON FORCED MIGRATION FOR CANDIDATES FROM NEPAL, SRI LANKA OR BANGLADESH The Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (CRG) is announcing Two writing fellowships on Forced Migration in South Asia for researchers/activists/journalists working…

A two-day workshop was held in New Delhi on 26th and 27th July on the Internal and External Impacts of Conflict in the North-east. The workshop saw papers and presentations from scholars, activists and officials form the North-eastern region and New Delhi. It was organized by the Centre for Strategic Analysis in Chennai in collaboration…

A vigorous Power Panel discussion on 'Leveraging ICT for sustained development in the North Eastern region', organized by the North Eastern Council, Government of India, and Intel Corporation, involving Members of Parliament, education ministers from Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Mizoram and education commissioners and officials from Meghalaya, Assam and other states as well as scholars…

  A two day capacity building training for ASHAs and ANMs on family planning and reproductive health was organized at Dibrugarh’s St Xavier’s School on June 15 and 16, 2010.  The training was  part of the Population Foundation of India (PFI) supported C-NES  project to popularize the concept of family planning among the Brahmaputra river…

Sanjoy Hazarika, Managing Trustee, C-NES and renowned author, was invited to the first literary festival held in Bhutan from May 17-21, 2010 at the Himalayan kingdom's capital of Thimpu. Hazarika, who has visited Bhutan a number of times over the past two decades, was invited to read from his books on the North-east and share…

“We want a safe stable society. The work we do is therefore community driven. Our work in all sectors is intertwined with impacts on the policy level.” These were the opening remarks of Managing Trustee (MT) Sanjoy Hazarika at the Second Annual Review Meeting of  the Centre for NE Studies and Policy Research (C-NES). Thirty…