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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
May 14, New Delhi premiere of film on the Boat Clinics of the Brahmaputra, May 24 in Guwahati.
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
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 21) (For the quarter January – March 2013) Editorial A Messy Democracy: Burma’s challenges The unraveling of ethnic strife in neighbouring Myuanmar or Burma as some of us would prefer to call it but especially the sharp escalation of anti-Muslim violence, first, against the Rohingyas or Muslims of the Arakan…
The unraveling of ethnic strife in neighbouring Myuanmar or Burma as some of us would prefer to call it but especially the sharp escalation of anti-Muslim violence, first, against the Rohingyas or Muslims of the Arakan and then against Muslims elsewhere in the country, represents one of the key challenges that face its rulers and…
If India wants its northeast to benefit from the much publicised Look East Policy, it must bring top leaders of south east Asia to that region and encourage dialogue and discussion there, says Surin Pitsuwan, till recently the secretary–general of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). “India can call a meeting of the…