The Centre is one of 20 winners (June 2004) of a nationwide competition organized by the India office of the World Bank to consider innovative ideas, which if implemented, could make a difference to rural problems. The C-NES project, which included a model to scale, was titled: A Ship of Hope in a Valley of…
The Centre, through its Managing Trustee and four researchers in Assam (all from the state of Assam) has been working by the Brahmaputra river, to develop an information and data bank of economic activities along the river and the livelihoods of people in six districts of Assam (Kamrup, Darrang, Jorhat, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh and Dhubri), especially…
Published May 2004 The Centre for North East Studies & Policy Research approached the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung with a proposal for a series of discussions and public lectures in the North East of India involving scholars and senior figures from Bangladesh. The goal was to develop an initiative that would help charge attitudes and perspectives…
Published December 2000 Price: Rs 200 The "Directory of Philanthrophy in North East India" seeks to plug an information gap about the region especially with regard to local donor groups -- ranging from giant government corporates to small institutions. In addition, the directory draws attention to the fact that while the North East may be…
[Remarks delivered at Pinewood Hotel, Shillong, Oct. 8, 2004, on Shifting Cultivation Regional Policy Dialogue Workshop for the Eastern Himalayas.] Mr. Taori, Mr. Dazeley, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Sharma and friends at ICIMOD, IFAD, Moses Chaki, the teams from Lead India and Missing Link who have facilitated this conference. Let me express my gratitude to you…
Beginning in February 2000, C-NES in collaboration with the India International Centre has organized a series of public lectures and seminars to sensitize influential figures in Delhi and the public about some concerns of the North East. These have included seminars on The Media under Pressure in the North East (39 editors and top journalists…
C-NES is conducting a series of workshops in major metros to impart information about the North East, share perceptions, experiences and challenges and in the process build bridges of understanding between the region and the rest of India. This is seen as an opportunity for the region to stop complaining about its 'treatment' by others…
Prof. Ahmed, one of Bangladesh?s leading political scientists and scholars, traveled on Guwahati and Shillong to deliver two lectures on ?Bangladesh and the North-East ? problems and opportunities: a view from Dhaka? on September 6 and 8, 2004 respectively. Prof. Ahmed, a former head of the Dept. of International Affairs, of Dhaka University spoke of…
C-NES is collaborating with a leading Japanese think-tank, Institute for Developing Economics, of the Japan External Trade Organization, in a study on the economies of the states of the region, their linkages with neighbouring countries and with New Delhi and the future of the NER with specific reference to the growing economies of South East…
Recognizing innovativeness, creativity and a pro-people approach, the World Bank has awarded a national award to the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, which is run by the eminent writer and editor Sanjoy Hazarika, for its idea "A Ship of Hope in a Valley of Flood." Altogether 20 innovators from across India were…