Hazarika interviewed for TV programnme Sanjoy Hazarika was interviewed for DY365 on Sunday, August 29, 2010, at Guwahati for a discussion on what the North-east and people in the region, who often complain about how little the rest of India and especially New Delhi, know about the area - know of each other. The interview was conducted by Mrinal Talukdar, senior journalist, and is to be broadcast on September 19 at 8 pm.

RTI Update Given the high interest in the North-east in issues pertaining to the Right to Information, which is central to the public concerns about transparency in government and governance, C-NES is happy to provide regular links and updates from Ventakesh Nayak, one of the pioneers of the RTI movement and prolific researcher and disseminator on the issue and a key coordinator of the RTI programme of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI). Mr. Sanjoy Hazarika, Managing Trustee, C-NES, is a member of the Executive Board of CHRI which campaigns strongly on police reforms as well as RTI as key pillars of democratic governance, addressing issues from a rights perspective. Read more..

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Seminar on health condition of women in rural Assam held

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 [...] ...

CRG writing fellowships

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 [...] ...

By the Brahmaputra(Vol:10) April-June2010

Newsletter for the period of April – June 2010 ...

Workshop on Impacts of Conflict held in New Delhi

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 [...] ...

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