A Look East Policy workshop planned for June 12 at Itanagar, capital of Arunachal Pradesh, has been deferred because of unavoidable circumstances. The workshop had received acceptances from a distinguished range of personalities including Mr. L. Pudaite, former Indian Ambassador to Myanmar and Bosnia, Mr. MP Bezbaruah, former Tourism Secretary, Government of India, and […] ...

Guwahati, June 5: Marking the World Environment Day, the State Chief Minister Shri Tarun Gogoi today announced that the highly endangered river dolphin, locally known as the “Xihu,” would now be the State Aquatic Animal. Earlier today, Shri Rokibul Hussain, Minister for Forest, flagged off a colorful march of about […] ...

Guwahati, 30 April 2008 - In a new initiative, health teams, including doctors, nurses,  and community organizers, have been traveling under extremely challenging conditions to reach thousands of people  with health services in the island populations of Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Morigaon and Dhubri districts in Assam, bringing health and healing to many who have been […] ...

Guwahati, April 30 — The deadline for fellowship applications for journalists seeking to apply for the Second UNHCR-CNES Media Award (conducted by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research) has been extended from April 30, 2008 to May 15, 2008. The revised deadline was announced today by […] ...

C-NES has been providing health services to communities on the river islands of the Brahmaputra in Assam, groups which do not have any access to health facilities and services through SB Akha and SB Shahnaz. Initially it was done since 2005 in collaboration with the District administration, district of Dibrugarh than Dhemaji and Tinsukia as […] ...

JMI and C-NES have signed a MOU to promote and develop studies of North East India. The Centre at Jamia, the first of its kind in any central University, will work like a Think Tank on the North-East. The Jamia Centre will draw upon the expertise that the C- NES already has in the field […] ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in India and the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research today announced three Media Fellowships for journalists in the print media seeking to research and write on refugee issues. The fellowships, called the UNHCR-CNES Refugee Media Fellowships will each be of three months duration. The first fellowship […] ...

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) Phone: 0364-2522669(0) / 0364-2521795(0) / 09436105216(M) Email: […] ...

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 to […] ...

The Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research in association with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, a German foundation working in India, collaborated on a two-day workshop in New Delhi that brought together many young students and professionals from the North-eastern region as well as senior figures from Government, academia, business and the media. […] ...