By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 45) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter January – March 2019) C-NES at Arogya launch event Programme Manager Ashok Rao and Communications Officer Bhaswati Goswami attended the launch event of Arogya, a community based intervention and control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) organized by Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) on 12th February,…
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By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 43) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter July – September 2018) Researcher on the Boat Clinic: Pratyasha Acharya, a Market Research Associate working for the US based UnitedHealth Group, accompanied the Kamrup Boat Clinic health team Kaltuli char of Chhaygaon, Kamrup on 10th July 2018. She also visited the Boat Clinic unit…
There have been very few events in my life which have not only been life-changing but also provided a great learning opportunity. A recent trip that I undertook to Assam definitely qualifies as one of those. The backdrop to this experience relates to learning more about ‘healthcare’ coupled with my need to venture out on…
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/sp.asp?id=2018/jul2218/BigPage21.j
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180516-the-sapori-people-living-on-indias-brahmaputra-islands
Guwahati/New Delhi, April 18 – Condemning the attack on the home of Patricia Mukhim, Editor, Shillong Times, as an attack on those believing in freedom of media and freedom of expression, the Board of Trustees of the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) has called on Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma to ensure robust…
During the floods in Chennai in 2015, a tweet by a concerned netizen described ground reality of those days. “Should we simply rent a boat for a week?” It was a sight to witness boats rescuing people stranded in the inundated city. But even in the 21st century, there are many places in India where…