A 5 member team from Meghalaya Basin Development Authority (MBDA) visited C-NES' Brahmaputra Community Radio Station(BCRS) located along the mighty Brahmaputra at Maijan ghat, Dibrugarh on 28, 29th October 2014. The station, the first ever of its kind in this part of the country to broadcast in 5 different languages/dialects- Assamese, Bhojpuri,Shadri(tea tribe dialect),Bodo and…
A visitor to Aizawl, state capital of Mizoram, will drive through hills wrapped in green and swathed in mist. But as she nears the capital, the landscape changes. Multistoreyed buildings jostle for space, clawing towards the sky. There are no fields or parks to play in. And, for a hill town, there are very few…
C-NES invites application for appointment on contractual basis at its Guwahati office for the NHM supported Boat Clinic program. 1. Accounts Manager: M.Com with knowledge of overall accounting procedure proficient in Tally ERP 9, Taxation, PF, Insurance, Bank procedures and laws. Preference to those having worked for at least 5 years in the same position…
The renowned film actor Victor Banerjee recently visited the boat clinic at Dibrugarh and interacted with the Brahmaputra Community Radio Station team. “I met (C-NES Managing Trustee) Sanjoy (Hazarika) at Shillong and have seen the documentary 'Where there are no Roads', on the Boat Clinics and was very impressed. I am amazed that such good work…
Bangladesh and India share the largest river networks in South Asia. These 54 trans-boundary rivers directly influence the lives and living of over half a billion people. Management of basin and regional level natural resource challenges is limited to practitioners in this region. Moreover, the curricula of universities, colleges and training institutes in Bangladesh and…
Hopping between islands dotted in the upper reaches of the mighty Brahmaputra River, a team of 16 ordinary professionals are making extraordinary contribution to the lives of hundreds of islanders by sailing out healthcare to them. Arkadripta Chakraborty, a 28 years independent Photographer who hails from Agartala in Tripura, and the winner of the prestigious Habitat Centre Photography…
The World Bank’s Development Marketplace grants programme selects social enterprises delivering development solutions across different geographies for funding in India each year. This year’s winners will be announced later this week in Guwahati. Country director Onno Ruhl discussed the programme, and the World Bank’s engagement with the new government, with Yamini Lohia. Excerpts: Do you…
Life on the river islands of Assam in north-east India is full of ironies. Floods are an annual affair here during monsoons, ravaging homes and fields, sweeping away lives, and eroding chunks of land mass, sometimes devouring an entire village. And yet it was the dry season that caused trouble for Kaushalya Das of Majuli…
C-NES’ documentary 'Where there are no roads' on its innovative Boat Clinic health care services directed by Maulee Senapati and scripted and produced by Sanjoy Hazarika was successfully screened at the World Bank premises in Hindustan Times House in New Delhi on 14th May 2014 to a packed crowd. The screening started with an introductory remark by Onno…