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Children’s Summit (4 -5 June 2008)

Coinciding with the World Environment Day (June 5), C-NES organized a two day State Children’s Summit with the theme - “Save the river dolphin,” at Guwahati’s Shilpagram. For two days Guwahati played host to nearly 300 school children from across the state - more than half coming from remote villages. The idea behind organizing this…

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Dolphin, state aquatic animal – success for conservation

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 300 children dressed in caps…

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Ratna Talukdar wins second UNHCR-C-NES Media fellowship

New Delhi, May 23: Ms. Ratrna Bharali Talukdar, a freelance journalist from Assam, has been awarded the Second Media Fellowship on Refugee Issues sponsored by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) for her proposed study on the condition of Chakma and Hajong Rrefugees…

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North East File

North East File is a compilation of news clippings and articles from the North Eastern print media; a service of the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, every two months. You may download the subscription form here.. For details please contact: Managing Trustee C-NES D6, 6143/3, Vasant Kunj New Delhi 110070 Email: c-nes@c-nes.org…

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By the Brahmaputra (Vol:1) -C-NES Annual Newsletter

 April 2007 - March 2008 Editorial: Opening the Innings This is the first issue of our news letter which seeks to provide communications and information about C-NES, its people, work and activities. We hope it will inform and interest readers whom we request to look at our websitewww.c-nes.org, which is being revamped. We will, naturally,…

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SAJA, the South Asian Journalist Association of North America

SAJA is the most interactive and best media group on the net with regard to South Asia in the news in the US and Canada. This includes interviews, events, books and authors, cutlural functions, blogs and special discussions on an energetic site run by the eclectic and wonderful Sree Sreenivasan who teaches journalism at Columbia…

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The EPIIC Symposium

Sanjoy hazarika speaks at a Colloquim on Global Poverty at Tufts University Feb 22, 2008 The 2008 Norris and Margery Bendetson EPIIC International Symposium on "Global Poverty and Inequality" was held at Tufts University on February 21-24, 2008. The EPIIC international symposium involves four days of intense and far-reaching discussions on critical issues from the…

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Thousands benefit from C-NES-NRHM partnership for health of island dwellers

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…

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Akha and Shahnaz health services

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…

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Jamia Millia Islamia and C-NES collaboration

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…

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