The Brahmaputra Community Radio Station(BCRS) today won the Manthan Award South Asia and Asia Pacific 2014 under the Community Broadcasting category, according to an announcement by The Grand Jury. BCRS competed with 400 nominations (all nominations under different categories) for the award this year and the announcement was made in Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi. According…
Message from NRL: On behalf of Ambika , myself and my company I thank you for the effort you put in to showcase the wonderful job being done by your team and you to reach medicine, care and solace to the unheard and unseen people, living on the numerous islands created by the whim and…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 27) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter July – September 2014) Editorial By the Brahmaputra Smart cities, unsmart living: lessons unlearned The images of the devastating floods in Jammu and Kashmir that leaped at us from television screens and the front pages of newspapers – especially the aerial views –…
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…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 26) C-NES Newsletter (For the quarter April – June 2014) Editorial By the Brahmaputra Of Car Parks and Governance While looking at some old expense vouchers, part of an effort to refurbish the home in Shillong, I came across the tiny stub of a car park ticket. The yellow stub…
“We are a few kms from the borders of Burma. We have to look at ourselves and how we look at C-NES the next 15 years.”These were the opening remarks of Sanjoy Hazarika, Managing Trustee C-NES in his welcome address at the three day C-NES Annual Review Meeting organized at the picturesque, serene Mount Tabor…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 24) C-NES Newsletter (For the quarter October – December 2013) Editorial By the Brahmaputra Water, water … and dams without data A simple question: if you are suddenly told that the father or uncle you have known all your life is one foot taller than he appears to be, how would…
Our Boat Clinic, Bongaigaon conducted an IUCD insertion camp at Jogighopa and Kochudola ghat in the boat on 29th of october-2013 in collaboration with the District health society, Bongaigaon and respective Boitamari BPHC. The jurisdiction covered the Boat clinic areas. The Day-long camps started at 9.00 am at Kochudola ghat and ended at 5.30 o…
The Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) organized a one-day workshop on 28 October, 2013 at Guwahati with a focus on the drinking water and sanitation sector in Assam as a part of a project on “Poverty and funding in the North east: States of Assam and Mizoram” supported by the Heinrich Boll Foundation, Germany. The study examines the relationship…
