Workshop on Youth and Democratic Governance
In a bid to sensitize young people on democratic governance, Students Mobilization Initiative for Learning through Exposure (SMILE) under Indo Global Social Service Society (IGSSS) is organizing a day long workshop on Youth and Democratic Governance on 8th April, Wednesday from 10 am. The workshop will be organized in the conference hall of Darwin School of Business near the state zoo. Democratic governance is the central to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the critical importance of democratic governance in the developing world has been discussed internationally. The workshop shall focus on the role and importance of youth of youth for god and democratic governance. There will be debates and discussions on Rule of Law, Right to Information, E- governance, Urban Governance, Panchayat System. Local Self Governance, etc. There is no joining fee for participation while college students or any young people can participate in the workshop. Interested young people may dial 98642 27589 for further details.
Random Stories
20 Aug 2015 - 7:21am |
Hantigiri Narzary
The Bodo Sabha Sabha along with various organisations recalled the contributions of former president of Bodo Sahitya Sabha “Subungthini Thandwi”- late Bineswar Brahma towards Bodo literary on...
12 Feb 2014 - 10:46am |
AT News
The much-hyped anti-tobacco bill is all set to become a historic law in the state from Thursday.Disclosing this, health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma told the Assembly on Wednesday that the bill to...
3 Jul 2017 - 7:30pm |
AT News Guwahati
Monsoon misery refuses to die down in Assam where non stop landslide claimed yet another life in the capital city of Guwahati after weeklong incessant rains. The victim is a six-year-old girl on...
16 Jun 2009 - 11:18pm |
Juthika Das
A state government officer has been working at Barpeta in eight important posts of education department. It is also alleged that due to this many discrepancies being noticed in those departments....
Other Contents by Author
North East Youth Foundation is organising second Saraighat Film Festival (SFF) on 1st and 2nd November in Guwahati. SFF shall screen documentaries made by young people and best documentary shall win prize money apart from other prizes. Any young person up to the age of 30 may join the festival by sending their short films. Maximum duration is 15 minutes and themes are poverty, human rights, livelihood, etc. Interested may send their movies by 29th October. Certificates and prizes would be given to all shortlisted documentaries and special prizes are for winners and viewer’s choice award.
Old Boys Association of Sainik School Goalpara (OBA SSG) in association with Dr B Barooah Cancer Institute organised a blood donation camp on the occasion of Independence Day on 15th August at the cancer hospital premises. OBA SSG has been organizing blood donation camp on the occasion of Independence Day for last 11 years in different parts of the state and country. This year OBA SSG, Bangalore Chapter also organised a blood donation camp. This blood donation camp in Guwahati was inaugurated by Dr R Bagum , Acting Director of Dr B Barooah Cancer Institute . She had applauded the activities of OBA SSG as it has organised voluntary blood donation camp in the cancer hospital. Speaking on the...
An “Annual Academic Day” for the session 2014-15 was held on 02 Aug 2015 at Sainik School Goalpara, the first residential school of its kind in the North Eastern region. The day commenced with an impressive ceremonial Guard of Honour in the school parade ground reviewed by Mr Nitul Gogoi, IPS, Superintendent of Police, Goalpara District, who was the Chief Guest for the occasion. The Academic Day proceedings began in the school auditorium witnessed by cadets and parents, whose children received various awards.Capt (IN) Edwin Jothirajan, the Principal presented the School Annual Report showcasing the accomplishments of the school during the Academic Session 2014-15. The Chief Guest signed the...
North East Youth Foundation (NEYF) and North East Dialogue Forum (NEDF) organised a Civil Society Consultation on Climate Change and State Action Plan on Climate Change on 1st August. Participants of the consultation discussed on the impact of climate change in the state of Assam. Jadav Payeng popularly known as forest man said, “Education from the grassroots level is the key to conserve the nature and lower down the impact of climate change.” He further added that the “youth are vanguard culminating solutions for protecting the eco system.”Further putting light on the key issues on impact of climate change Rahul Mahanta, Deptt of Physics Cotton College reiterated that the...
Youth for Humanity, a Guwahati based Non Governmental Organisation organised a free health check up camp on 19th July at Kalyan Bhawan in Ganeshguri . This health camp was organised in association with Apollo Clinic and supported by Shree Kalyan Charitable Trust. Dr Mithun Bhartia, Dr Pranita Thakuria, Dr Ruhini Kumari, Dr Nitin Agarwal and Dr M Gayatri attended the health camp and extended their services. More than 150 individuals were benefitted from the camp. Apart from the free health check up there was test for sugar and blood grouping for the individuals. Youth for Humanity is comprised of students and youths from different parts of the city. Youth for Humanity shall conduct...
Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth Development (RGNIYD), Regional Centre, Chandigarh in association with North East Youth Foundation (NEYF) organized a Five-Day residential Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming at North East Diocesan Social Forum (NEDSF) in Kharghuli, Guwahati.The workshop that began on July 13 last, successfully concluded on July 17 (Friday) and was attended by over 45 participants from across the Northeast region. Shobha R Gosa from Hyderabad facilitated the workshop.The main aim behind this workshop was to generate a generic awareness among the various young and upcoming social activists who have been working in different pockets across the region.Gender-based violence...
A five day residential workshop on Gender Mainstreaming is going to be organized by Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development and North East Youth Foundation at Guwahati, Assam from 13th July, 2015 to 17th July, 2015. The workshop will take 50 participants from different parts of North East India. Despite constitutional guarantees of democracy and equality, women in India remain discriminated against and highly vulnerable to gender-based violence. A strong patriarchal tradition limits the opportunities of women to access education, health, employment opportunities. India’s women-to-men demographic ratio (940:1000) emphasizes the sex preference for men. Moreover,...
Sainik School Goalpara, one of the pioneering institutes in the North Eastern region of the country, held its Investiture Ceremony for academic session 2015-16 in the school premises on 9 May 2015. The day commenced with an impressive parade which was reviewed by Maj Gen Anil Kumar Jha, GOC, 51 Sub Area who is also the Chairman of Local Board of Administration (LBA) of the school. The GOC and his gracious lady Mrs Abha Jha formally bestowed Appointments upon 29 cadets as School Captain, School Adjutant, Mess Captain, School Vice-Captain, House Captains & House Vice-Captains, Senior Prefects & Juniors Prefects. This was followed by an Oath Taking Ceremony.Addressing the parade, the...
A free health check up camp was held at Rupnagar LP School, Guwahati on SUnday. It was attended by many experienced doctors from Wintrobe Hospital, other invitees and people from the locality who got the benefit from the free health check up camp. Dr Pranjal Barman, Dr Diganta Brahma, Dr Apurba Baishya, Dr Pragyan Kalita, Dr G Hazong and Dr Nareswar Barman (Cardiology) rendered their free service for the needy people. More than one hundred and twenty people were benefitted from the health camp who received services from the doctors and other health professionals. Some blood tests were done apart from providing some free medicine. Ratul Das and Alvish Ali Nawaz from Niddaan...
Pashighat is throbbing with the preparations of Arunachal Spring Carnival from March 17. Organized by the tourism department, the two day event is expected to draw huge crowd of adventure seekers and cultural activists. Organizers told Assam Times that competitions like angling to white water rafting, shows from fashion to rock includes apart from many other attractive events in the carnival.In a recent meeting in Guwahati, the Arunachal Pradesh government has invited Assam tour operators to participate in the event. State tourism department secretary Dr Joram Beda, in the meeting held the Paryatan Bhawan in Guwahati with his Assam counterpart and tour operators...
Comments
Pages
Add new comment