National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), West Bengal Regional Office, Kolkata celebrated International Women’s Day 2020. The programme was graced by Manoshi Roy Chowdhury, Co-Chairman, Techno India Group, Kolkata. Speaking on the occasion, Subrata Mandal, Chief General Manager...
9 a.m. in Purba Chintamonipur, Sunderbans. Piti has just come home from his morning tuition and before it is time to get dressed for school, he slides through the hole in the fence and runs towards my hut with a beaming face. Reaching my veranda, he slows down and takes off his rubber slippers.“He...
While some awareness have been raised about sexual violence against women in India, much less is known about the problem of sexual abuse of children. According to a study conducted by India’s Ministry of Women and Child Development, 53% of children surveyed said they had been subjected to some for...
Dr. Chandrima Shaha has become the first female President - Elect of the Indian National Science Academy (2020-2022). This breaks the glass ceiling when it comes to women at the forefront of STEM- a combination of fields where they are under-represented.Dr. Shaha’s primary interest in research foc...
A large number of women are better in managing and leading teams effectively for a common cause. They may be of any age group, from any family, literate or illiterate. They only need to understand the purpose and the objectives of the task to manage. Most of them possess an inner spirit which ...
Digitisation and automation have ushered in far reaching changes in leading industries in India. Engineering institutes are evolving new courses to equip their students for the new wave of digital industries. Guru Nanak Institute of Technology (GNIT) has been pioneering various courses in the domain...
According to the 2011 Census, around 65.49 million Indians (around 5.4% of India’s population) are living in slums. Additionally, around 17.4% of the total urban Indian population is slum dwellers.It is ironical that while Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan was launched with much fanfare, 360 million of India...
In 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to eradicate manual scavenging in India by 2019. On June 15, 2019, four manual scavengers died in his home state, Gujarat. Another two died in Uttar Pradesh. Manual scavenging is defined by the United Nations as, “The practice of manually cleaning, ca...
In 2018, the Aam Admi Party-led Delhi state government’s allocation for education was 26% of its budget. The total allocation for education was `13,997 crore. This was the highest among all the sectors. The state government recently released the ‘Quality Education for All’ report.Manish Sisodi...
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Kanta Chakraborty, a primary school teacher based in Kolkata, West Bengal, has lived this phrase. She is the mentor, guardian and teacher of 20 underprivileged girls between the ages of five and eighteen. Chakraborty wants respectable lives for these girls. S...
