National centre for Advocacy Studies (NCAS) brings to you the Foundation Course on Public Policy & Advocacy. Intensive and rigorous, this two week course is for everyone of you who wants to be an effective change agent, no matter your academic or professional background. Individuals from all fields are welcome to sign up, and we encourage students and young [...]
आदिवासींना आपल्या अधिकाराची जाणीव व्हावी, जल- जंगल- जमीन, उपजीविकेची साधने परत मिळावीत आणि संस्कृती- परंपरेचे रक्षण होऊन स्वतःचे अस्तित्व अबाधित राहावे, याकरिता ‘युनो’ने २००७ मध्ये १३ सप्टेंबर हा दिवस ‘जागतिक आदिवासी अधिकार घोषणा दिन’ साजरा केला. गेल्या वर्षी नवी दिल्लीत १६ राज्यातील प्रतिनिधींनी ‘दशकपूर्ती सोहळा’ साजरा केला यंदा नागपूर येथे हा सोहळा झाला. त्यात प्रामुख्याने संविधानातील [...]
Since August 2017, the Rohingya people remain caught in a state of humanitarian crisis. As the Burmese security forces continue to incite monstrous violence against them, more than half a million have fled the Rakhine state. The United Nations has labeled the acts of arson, rape, mass killings and shelling as “a textbook case of ethnic [...]
10th of December is celebrated as World Human Rights Day. In the month of its celebration this year, we observe the blatant ignorance of basic humanity. Access to education, nutrition, and a life free from exploitation are the basic tenets of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and our Constitution. In the very [...]
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Abdallah Al-Omari, a Syrian artist, painted a series called the ‘Vulnerability Series’ featuring world leaders as refugees. In the words of Al-Omari, “I wanted to take away their power not to serve me and my pain but to give those leaders back their humanity and the audience an insight into what the power of vulnerability can achieve”. At a [...]
National Conference on 'Development and Governance of Adivasis in Contemporary India' Jointly Organised by NCAS and Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Contemporary Studies, University of Mumbai Date: 6-7 October 2017 Place: Mumbai Scholars are invited to submit their research papers for the Conference. Broad Sub-themes of the conference are Development strategies for Adivasis post planning era PESA [...]
Last month saw the death of two prominent Indian scientists. One was known as the Father of the Indian Satellite Programme, and the other as a scientist cum educationalist who helped develop a scientific temper amongst the masses. The former is the Ex- Chairman of ISRO, Prof. Udupi R. Rao and the latter, the sonic ray [...]
The formulation of a new education policy is still underway even though it’s been three years since the NDA government promised one. The recently created Dr. K. Kasturirangan committee is the second committee to be formed under the NDA government to look into the policy after the T.S R Subramanian committee submitted its report in April 2016. [...]
