Himachal Pradesh

The catastrophe at Uttarakhand in June 2013, was a hot topic of discussion for many of us across the country, but only those who live in the Himalayan states understand the significance and impact it has on their lives. Poor policies and governance were the root cause; much more than heavy rains.

Left, right, up, down...bump, bump, bump! That was me… being thrown about on all sides of the jeep that I was in. No, I wasn’t off-roading! I was on an investigative mission to Pinrow, a village in Nainital district, Uttarakhand from my home. I was investigating the impact of the state government's push for 100% of child births to happen in the hospitals.

Organiser details

Global Science Academy

Venue

Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India

Objective of the seminar

The purpose of the seminar is 

Uttarakhand is blessed with an immense amount of natural resources such as forests, wildlife and water, but if you are looking for some research-based information that quantifies, classifies and organizes this information, there isn’t much out there.

Delhi’s draft water policy

Organizers

About the course

Chinmaya Organisation of Rural Development (CORD) would like to upscale its comprehensive integrated rural development work in remote rural areas of the country based on its 27 years of enriched and established work and learning in 550 villages of Himachal Pradesh and another 160 villages in its newer sites at Odisha and Tamilnadu. CORD envisages selecting  certain Panchyats for holistic development in the remote areas of the country from different districts and states. It plans to work intensively in the Panchyat selected for five to six years before expanding further.

To ensure people driven grass root transformation, CORD is looking out for inspired people from remote and backward districts of the country with leadership quality, willing to live and work in one of the Panchyats of his/her area and serve with their hands and heart. It could even be the village and Panchyat where he/she lives if it happens to fit in to CORD’s criteria of the Panchyat to be selected in the backward district.

It will be free, full time, one year residential course in Hindi with commitment to serve and work for CORD as full time paid employee in the remote rural district to which the candidate belongs on successful completion of the course.