Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Youth development activties of the Young Explorers' Institute for Social Service, Kolkata




Artificial wall climbing at Salt Lake, Kolkata for the students of Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata during November 2011.


Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Have Your Say: What Will it Take to Get All Children in School and Learning?

Have Your Say: What Will it Take to Get All Children in School and Learning


The experience of taking part in 'Sarva Sikha Abhijan', a progrmme for primary education for the children of the age group between 6 and 10 yrs old, in West bengal, India.  A civil society of Salt Lake took initative to take participation in the project. The formal application was submitted to concern office in the district. No response was received from the authority. The experience of the civil society is inteference of political parties are there. It is difficult to work witout their blessing.

Saturday, March 16, 2013

OTA Alumni Association Kolkata


A meeting of OTA Alumni Association was held at OTA Chhenai on 8 March 2013. It was resolved to form a Regional Chapter of Kolkata and other places in our Country.
The Kolkata  is for those Alumni who are located in the States of  Bihar, Jharkhand, Odessa, &; West Bengal.
The objectives are

+ To bond all the OTA ALUMNI (hereinafter referred as OTANIANS)

+ To promote camaraderie between the present cadets at the OTA and OTA ALUMNI.

+ To promote esprit-de-corps, achieve unity and to create friendly feelings and good will amongst the Otanians.

+ To create amongst the public, particularly younger generation, awareness about OTA and its role in training cadets to become capable officers of the Armed Forces of India .

+ To hold periodical meetings and seminars of all ex OTA Officers to promote the objectives of the Association.

+ To create a net work to promote the cause of Otanians by raising funds for the promotion of the objectives of the Association.

+ To introduce various welfare measures for the serving, released and retired otaians, to redress various grievances of the Otanians.

+ To motivate more and more youth to join Army through Officers Training Academy.

+ To help to rehabilitate the needy released and retired Otanians.

+ To guide the Otanians and their wards for various ventures, placements and professional education abroad.

+ To contribute to the Officers Training Academy, Chennai.

+To propagate amongest the Otanians the use of New and Renewable Sources of Energy with particular emphasis on solar energy and create an awareness about conservation of water and power and to control pollution


The next Annual Alumni Meet will be held at OTA , Chennai, on 21 Sep 2013
( evening) followed by the Alumni Dinner at the GC's Mess. All Alumni are welcome to attend with their families. This mail is an advance information which may be given wider publicity in your region. We will also inform all the nominated course co-ordinaters immediately to enable them to spread the info.
2.   The OTA will make 250 rooms available for the Alumni in the GC's accommodation, as was done during the Golden Jubilee Celebrations earlier this year. Further details will be communicated to you and the course co-ordinaters at the earliest. Kindly forward any agenda points you may have to me by 15 Aug 2013.
3.   The official OTAAA website is under preparation and should be operational by first week Aug 2013 under the domain name 
www.otaaachennai.com '. Once this website is launched we shall also upload all details of the Alumni meet in it.

The contact OTA Alumni is Major Sushanta Kumar De (R) Mobile no 0974764732, e mail youthforum2k@yahoo.com



Monday, February 11, 2013

Silent Key : Avinash Missra, call sign VU2EM, Kolkata, India

Avinash Misra, a resident of South Kolkata, a mining engineer in the profession, an eminent amateur wireless operator, Call sign is VU2EM

 He was suffering from cancer. He was under medical treatment for a considerable
time. He was one of the key persons to promote amateur wireless operation activities in eastern India,
a leading operator who could assemble amateur wireless transceiver effectively.



 Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) Jamboree on the Air (JOTA)
  is an annual event of World Scouts and Guides Movement. He started at his residence
for the benefit of Scouts & Guides of Bharat Scouts & Guides (West Bengal) State Branch.
He has expired on 10th February 2013, Sunday at a clinic at South Kolkata. He leaves behind his wife and one
married daughter. They were present by his side before the expiry.
He supported the amateur wireless activities of The Young Explorers' Institute for Social Service (TYEISS) . The TYEISS in his meeting held on 10th February
2013 paid homage to his memory and prayed for eternal peace of departed soul.

Friday, January 18, 2013

Screening of films on the theme of Hunger from following countries at The Seagull Foundation of Arts, 36 C Shyama Pada Mukherjee Road, Kolkata 700025, http://www.seagullindia.com/ at 6.30 pm on each day

Date             Title of the film           Duration                 Link 
                                  Country 
                                   Director
                                   Year of production

17 Jan 13      Hunger , Denmark    112 mins   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9yLKOjt2LI
                      Henning Carlson
                       1966


18 Jan 13      Year Zero, Germany  78 mins  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jWi3JymbSI
                       Roberto Rossellini
                       1948


19 Jan 13     Fires on the plain,Japan  104 mins  
                     Kon Ichikawa,
                     1959

21 Jan 13     The grapes of wrath, USA 129 mins  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRjpqJozOcI
                     Jon Ford,
                     1940


22 Jan 13    In search of famine, India,  115 mins 
                    Mrinal Sen, 
                    1981

23 Jan 13   Osama, Afghanistan,             83 mins    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Zl-FlD2u8
                  Siddiq Barmak
                  2003 


24 Jan 13   Hunger, U K                         112 mins   
                   Steve Mc Queen     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vqyccTut40&playnext=1&list=PLF6BCF71E407D580A&feature=results_main
                   2008