Alumni Meet at MRTC – Giridih

24 December 2022, Giridih: An alumni meet held at Mission Rozgar Training Centre-Giridih being run under Young India project by NBJK with support of UTI Mutual Fund.

The participants were ex-trainees of MRTC already placed since last 9 months or more at any business establishment after completion of their training in the courses of General Duty/Nursing Assistant, Basic Computer Applications, Beautician-Bridal Makeup and Tally based Account Executive.

This was a Get-Together for such 36 alumni of MRTC-Giridih and Ms. Rumana Azmat (Centre Co-ordinator) as well as other faculties honoured them with mementos.

On behalf of MRTC, Ms. Azmat conveyed best wishes to all ex-trainees, asked them to support their juniors for placement and said that a positive approach helps to move forward always.

All faculty members & staffs like Mrs. Roselin Tudu, Mrs. Poonam Thakur, Mr. Vishal Verma, Mr. Pramod Turi, Mr. Ranveer Kumar, Mr. Pramod Kumar, Mr. Vikas Kumar and Mr. Rajesh Kumar were present in the event took place on 22nd December 2022.

Tailoring Training to Tribal Women

23 December 2022, Gumla-Khunti-West Singhbhum: Under Usha Silai School program by NBJK with support of Usha International Ltd., total 80 tribal women from Gumla, Khunti and West Singhbhum districts have received tailoring training under Satellite School category by UIL accredited trainers.

In Kamdara block of Gumla district, two batches of 20 – 20 women have been trained by Mrs. Renu Devi & Mrs. Rahil Kerketta with Mrs. Anita Soreng & Mrs. Jaymani Kongari respectively.

At Khunti and Bandgaon (West Singhbhum), 20 women at each place have availed the same training. At Khunti, Mrs. Renu Devi and Mrs. Nauri Nutan Kerketta while at Bandgaon, Mrs. Anita Soreng and Mrs. Jaiwanti Mundri were their trainers.

During the training, these women learnt to make regular dresses for women, children, youth & adults as well as acquainted with life skills to grow their business. After completion of the training, they got Certificate, Signage Board, Sewing Machine Repairing Handbook and Tailoring Guidebook. This is expected that such short but intensive exercise will enhance tailoring skill among the women to sustain their livelihood initiative.

Mr. Shailesh Kumar (Program Coordinator, NBJK), Mr. Shashi Kumar, Mr. Manohar Purty and Mr. Felix Tirkey (Program Officer, UIL) have contributed to the trainings held from 15th to 18th December 2022.

Employers Meet at Mission Rozgar Training Centre

20 December 2022, Hazaribagh: Under the Young India project run by Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra in collaboration with UTI Mutual Fund, Mission Rozgar Training Centre-Hazaribagh has organized a meeting with employers.

MRTC imparts skill development training to the youth and the meeting was called to link them to employment. Representatives of commercial, medical, cosmetics business sector have participated in this meeting as potential employers.

Welcoming them, Mr. Rupesh Mallick (Centre Coordinator) said that by providing level training to the youth in trades like Basic Computer Applications, Tailoring, Nursing/General Duty Assistant and Beautician, they are prepared as a skilled workforce to contribute for development of their employers in a better way. He informed that the employment ratio of MRTC trained youth is about 65% and efforts are being made to increase it further.

In this meeting with employers, Mr. Subhash Kumar from Apna Mart, Mr. Ranjit Kumar Sinha & Ms. Farhat Jehan from Saksham Jharkhand Skill Development,  Mr.  Tariq Raza from Nayee Kiran-Razia Eye Hospital and beauty therapist Mrs. Bharti Kumari were present. Assuring placement of trained youth with their establishments, they emphasized over On-Job Training so that the trainees can get information about their job profiles and concerned responsibilities. The employers advised the trainees to be passionate about the work and develop an attitude of always learning.

Apart from the trainee youth, MRTC placement officer Mr. Mrityunjay Jha and faculty members also participated in the meeting.

Advocacy Meeting, Sensitization Workshop & Training on Gender Mainstreaming and Disability Inclusion

19-20 December 2022, Hazaribagh: As an activity of Inclusive Eye Health Programme in Hazaribagh district by NBJK-sightsavers, two events of Advocacy Meeting, Sensitization Workshop-cum-Training on Gender Mainstreaming & Disability Inclusion took place at NBJK and Hotel Snow Valley respectively under joint auspices of NBJK, Sightsavers, JSLPS, National Rural Health Mission and National Blindness Control Programme.

Total 85 Community Health Volunteers, OPDs’ Leaders, ASHAs, AWC workers and Hospital staffs have participated on these occasions.

On 19th December, Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) was present in such a meeting held at NBJK and he referred about free eye care services including transportation & Cataract surgery at NBJK run LNJP Eye Hospital, Bahera (Chouparaan, Hazaribagh) for PwDs under IEHP and reiterated the goal to declare Hazaribagh as Cataract Free district up to the year 2023. He said that nearly 80% cases of blindness can be avoided by timely & proper treatment.

On 20th at Hotel Snow Valley-Hazaribagh, Dr. Jitendra Kumar (Senior Programme Officer, Sightsavers), In-charge Medical Officer of Keredari CHC, Mr. Kirti Rawat (DPC-IEHP), Mr. Karunanidhi, Mr. Akash from LNJPEH have attended the training-cum-sensitization workshop.

During both the training, Dr. (Mrs.) Utkarsha Navgire, a community health expert from Pune was the resource person who discussed upon the topics like equality, sustainable development goals, rights and accessibility of PwDs-women-old age people, importance of health and especially eye health in context of gender mainstreaming.

Science Exhibition at SPBP School, Bahera

17 December 2022, Bahera (Chouparan, Hazaribagh): NBJK run and CBSE affiliated Surekha Prakash Bhai Public School has organized a Science Exhibition at its premises. This was inaugurated by Mr. Rattesh Gumber (MD, IT Alliance, Australia), Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK) and Mr. Gandharv Gaurav (Programme Director, NBJK) jointly.

Earlier the students & teachers have greeted the guests warmly and honoured them with welcome song, bouquet & shawl.

In the science exhibition, there were 54 stalls erected by school children and they demonstrated many impactful models like Electronic Bluetooth Car Controller, Laser Security Alarm, Greenhouse Effect, Rainwater Harvesting, Anti-Sleep Alarm, Volcanic Eruption, Sensor Drone, Magic Track, Drip Irrigation, ATM Machine, Hydropower Dam, Solar Board, Washing Machine, Wood cutter Machine, LPG Gas Detector, Smart village, Effect of Acid Rain, Heart’s Function etc.

The guest of honour Mr. Rattesh Gumber has appreciated children’s scientific temper, creativity and foresight. He said that despite limited resources and rural background, these students are doing astonishingly well. The very future of India depends upon such grooming SPBPS provides to village children, Mr. Gumber stated. Mr. Girija Satish was happy to see the performance of youngsters and expressed his hope for their contribution to nation building as scientist, engineer, doctor, architect, farmer, entrepreneur etc in coming days.

Ms. Reena Pandey (Principal, SPBPS) said that the science exhibition has tried to cover both modern technology and traditional knowledge at the same time and our students-teachers have laboured hard for this event.

On this occasion, also an exposition on Culinary Skills was displayed on various food stalls by the students where delicious dishes have been served to the visitors.

Certification Ceremony at Mission Rozgar Training Centre, Hazaribagh

17 December 2022, Hazaribagh: A Certification Ceremony held for 3rd batch trainees of Mission Rozgar Training Centre-Hazaribagh. MRTC is being run by NBJK with support of UTI Mutual Fund under Young India Project.

In the function organized at the premises of MRTC-Hazaribagh, total 120 trainees from the trades like Basic Computer Applications, Tailoring, Beautician and General Duty Assistant have received their course completion certificates from invitee guests.

On this occasion, many young journalists, social workers like Mr. Ashish (City News), Mr. Pramod Khandelwal & Mr. Palak (News 11), Mr. Subodh Gupta (News 18) and Mrs. Bharti have handed over the certificates to MRTC trainees. They covered the event, encouraged the trained youths and assured for support. The guests have praised this skill development-cum-placement initiative for youngsters by NBJK-UTI Mutual Fund.

Initially Mr. Rupesh Mallik (Centre Co-ordinator) has shared about different programs of NBJK and conveyed best wishes to pass out trainees. He informed that after end of these three months courses, 72 trainees with 49 females have been placed already. Including this batch, MRTC-Hazaribagh has provided skill training to total 361 youths and 229 with 179 females are linked to employment, he mentioned.

Mr. Mrityunjay Jha (Placement Officer), Mrs. Shobha, Mrs. Shalini, Mrs. Anjana, Mrs. Kunti (All Faculties) and Mr. Aniket have contributed to the event. Related news can be viewed by following https://youtu.be/nTbcQjHzPOQ and https://youtu.be/6XwJvaDNMSU also.

SPBPS Student Selected for Gatka Game at National Level

17 December 2022, Bahera (Chouparan, Hazaribagh): The students of NBJK run Surekha Prakash Bhai Public School, Bahera (Chouparan, Hazaribagh) are performing well with sports.

Navneet Kumar of class 9th has been selected as a participant for national competition to be held at Chandigarh soon.

Ms. Reena Pandey (Principal, SPBPS) informed that our 35 students have took part in the state level Gatka game competition organized for boys & girls groups on 11 & 12 December at Royal Orchid International School, Barhi (Hazaribagh).

Among girls, Riya Pandey & Priya Kumari won Gold; Neha Kumari & Priyanka Kumari bagged Silver while Shambhawi, Varsha, Shivani, Srishti, Princy, Gulnaz, Sakshi, Pragati, Muskan, Sugandhi, Nisha and Priya got Bronze medals. In boys group, Navneet won Gold medal and he was selected for national level.

We are very much proud for the achievements of our students, the principal says.

It’s significant that Gatka is a traditional martial art form associated with the Sikh gurus. It imbibes sword and sticks fighting skills and self-control.

Dissemination Workshop in Carers Programme

14 December 2022, Bhubaneswar (Odisha): Carers Worldwide has organized a dissemination workshop at Bhubaneswar (Odisha) for its project partners associated with Caring for Carers programme in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand states of India.

On behalf of NBJK, Mr. Rajkumar Gupta (Asst. Program Coordinator) has participated in the event with Mr. Sumitra Kumari and Mr. Vijay Paswan from “Pragati Carers Seva Sanstha”, a registered body of Carers facilitated at Hazaribagh by NBJK & Carers Worldwide jointly. Mrs. Kumari is the president of PCSS while Mr. Paswan works as its secretary. PCSS works with the carers of their physically/mentally challenged, chronic sick, old aged dependents.

Dr. Anil Patil (Founder & ED, Carers Worldwide) was the keynote speaker of this workshop focused upon the ways to support unpaid family carers. As the chief guest, Mrs. Sulochna Das (Mayor, Bhubaneswar) shared the grief of carers and assured to influence policy makers to take steps in that direction.

Also the representatives from states’ partners have presented about their works and achievements. From Jharkhand, Mr. Rajkumar Gupta (NBJK) has briefed upon the activities going on with carers, their SHGs and promotion of livelihood initiatives NBJK encourages sincerely. The workshop held on 13th December 2022.

Drawing Competition among Child Reporters

13 December 2022, Giridih: Under UNICEF supported Child Reporters program by NBJK, a drawing competition held at Baxidih Upgraded Middle School at Baxidih village in Giridih Sadar block.

The school children have made attractive drawings over the themes of wider concern like vaccination, child marriage, environment, water crisis etc.

Mr. Rajesh Kumar Sharma (Block Coordinator, Child Reporters program) and Ms. Rumana Azmat (NBJK, Giridih) distributed prizes among the children and encouraged them to express their ideas of around child rights as well as well-being of community. The school teachers have co-operated to organize the event.

In Giridih district, NBJK is executing Child Reporters program at 30 Government schools of Giridih Sadar, Bengabad and Gandeya blocks simultaneously.

Training-cum-Awareness on Natural Farming

12 December 2022, Chanho (Ranchi): As an activity of HDFC Bank supported Holistic Rural Development Program by NBJK in Chanho block of Ranchi district, a Training-cum-Awareness event has been organized for villagers on natural farming under aegis of Divyayan Krishi Vigyan Kendra-Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Ranchi and Chanho Birsa Munda Sangathan Producer Company Limited, an FPO promoted through HRDP. The event held at Raghunathpur panchayat secretariat.

On this occasion, Dr. Manoj Kumar Singh (Agriculture Scientist, KVK) said that with adoption of natural farming, our farmers can draw good income. He said that these days chemical fertilizers & pesticides are in much use to get rich crops but that affects our health as well as soil fertility badly and the land is becoming barren. In such a situation, we need to do safe, profitable farming with low cost and KVK is making villagers aware about natural agriculture, Dr. Singh mentioned. Also he shared about Jivamrit, Ghanamrit, Beejamrit, Neemastra, Brahmastra etc as organic catalysts for insect protected high yield and can be made easily at home with locally available materials.

Another agriculture scientist Dr. O. P. Sharma has informed about various training activities being done by Divyaayan KVK-Ranchi to capacitate farmers for productive, income oriented & safe agriculture. He offered the villagers to get benefit of such specialized knowledge drawn after proper research.

More than 60 women-men farmers including Mr. Sunil Kumar Gupta (APC, HRDP), Mr. Sunil Oraon (President, CBMSPCL), Mr. Priyanshu Kumar, Mr. Eeshwar Gupta, Mr. Nitesh Singh, Mr. Kamakhya Singh, Mr. Mahavir Oraon, Mr. Dhanu Oraon, Mr. Sunil Pandey, Mr. Bihari Bhagat, Mr. Shyam Oraon, Mr. Temba Oraon, Mr. Uday Minj and Mr. Pradeep have participated in this training.