Port Blair, Nov 20: The concluding function of 02 days orientation training to 10 Satellite Silai School teachers organized by Unnati with the support of Usha International Ltd., New Delhi and Perveen Charitable Trust for empowering the women through various economic activities using locally available raw materials concluded on 17-11-2023. On this occasion, Dr. Pranab Sarkar Tribal Welfare officer, Mrs. Pramila Kumari ex-Adhyaksha/ Zilla Parishad Member and Mr. A. K. Biswas retired Joint Director Agriculture were the special guests.
Mr. C. Mohammed President Unnati while welcoming the participants said we could provide quality training in tailoring with the support of Usha International Ltd., New Delhi and huge no. of candidates were trained in tailoring and there is need to utilize them. This trained manpower can be better utilized with the support of A&N Chamber of Commerce and ANIIDCO for which Unnati already requested the Administration to coordinate with them by the Rural Development Department. He further said, there is also tremendous scope for food processing on agriculture based products which can be exploited with the support and guidance of the Agriculture Department, therefore, we invited Mr. A. K. Biswas retired Joint Director Agriculture who because of his expertise in agriculture and knowledge proved himself one of the best agriculturists and improved his economic condition exceptionally. We may utilize his services for promotion of agricultural activities. We wish he would share his experience for the benefit of the participants and also encourage farmers to adopt floriculture considering the huge demand of flowers and import of flowers worth crores of rupees. He said flowers can be raised locally with the support of the Agriculture Department. The Municipal Council may allot a shop to SHG Federation in the Municipal Market for selling flowers.
He also welcomed Mrs. Pramila Kumari ex-Adhyaksha/ Zilla Parishad Member who was actively involved in women welfare activities and due to her dedication and hard work became Adhyaksha from an Anganwadi worker is an inspiration to others and requested her to share her experience for the motivation of women. Dr. Pranab Sarkar Tribal Welfare officer is a local youth actively working for the up-liftment of islanders by highlighting local problems and issues through media. He is playing a leading role in reaching the problems of islands to the concerned authority.
He also informed the participants to attend the food processing awareness camp being organized by Chamber of Commerce Kolkata in association with Food Processing Ministry on 24-11-2023 from 09 AM to 01 PM at Mansha Hotel followed by lunch. The Chamber of Commerce Kolkata requested Unnati to depute delegates and extend support as given to them by us in their last Food Processing awareness camp organized at Megapode a few months back but the delegates deputed by us were disappointed when the programme concluded without interaction. However, they assured the participants the opportunity to raise issues. He requested the women groups to avail the opportunity for resolving their problems. He further said we trained huge no. of trainees in tailoring.
Dr. Pranab Sarkar, Tribal Welfare officer, Mrs. Pramila Kumari ex-Adhyaksha/ Zilla Parishad Member and Mr. A. K. Biswas, retired Joint Director Agriculture explained in detail and shared their experiences. They requested the participants to avail the benefits of various government schemes for their empowerment. They also assured their support for reaching their problems to the concerned authorities and appreciated the efforts of Unnati and its presence in the community for empowering women.
Certificates and tailoring guideline books issued by Usha International Ltd., New Delhi and dresses to weaker section children supported by Perveen Charitable Trust were distributed by Dr. Pranab Sarkar, Tribal Welfare officer, Mrs. Pramila Kumari ex-Adhyaksha/ Zilla Parishad Member and Mr. A. K. Biswas, retired Joint Director Agriculture.
For the best social work, Mrs., Vinisha was awarded for her good work by Unnati. In the interaction session, the trainees highly appreciated the training programme organized by Unnati with the support of Usha International Ltd., New Delhi and distributed dresses to weaker section children by Perveen Charitable Trust and giving them an opportunity for raising various important local issues. The 10 Satellite Silai Schools will start functioning with immediate effect in their respective locations for training needy interested candidates.
