--- Begin Message ---
Attention the members and well wishers of Guwahati Press Club.
Dear friends,
Here is a small news item for your information and use.
Regards
Nava Thaukira,
Secretary, GPC.
*Padmashri Patricia Mukhim to be 'Guest of the Month' *
* *
*GUWAHATI:* Padmashri Patricia Mukhim will attend the Guest of the Month
programme of Guwahati Press Club on September 30 at 2 pm. The interested
member-journalists are requested to attend the programme to interact with
the social activist-cum-columnist.
*Profile of Patricia:* A well-known name in Meghalaya, she is a writer of
repute. She has an advantage of being a teacher and a journalist. She is
deeply involved in the social uplift activities of the Meghalaya people. At
the age of 42, she was conferred with "Chameli Devi Jain Award" given to an
outstanding women mediaperson in 1995 by the media foundation, New Delhi.
She was also conferred the most prestigious honour Padmashri by the
President of India in 2000. Her experiences in conflict management, consumer
rights, issues of corruption, gender sensitization and focus on rural
poverty is well recognized.
Currently, she is serving as Director of Indigenous Women's Resource Centre,
Shillong. She is a social science researcher, particularly of the Khasi
matrilineal society and its transition over the years. She campaigned
actively and relentlessly for ending militancy in the region, apart from
working in the drug addiction problem amongst the youth of Meghalaya. She
talks with authority on diverse topics such as work culture, women in
development, youth as agents of change etc. in various media like TV and
Radio. She has attended many international conferences in countries like
Japan, Thailand, Hawaii, Switzerland, Palestine, Israel, North and South
Korea, UK, and the African countries.
--- End Message ---
_______________________________________________
assam mailing list
[email protected]
http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
