Performances or Activities Since the Inception

After the inception of this society through the registration under Society Registration Act, West Bengal, 1961 on 20th April, 1999 primarily in order to set up and develop a Research Institute in the name Vashistha Institute For North Bengal And North East Developmental Studies (VINBNEDS) for carrying on research activities relating to the problems of development regarding various aspects of the life of the people of North Bengal and North East India in particular and India as a whole in general and secondarily for reaching the other adjoining goals, activists and associated others with this Institute (hence forth the word Institute will be used) have started to carry on the following activities since 2000-2001 correcting the institute’s name in the Registration certificate. on 20/09/2000.

Fund And Other Asset Mobilisation:

To raise fund through receipt and coupon books from the people of local and beyond local areas of North Bengal and North East India especially Assam. This fund collection process has also been going on continuously till to day. But the extent is lower and slower relative to that in the earlier year(s).
To extend life memberships and honorary memberships towards the able and interested persons of various places of local and beyond local areas. The numbers of life members and honorary members are at present 165 (One hundred Sixtyfive) and 16 (Sixteen) respectively. Also, there are two advisors of the similar height. The life membership of the institute is at present Rs. 2000.00 (Rupees Two Thousand) only. This is Changeable from time to time. For life Membership interested one may apply through prescribed Application Form. This application form is to be collected from the office of the institute in person in any working day of the week excluding Holidays or through post by sending an application along with self addressed stamped envelop. The value of stamp is as going on for general postage charge. The Form is given free of cost.
To purchase Ten decimal land at a fair place at Vill: Chhotalaukuthi, P.O.: Bakshirhat, Dist: Coochbehar, (W.B), 736131 in the year 2001, with the help of fund collected/raised so far, for constructing a tiny campus of the Institute. The proposed campus is named by “VASHISTHA NAGAR” attributed by the activists immediately after the purchase of land.
To construct a corrugated tin sheded kuchcha house (Kuchcha Floor & bamboomade walls) at Vashistha Nagar for executing various activities of the Institute. The money spent upon its construction, reconstruction and repair is around Rs. 35000.00 (Rupees Thirty-Five Thousand) Only.
To construct institutional building shown here during 2013 -2015 with the financial assistance of Higher Education Department Social Education Branch , Government of West Bengal.
To continue the process of up keeping Institutes assets, infrastructures and so on.

Seminar / Symposia / Webinar/ Workshop / Conferences:

Sl. No.	Title	Date & Year of Commencement & Level	Financially Assisted by
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
(i)	Enquiry (i) into the Wealth and Welfare of North Bengal And North East India	11.02.2001, National	Self (Institute)
(ii)	Enquiry (ii) into the Wealth and Welfare of North Bengal And North East India	24.02.2002, National	Do
(iii)	Enquiry (iii) into the Wealth and Welfare of North Bengal And North East India	09.02.2003, National	Do
(iv)	Enquiry into the Wealth and Welfare of North Bengal And North East India	08.02.2004, National	ICSSR, MHRD, Govt. of India.
(v)	Developmental Perspective of North Bengal And North East India	18-19.06.2005, National	Do
(vi)	North Bengal And North East India: The Transitional Perspective	04-05.11.2006, National	ICSSR & ERC, ICSSR Kolkata-29 MHRD, Govt. of India
(vii)	North Bengal And North East Indian Developmental Problems and Issues: An overview	23.11.2007, National	ERC, ICSSR Kolkata-29 MHRD, Govt. of India
(viii)	Social Exclusions and Needed Actions: Contexts of Weaker Sections Poverty and Gender in India: The Scenario of North Bengal And North East India	26-27.03.2008, National	CSSEIP, CU, Kolkata-19
(ix)	Social, Cultural and Economic Concerns of Mussulmans in North Bengal And North East India	14-15.02.2009, National	ICHR, & ERC, ICSSR, MHRD. Govt. of India.
(x)	Contemporary Social, Cultural and Economic Concerns of Rajbanshis in North Bengal And North East India	17-18.04.2010, National	ICSSR, ICHR, & ERC. MHRD. Govt. of India.
(xi)	Tea Economy, Society, Polity and Politics in North Bengal And North East India: Present Perspective- Future Challenge.	12-13.11.2011, National	ICSSR & ICHR, MHRD. Govt. of India.
(xii)	Tea Based Society, Culture and Narratives in North Bengal And North East India: A Philosophical Discourse	29-30.04.2012, National	ICPR, MHRD, Govt. of India.
(xiii)	Backward Communities in North Bengal And North East India- Appraisal of Socio-Political, Economic, Educational and Cultural Dynamics	09-10.11.2013, National	ICSSR, MHRD, Govt. of India.
(xiv)	Science, Philosophy, Religion (Dharma) And Society-An Emprical And Theoritical Discourse	27.12.2015, National	Self-funded
(xv)	Present And Prospective Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic Upon Social Dynamics of North Bengal And North East India (Webinar), Jointly with Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University (CBPBU), Cooch Behar, India, 736101	20.06.2021, National	Self-funded
(xvi)	Beat Covid- Search of Strategy For Psycho-Social Support Skill and Service Development (Webinar), Jointly with Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education (MGNCRE), HYD-04, India.	10.07. 2021,National	Self-funded
(xvii)	Covid-19 Pandemic-Evil Effect upon Children And Teenagers With Solutions Thereof (Webinar).	21.08. 2021, National	Self-funded
(xviii)	korona uttar kale shaishaber Bikash- Paddhati O Prakaran (Small Scale Workshop for awaring child rearing local mothers)	11.06. 2022,Local Level	Self-funded
(xix) (xx)	Joystna Plabita jamini shaishaber Bikash- Paddhati O Prakarane (Small Scale Workshop for awaring child rearing local mothers ) along with a Deshmabodhak O Bhaktimulak Sangeetmukhur Anandaghana Sangeet Sandhya of two hours for the bloosoming of mind and heart of the mothers and children participated therein. Cultulral Transmutation of North Bengal And North East India	06.11.2022,Local Level 22-23 March, 2025, National	Self-funded With partial financial assistance of Block Development Office, Tufanganj-2 Block

Publications:

Books:

Title and other related Information regarding this Aspect.

Sl. No.	Title of books with the name of Editor(s)	Published or being processed (With the Name of Publisher)	Year, if Published	Sources of Research Papers
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
(i)	Wealth and Welfare: Issues on North Bengal And North East Developmental Studies, Series No- I, Ed. By. Bimal Kumar Saha ISBN 81-87121-04-1	Published (Academic Enterprise, Kol.131 in arrengement with Vashistha Institute For NorthBengal And NorthEast Developmental Studies, 'VINBNEDS')	2005	Seminars- 2001, 2002
(ii)	North Bengal And North East India: A Transitional Perspective, Ed. By. Gourkrishna Saha ISBN 978-81-86860-65-6	Published N. L Publisher, Shivmandir, Siliguri	2011	Seminars- 2006, 2008
(iii)	Wealth and Welfare: Issues on North Bengal And North East Developmental Studies Series No. 2, Ed. By. Bimal Kumar Saha ISBN 81-903917-0-4	Published VINBNEDS	2012	Seminars- 2003, 2004
(iv)	Developmental Perspective of North Bengal And North East India, Ed. By Chaya Rani Paul ISBN 81-903917-1-2	Published VINBNEDS	2013	Seminar- 2005

Journal:

The institute journal , The Quest For Fundamental Development has been being continiously published since 2015. (Please edit the head publication)

Setting up and run SHANKAR DEV SHILPA CHARCHA NIKETAN (Elementary level Art [Drawing and Painting] School) since the year 2001. Some relevant information about it are given below: -

Relevant Information About SHANKAR DEV SHILPA CHARCHA NIKETAN (SDSCN)

Sl. No.	Subjects	Subject- wise Information
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	Year of inauguration	2001
2.	Syllabus	Prepared by the Board of Studies formed by the Institute in this regard
3.	Duration of Courses and Curriculum	3 years
4.	Lowest Age of Admission	7 years
5.	No. of Batches taken Admission and Completed the Course	16 Batches
6.	Number of Present Batch*	17
7.	No. of Students Conferred Certificate after successful completion of the course, so far,	36
8.	Method of conferring Certificate	HOLY CONVOCATION
9.	No. of Holy convocation commenced, so far	6
10.	Years of commencement of Holy convocation	2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013
11.	No. of Teacher	1
12.	No. of Clerk	1
13.	No. of Bearer	1
14.	Source of Honorarium to the Staff	Monthly fees collection from the beneficiaries to a negligible extent

*Since 2017 upto 2023 this activitiy remain discontinued due to unavoidable circumstanc.

Social and charitable Activities:
1. To send fund to prime Minister’s Relief Fund in connection to Bhuj disaster
2. To distribute 17 (Seventeen) pieces of woolen blankets through the local (Bhanukumari No. I) Garm panchayet,
3. To send fund Uttarbnga Sambad Relief Fund in connection to Rayganj disaster,
4. To send fund to the Relief fund of Chief Minister of West Bengal for enriching the fund.
5. To extend financial assistances frequently in small-scale towards very very needy persons of the locality in connection to their treatment for the cure from severe diseases.
6. To extend relief materils towards the Santal refugees in Kumrgram Dooar W.B from Kokrajhar District, Assam,
7. To Give financial help towads needy student of the locality
8. To give the same help towards the ill-paid casual group-D workers of a renowned academic institution of Coochbehar Sadar, during the Pandemic relating to Covid-19
9. To perform activities less frequently in cost less manner for the aware of the local people about environmental and ecological issues
10. To perform activities less frequently in cost less manner to prevent the cruelty upon animal and birds.
11. Besides all these it adds at present the dissemination of Indian Knowledge System through introducing Sri Mad Bhagbad Gita Pathachakra along with Abhyas/Dhyan Yoga (Meditation) and etc. Affiliations and approvals/ Patronisation/ Assistances from: -
  1. Indian council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), MHRD, Govt. of India, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, JNU Institutional Area, New Delhi- 110067 (through financial assistance for organizing Seminars),
  2. Eastern Regional Centre (ERC), Indian council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), MHRD, Govt. of India, 10, Jadunath Sarkar Road (Lake Terrace), Kolkata- 700029 (in the same manner),
  3. Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), MHRD, Govt. of India 35, Feroze Shah Road, New Delhi- 110001 (in the said manner),
  4. Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR), MHRD, Govt. of India, Darshan Bhawan, 36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi- 110062, (in the stated manner)
  5. Centre For the Studies of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (CSSEIP), (UGC Approved), under University of Calcutta, 35, Bally Gunj Road, Kolkata- 19 (in fore stated manner)
  6. National Social Science Documentation Centre, (NASSDOC), Indian council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), 35, Feroze Shah Road, New Delhi- 110001 (Through Donations of Reports, Books, Journals & etc.) (“To whom it may concern” is not collected from NASSDOC as the said materials are transported with those given by CSDS)
  7. Centre for the study of Developing Societies (CSDS), 29 Rajpur Road, Delhi- 110054 (in same manner)
  8. District Magistrate, Coochbehar District, (WB) (Through District Social Welfare Department, Coochbehar District, WB)
  9. Various notable learned parsons of local and beyond local areas (through the acceptance of life membership and Honorary membership, etc.).
  10. Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University (CBPBU)
  11. Council for Social Development (CSD), Sangha Rachana, 53, Lodi Estate, K.K. Birla lane, New Delhi- 110003 through donation of Books and Journals etc. Others: a. To establish an online UGC Net Coaching Center, Namely Vahistha Online UGC Net Coaching Center, (VOUNCE). This imparte said coaching during 2021-22. The sucess rate is 40 percent. Pesently It is not being operated. In the coming course of time it will again be started.

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