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One Week India Rural Colloquy Rolls Out On Zoom Sunday Evening

Transforming Rural India (TRI) first one week long India Rural Colloquy rolls out on Zoom on Sunday evening. The sessions commencing from August 1st will wrap up on August 8th. TRI supports NGOs working at the grassroots, works with governments, develops and delivers solutions for rural India.

"India Must Train Rural Youth To Become Big Game Changers Through Sports"

Source: The News Agency

Few medals at the Olympics by a country of 1.4 billion is not enough, we must train rural youth to become big game changers through sports. Words of wisdom and foresight, spoken by R Venkataram, member Advisory board TRI, former managing trustee Tata Trusts at the India Rural Colloquy

India’s aging rural populace must be enabled and motivated: Dr. Phansalkar

Source: Jubilee Post

Words of wisdom, and foresight this concern for the aged the population of rural India comes from Dr Sanjiv Phansalkar, chair, TRI, fmr program director, Tata Trusts. He was one of the three panelists at India Rural Colloquy, the one-week long Zoom sessions which started off on Sunday evening.

Gender Equality In India: Women Need To Be Counted In And The Issue Needs To Be Seen Through The Right Lens!

Source: The News Agency

It certainly could not have been put together more coherently and more emphatically. Unaccounted, invisible women can never be part of any government policies. In order that India’s gender equality graph grows it is important that women are “Counted In”.

Time Indian women ‘reclaimed’ their rightful share in public spaces

Source: Jubilee Post

“Women must assert themselves, reclaim their spaces from men keeping in mind that those enjoying power for so long will not give in easily,” said Prof Sanjay Srivastava, Professor of Sociology, Institute of Economic growth. The lone male speaker in the group, he hit the nail on the head when he said that gender must be looked like a relationship.

Entrepreneurship, skilling can wean off rural youth from their obsession for govt. jobs

Source: The Siasat Daily

“The Indian youth obsession with their focus on procuring only government jobs for livelihood is highly destructive for their growth. We must discourage this mindset in our youth that aspires ‘only’ for government jobs as such jobs are few and when a Youngman fails to get one he loses all confidence and self labels himself a failure.

Hiking resources, putting preventive measures in place will give impetus to gender equality

Source: The Siaset Daily

Ms. Suneeta Dhar, Independent Gender Advisor, former CEO Jagori, used her vast experience in the development sector to illustrate measures that can help upscale gender equality initiatives in India. She was speaking on the topic of Gender Equality and Justice on the second day of the one week long (Aug 1 to Aug 8) of the India Rural Colloquy