New Global Indian recently launched its research and policy studies for work related to developmental policy and research in West Bengal with its Centre for Development and Policy Studies (CDPS)
There is a growing need for understanding how research can be propelled towards understanding the needs within the modern global world and thus a significant initiative towards the direction for a holistic understanding can help to further highlight the process and its implementation. Keeping this significant aspect of knowledge-sharing in mind, Boston and Pune based New Global Indian Foundation (NGIF) held the inauguration of their research and development centre in Kolkata on August 20, 2011 at Indumati Sabhagriha at Jadavpur University Campus. Aptly titled, Resurgent Bengal Centre for Development and Policy Studies (CDPS), the centre is an initiative towards the study and a holistic better understanding of various facets within the private and public sectors of the society.
The launch of the centre of the NRI foundation in Kolkata is the first in a series of research and development centres to be inaugurated in various other states across India, including Gujarat, Maharashtra and others. Present at the occasion as the chief guest was Manish Gupta, minister of development, planning and power of government of West Bengal, who spoke on the need for understanding the need of research and development for a sustainable growth of various sectors of the society. Inaugurating the on-going lecture series of CDPS was Prof. Sanjoy Mukherjee of Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management, Shillong who spoke on “Sustainability in life, work and education: A quest for development.” Also present at the occasion was Dr. Kunal Sarkar, vice president and senior consultant and cardiac surgeon, Rabindranath Tagore international Institute of Cardiac Sciences and Hospital, who spoke on health and development and the need to understand the significant aspect of financial help towards a better growth and development of the health sector. Speaking on the mission and vision of CDPS, Dr. Shamita Basu, chief academic consultant of the centre spoke on the mission and vision of the organisation mentioning the need towards maintaining an interface of public and private partnerships while enhancing the areas of corporate social responsibility and also mentioned that in its task of undertaking development initiatives CDPS will be working in close collaboration with the Government, the private sector, academia, NGOs, media and civil society. Also present at the occasion was international publisher, NGI, Haimanti Banerjee, speaking on the significance of the association of the bigger community of Indians across the globe into one significant group to contribute meaningfully towards the growth and development of the nation. Through her speech, Banerjee further elaborated upon the very notion associated with the term and definition of NRI across the nation as she tried to elaborate upon the activities of the foundation. “Our attempts are to put in the words of NGI in place of NRI and make the journey important and meaningful towards the contribution of all Indians across the globe,” she mentioned. Prof. Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury, managing editor and head of Indian operations, NGI also spoke on the theme of the importance of work of research and development centres towards remoulding the very essence of values and creating new hopes for young generation for a better future.
