Change Initiatives is a Kolkata-based non-governmental organisation working in the areas of education, livelihoods and environment.
We work mainly among women, children and the youth.
Enter the World of Happy Schools: Meet the children of Kisholoy — where learning is all about mental enrichment to win the Exam of Life…
From Digital Literacy to Digital Skills: Opening up new windows for youth employment…
From Digital Skills to employment: Equipping youth with digital literacy for their daily jobs…
Nabanna: Women empowerment through livelihood generation in non-traditional areas…
Born and raised in Kolkata as the oldest of two siblings, Bishakha Ghosh learnt Economics from great teachers at Presidency College and Calcutta University. Now she is a teacher at Kalyani University. She is irresistibly drawn to the power of words and the lure of distant places.
Sr Manager, Editorial, ICRA Ltd, Indira Kanjilal is an editor, writer, translator. She works for women and children's education and healthcare. She is working to make a slum school into a Happy School at Panchanantala, Dhakuria. She has also been working on domestic violence and gender discrimination in an individual capacity.
Rupak Goswami is currently a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at University of California, Davis. Rupak teaches agriculture and rural development at the Integrated Rural Development and Management Faculty Centre of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Kolkata. He is a PhD from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kalyani.
Our Women in STEM project is into its fourth month, and the response has been very encouraging. In this project, we are mentoring 25 women undergraduate students from 7 Kolkata colleges to build a sustainable career in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math). The project is supported by the American Centre, Kolkata.
Change Initiatives has undertaken a novel effort on environment awareness — we are recycling saris into carry bags. We are inviting donations of old saris, which our girls are turning into bags that can be folded and kept inside smaller bags and pockets.
