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Mr. Jagjeet Singh Kandal and Mr. Conrad Dennis gave a copy of the latest Organic Growth Magazine to Dr. Vandana Shiva during Balipara Foundation’s Annual Naturenomics Forum. Dr. Vandana Shiva.

Mr. Jatin Bavishi delivered a presentation titled ‘Small is Beautiful: Can Small Tea Farms of Udalguri envisage Smart Rural Futures?”.

A 2-day ‘teach the teacher’ programme for the trainers of Adult Learning Programme was conducted at APPL Office on 26th and 27th October 2018. The training was done by Dr. Bibhashchandra Das Purkayastha, an accomplished educator and currently the District Chair of TEACH (Rotary International District 3240). Keeping in mind the learning levels of the adult population of Tea Estates, we have also specially designed primers with the aim to impart functional literacy amongst the people.

APPL Foundation has always believed that partnership is key to holistic community development. Be it with institutions or individuals, we have linked our partners to the areas of our commitment. In a novel initiative to engage more people directly with the community, APPL Foundation organized an orientation workshop for spouses of the management of APPL Tea Estates at Misa Polo Club on 9 th October.

The Digital Literacy Centre (DLC) at Lattakoojan was established in partnership with NRL in 2014. Since then the centre which is run in association with IRDIS has trained and created employment opportunities for several youth of the locality. 

A Tea Harvester Training program for OCHIAI Harvesters was organized at APPITI Rowta with faculty support from OCHIAI from 3^rd to 8^th September 2018. The basic thought process behind this residential training programme was to run short term training on green leaf harvester’s maintenance, overhauling and refurbishing of different harvesters to generate a resource pool which in turn support the Small Tea Growers (STG) in terms of offering service.

Digital literacy has become the new buzzword in education as parents and educators alike work to help students prepare for a world that is increasingly online. Digital literacy involves a plethora of skills: including the ability to read and interpret media, to reproduce data and images through digital manipulation, and to evaluate and apply new knowledge gained from digital environments. In short, digital literacy is defined not only by the ability to use technology to read and write, but by the ability to use it effectively.

TANGLA, July 23: In a bid to provide accommodation facilities to girl students, a 100-bedded girls’ hostel of the Amalgamated Plantations Private Industrial Training Institute (APPITI) was inaugurated at Rowta in Udalguri recently. The hostel has been donated by the Assam Investment Fund and constructed within a record time of eight months since the laying of its foundation stone in November, 2017. A digital classroom under CSR programme for school and college students of the neighborhood was also inaugurated by Mazbat MLA Charan Boro.

A 100-seater Girls Hostel at Rowta, in Udalguri was inaugurated recently. The hostel was opened to provide accomodation facilities to girl students the Amalgamated Plantations Private Industrial Training Institute (APPITI).

The hostel has been donated by the Assam Investment Fund and constructed within a record time of 8-months since the laying of its foundation stone in November 2017.