A two-day national workshop titled ‘Janjatiya Yuva Goth’ (Tribal Youths’ Deliberations) would be organised by Kushabhau Thakre University of Journalism and Mass Communication (KTUJM) on December 27 and 28, 2014.
The workshop is being organised by KTUJM in association with tribal welfare department, Government of Chhattisgarh.Prof Rajendra Mohanty, in-charge Media Relation, Tribal Youths Deliberations KTUJM informed that the objective of the workshop is to bring intellectuals engaged in tribal studies to deliberate upon issues relating to education and tribal society, governance and tribal development, faith, culture and religious practices of tribal society and leadership of tribal community.
The two-day national workshop shall have five technical sessions wherein participants will hold discussion on various subject related to tribal people. Researchers, media-persons, teachers, students, and intellectuals working on tribal issues may take part in the workshop, said Prof Mohanty.This is pertinent to note here that Chhattisgarh is home to more than 66 lakh tribal people which is 32 per cent (or about one third) of the total population of the State.
As Chhattisgarh is registering impressive growth in every developmental parameters, it is essential that issues related to tribal needs are closely scrutinised so that those issues could be taken up with the stakeholders concerned. This is the reason that the university in association with the state tribal welfare department of Chhattisgarh Government is organising this two-day workshop, Prof Mohanty said.