Name
: Atul Dev Sarmah
Residence
(India) : B-28, Pandara Road, New Delhi 110
003. India
Tel: 91-11-23384291. Email : atuldevsarmah@yahoo.co.in
Office
(India) : Media Management Group for Literacy
and Development, First Floor, 2/19 B, Jangpura
A, New Delhi-110014
Tel : 91-11-24372219 Email : info@mmgld.org
Nationality:
Indian
Date
of Birth: 01-01-1962
Educational
Qualification : MA (English)
Language
Skill : Spoken fluency- English, Hindi, Bengali
and Assamese
Written- English, Assamese, Bengali
Read Hindi but do not write
Present Position:
General
Secretary and Chief Executive Officer,
Media Management Group for Literacy and Development,
(www.mmgld.org) , since 2000.
Experience
Government
of India
- Assistant Editor, North Eastern Hill
University Publications, Shillong, Meghalaya.India.
1985 to 1993. Joined on 30th November 1985 as
Assistant Editor in the North Eastern Hill
University. Edited all academic publication
journals, bulletins and manuscripts and planned
/ supervised printing and production, both in-house
and through outside agencies. Looked after co-publishing
ventures with private publishers. Officiated
and looked after administration and financial
matters as Publication Officer from
1990-1993
-
Deputy Director and Officer on Special Duty
(Northeast) in the Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Government of India.
Following responsibilities :
As Unit Head, contributed to shaping the media
policy of the National Literacy Mission. In
collaboration with Directorates of Adult Education
in the states of the country, planned and
executed editing, production and distribution
of all forms of print media documentation.
Editor of Literacy Mission, brought
out the monthly house magazine of the National
Literacy Mission from 1994 to 1997
As Head of Publications, collaborated with
leading national agencies to produce and release
quality publications. Executed such collaborative
ventures with Confederation of Indian Industry,
National Film Development Corporation, the
Indian Navy and other Ministries of the Government
of India.
Officiated as the Coordinator of the International
Unit in Directorate of Adult Education. Looked
after budget of assistance and executed collaborative
efforts with UNICEF, New Delhi from 1994-1997
in the field of print and electronic media
for development.
Produced documentations and books on literacy
which were released by Honble President of
India, every year since 1993 on the occasion
of the International Literacy Day.
Officiated as Head of Exhibitions Division,
responsible for concept development and execution
of major exhibitions in liaison with leading
creative agencies for putting up national
and international exhibitions on behalf of
the National Literacy Mission, Government
of India
Looked after concept development, designing,
and commissioning of press advertisements
and advertisement campaigns in the national
print media for the Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Government of India.
Co-coordinated the National Press, for the
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government
of India
In 1996, assumed additional administrative
charge of a newly created North East Cell
in the Ministry of Human Resource Development
for coordination and implementation of plans
and programs pertaining to the four departments
of the Ministry Department of Education,
Department of Culture, Department of Youth
Affairs and Sports and Department of Women
and child Development in the eight north-eastern
states of India, including Sikkim.
Nominated by the Ministry of Human Resource
Development as the Government of India nominee
for all State Resource Centres and Shramik
Vidyapeeths in the seven north-eastern states
of India.
Nominated by the Ministry of Human Resource
Development as a Member of the Special Task
Force on Media for both print and electronic
media.
Coordinated production and air movement of
ballot papers for the Election Commission
of India for General Election, 1996.
On behalf of the Government of India, coordinated
and facilitated the visit of Director General,
UNESCO and his delegation to literacy districts
in West Bengal, India
Coordinated a visit to the country by a delegation
from Institute of Education in Hamburg in
1997.
Resigned
from Government of India service on 22.02.2000
Participation
-
Two
weeks international social development
program in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, under a
United Nations affiliated project, 1991
-
World Association of NGOs Convention, Bangkok,
Thailand, September, 2003
-
Workshop on Conflict Resolution and Peace
Journalism, Cluj Napoca, Romania, December,
2003.
-
EU-India Documentary Initiative screening,
University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland,
2004
Membership to Committees
-
Former
Member, Fast Track Committee on the North
Eastern Region, Indian Council of Social
Science Research, New Delhi.
-
Former Member, Media Task Force, Ministry
of Human Resource Development, Government
of India
-
Voting Member, World Association of NGO's
(WANGO).
-
Former Resource Person (Media and Documentation),
EDCIL, Ministry of Human Resource Development,
Government of India
Talks
-
Lal
Bahadur Shastri Academy of Administration,
Mussorie, India - Literacy Campaigns
in India : sustaining voluntarism,
July, 1996
-
Indian Institute of Mass Communication,
New Delhi, India - Development Communication
: The North East Experience, September,
2001
-
Indian Institute of Mass Communication,
New Delhi, India (for mid-career Officers
of the Indian Information Service) - Government-Civil
Society Partnership, January, 2006
-
Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy,
Duke University, USA - Media and Non-Profit
Initiatives, October, 2006
Publications
-
Edited
and produced Literacy Mission,
the house magazine of the National Literacy
Mission from 1994 till 1996
-
Edited and produced Tawang the Abode
of Prayers for the Ministry of Culture,
Government of India
-
Presently editing and producing IDPAD
magazine, (Indo-Dutch Program on Alternatives
in Development) for Indian Council of Social
Science Research and their Dutch counterpart.
-
Presently editing and producing a book on
the Life and Culture of the Lepchas in Sikkim
for Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
Experience Non Profit Sector
-
Chief
Coordinator, six NGO training workshops
(2002-2004) in Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim,
Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland
for Department of Women and Child Development,
Ministry of Human Resource Development
-
Director, field study on Public Utility
of Private Schools (2002), commissioned
by Department of Secondary and Higher Education,
Ministry of Human Resource Development
http://www.mmgld.org/toi.htm
-
Partner, EU sponsored project EU-India
Documentary Initiative (2003-2004), in collaboration
with Thomson Foundation, UK ; Indian Institute
for Mass Communication, India ; University
of Tampere, Finland and Commonwealth Broadcasting
Association, UK
www.euindiadocs.org
-
Facilitator, United national Girls Education
Initiative(UNGEI), 2004, New Delhi, India
-
Facilitator, Sub-Regional Workshop on Overcoming
the Policy and Resource Gaps for Education
for All - South Asia National Action Plans:
A review in the light of DAKAR framework
(2004), UNESCO, India
-
Partner, EU sponsored project EU-India
Media Initiative on HIV/AIDS (2005 2006),
in collaboration with Thomson Foundation,
UK; University of Tampere, Finland; INP
+, India; and Commonwealth Broadcasting
Association, UK, to train Indian national
radio, television and print journalists.
www.aidsandmedia.net
-
Director, field research project on Low
Income Generation of Youth in the North
Eastern Region (ongoing), for Indian Council
of Social Science Research, covering eight
states of the region including Sikkim.
-
Facilitator, Theatre Initiative and Workshops
led by Adil Hussain
www.mmgld.org/theatre1.htm
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