Naba Kishor Pujari

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Name: Naba Kishor Pujari
Primary City: Bhubaneswar
About Me: Naba has completed his Masters in Social Work and is working as a State Advocacy Officer at National Coalition for Education in Bhubaneswar. He has worked as a surveyor on child neglect and abuse for International Society for Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN), New Delhi. He is a member of the Advisory Committee for Udra Society for Secondary Education (USSA), Bhubaneswar and also member convener, steering committee members on Right to Education. He is the chairman of Orissa Jana Kalyana Seva Sangha, a youth based NGO and member of an online RTE forum called ‘Orissa Education Forum’. His interests include writing on developmental issues, writing poetry in Odia and teaching.

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Teacher Canes Dalit Student

Discrimination and atrocities on Dalit communities is one of the ugly realities of India that refuses to decrease. In fact the number of registered cases of atrocities on Dalits in last 1 decade (1981-2000) was 31171. According to a National Human Rights Commission report, the conviction rate under SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, which was introduced to curb violence and crime against Dalits, is only 15.71% and pendency rate (cases filed, but not yet dealt with) is as high as 85.37%.

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