Archives for April 10, 2025

Sri Vijaya Puram, Apr 10: The Composite Regional Centre (CRC), Andaman & Nicobar Islands, in association with the Rotary Club, Sri Vijaya Puram, and Mahaveer Seva Sadan, begins a 05-days Free Prosthetic & Orthotic Camp at the CRC premises in Brookshabad, from 10th April to 14th April 2025.
As part of its ongoing mission to empower persons with disabilities, the CRC, A&N Islands, is under the administrative control of the National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD) an institution established under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and with an unwavering support from the A & N Administration continues to provide holistic services including rehabilitation, counseling, therapeutic interventions, skill development, and assistive device support. The Centre also conducts various training programs, awareness campaigns, and capacity-building initiatives for individuals with disabilities and their caregivers.
The camp began with the gracious presence of Smti. Sumitha Mol.S, Director, CRC, A & N Islands, Smti. Raj Mahajan, Founding Member, Mahaveer Seva Sadan, Shri Sagar Khurrana, President, Rotary Club; Shri Dhinakaran Guruswamy, Secretary, Rotary Club; and Shri Diwakar, Member, Rotary Club and with other members of the Rotary Club made it ensure the camp’s success. This included thorough publicity of the event to reach beneficiaries in the most remote areas, mobilizing participants, offering shelter and transportation services, and, most importantly, hosting a press conference to raise awareness of this noble cause.
The five-day camp is a significant step in fulfilling CRC’s vision of inclusivity and mobility for all. A team of expert technicians from Kolkata has arrived to render their professional services during the camp, ensuring high-quality care and personalized fitting of artificial limbs and calipers. The team led by Shri Gautam Roy, Chief Prosthetic & Orthotic (P & O), Mahaveer Seva Sadan, Kolkata with his team of skillful hands and compassionate service provided the professional help to around 50 beneficiaries from various walks of life from A & N Islands received services like upper limb like arms and hands, lower limbs like legs, feet or toes, ankle and foot (used for foot drop, cerebral palsy, stroke etc.), Knee-ankle foot used for polio, muscular dystrophy etc. The services are conveniently provided at the doorstep of our islands. Interestingly, the process begins with assessing the required limbs, followed by taking measurements, and then preparing them through casting. The prostheses will be delivered during the valedictory function on 14th April 2025.
This initiative aims to improve the quality of life for beneficiaries by enhancing their independence and mobility, reaffirming the commitment of all associate organizations to social service and community welfare of these Islands.
All eligible individuals in need of these services are kindly requested to avail themselves of the services provided at the camp until 14th April 2025. For further details, please contact Shri T.Y. Abid, Lecturer, Physiotherapy, CRC, Brookshabad, at 9632490149.
Note: Registration will be closed 13th April 2025.

Sri Vijaya Puram, Apr.10:The grand ten-day ‘Andaman Nicobar Book Fair’, organised by the Art & Culture Department, A&N Administration, in association with the National Book Trust (NBT), at the sprawling ITF Ground at Sri Vijaya Puram concluded today. The Fair was conducted with an aim to foster a love for reading and promote literary culture amongst the people, especially students and youth of these Islands. The Chief Secretary, A&N Administration, Dr. Chandra Bhushan Kumar, IAS, was the chief guest of the valedictory function.
In his address, the Chief Secretary wholeheartedly thanked the National Book Trust for associating with A&N Administration for the successful conduct of the ‘Book Fair’ for the benefit of the Islanders, especially the children and youth. He also thanked the publishers for visiting these Islands and setting up their book stalls, which he said, reflect their love & affection towards A&N Islands and its people.
The Chief Secretary said, it is our responsibility to develop reading habits among children, students & youth. Pointing out that there are good numbers of Libraries including school library in all the Islands, the Chief Secretary underlined the need for cultivating reading culture and reading habits among all age groups in A&N Islands.
The Chief Secretary also felicitated the NBT Officials, Resource Persons and artistes for their contribution in making this Book Fair a meaningful one.
Earlier, welcoming the chief guest and others present on the occasion, the Secretary, Art & Culture, Ms. Jyoti Kumari, IAS, said that the Fair was organised under the guidance of the Chief Secretary and was supported by the National Book Trust of India. She further said that educative session by the Resource Persons from Islands, Children’s Corner by NBT and VR Show by IP&T Department were enjoyed by the school children & visitors during the ‘Book Fair’.
Proposing the vote of thanks, the Director, Art & Culture, Smt. Priyanka Kumari, thanked all for their support especially the NBT for the smooth conduct of the Book Fair. The Book Fair featured 31 stalls displaying around 30,000 books of various genres and authors from different publishers from mainland India and provided an excellent opportunity for people to have a glimpse of wide variety of books and they were able to purchase them directly from the publishers.