Arpon Bhattacharjee

Arpon Bhattacharjee has been associated with PRADAN for the last 15 years. He is currently working as the regional coordinator of a large-scale, watershed programme in the Southern Chhattisgarh (Bastar) region. Earlier, he was the team coordinator of a PRADAN team in Bastar and worked in some of the remote and challenging geographies there. His work includes watershed management, smallholder agriculture development, building collectives of poor and market linkages for smallholder, tribal farmers.
February 24, 2021

Accelerating Change through Government-CSO Collaboration: Field Experiences from Bastar

Combining the resources of the government, the expertise of the CSO and implementation by the community is the way forward, with each contributing its strength and providing what the others cannot while recognising the value of interdependence
July 31, 2020

Agriculture Interventions with the Tribals in Bastar: Priorities in the Wake of the Pandemic

Turning a global crisis into an opportunity to attract and retain the youth of the villages, who had been migrating to cities in search of work so far, the PRADAN team in Bastar district is motivating villagers to look at different options such as growing vegetables in their homesteads and animal husbandry as well as creating forward market linkages as viable options to sustain themselves