Milestones of the Project


  • On 8th January 2010, a training Programme of one day was organised  at Thane, which was attended by 25 trainees.

  • From 19th April to 22nd April, training programes of one day were organised in batches for 266 trainees out of which 191 were woman councilors and 75 were organisors.

  • In April 2010, A small evaluation study is been conducted of the training programme.

  • On 12th November, a meeting was organised by State Election Commission, Maharashtra at Sachiwalaya Jimkhana. Collectors, Chief Executive Officers from districts, College of Social Work Nirmala Niketan, Resource and Support Centre for Development, Symbiosis (SIBM), UNICEF, UNIFEM and other organisations were present for the meeting. Based on encouraging feedback and positive response of the previous trainings, it was decided to launch the project in selected 10 districts. An executive committee was constitutated for the project.


  • On 19th November, a meeting of Executive Committee was held at State Election Commission Office. Planning of the first phase of project, ie. Training of Core Trainers and District Coordinators was done in the meeting.

  • In November 2010, communication with Government Of India, Ministry of Panchayat Raj to get information about Joint Agreement between Government of India, UNICEF and Government of Norway for empowerment of women councilors. Government of India informed that the project outline is not ready and the State of Maharashtra is not included in the project. He requested Upper Chief Secretary to share the structure of the project in Maharashtra so that the national project can be planned.

  • From 14th to 16th December, state level training workshop for District Coordinators and Core Trainers was organized at Pune. The workshop was attended by total 50 participants from all the 10 project districts.                    Link to post for report of the training
  • On 24th December 2010, a meeting was organized at State Election Commission office, Mumbai for review and evaluation of Training of Core Trainers.

  • On 3rd January 2011, Birth Anniversary of Savitribai Phule celebrated in all the ten project districts. Public meetings, programs in Zilla Parishad were organized at district level. Awareness about the project was done on this occasion. Link to post for brief report from districts
  • On 10th and 11th January, the project was presented by the KRANTIJYOTI team at a workshop with Ms. Varsha Gaikawaad, State Minister, Women and Child Welfare and Chirpersons of Child Welfare Committees from 11 districts at Yashada, Pune.                                                   Link to post of this event
  • On 21st January 2011, Meeting of the executive committee was held at State Election Commission Office for review of the resource material.
  • On 11th February KRANTIJYOTI team visited four centers across the state to support the efforts by district coordinators. A video conference was organized where Hon. State Election Commissioner and Addl. Chief Secretary guided the district coordinators and Chief Executive Officers.
  • दिनांक २८ मार्च ते ३० मार्च - प्रशिक्षांच्या प्रशिक्षण कार्यक्रमाची सुरुवात- सिंधुदुर्ग जिल्ह्यातील कुडाळ येथे ५० प्रशिक्षांचे प्रशिक्षण संपन्न. मा. राज्य निवडणूक आयुक्त व मा. अप्पर मुख्य सचिव यांनी प्रशिक्षानार्थीना मार्गदर्शन.                                              कार्यक्रमाच्या छायाचित्रासाठी इथे क्लिक करा