{"id":6,"date":"2016-06-15T07:49:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T07:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:03:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:03:30","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>VISION STATEMENT<\/h2>\n<p>Making Kolkata a Green City &#8211; through the conservation and development of its Green Infrastructure &#8211; Trees, Green Verges, Canal Side, Parks, other Public and Private spaces.<\/p>\n<p>To work towards\u00a0a Kolkata city (Kolkata Municipal Corporation area, Bidhannagar, New Town) which through the action of its stakeholders, emerges as a climate resilient and sustainable city, with its environmental and sustainability issues addressed and being addressed as they emerge.<\/p>\n<p>To\u00a0strategically undertakes Pilot which can be upscaled into larger, long term, sustainable Projects.<\/p>\n<h2>MISSION STATEMENT<\/h2>\n<p>Kolkata Climate Initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>To make Kolkata into a green city &#8211; plant and maintain the trees planted in the city, conserve and develop city parks, add more and more greens into the city&#8217;s land area &#8211; both public and private.<\/p>\n<p>To\u00a0engage the city&#8217;s stakeholders, residents, the floating population, the corporate and business community, the institutions and organisations, the youth and the political representatives into :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>climate &amp; environment dialogue and action<\/li>\n<li>create knowledge systems and awareness amongst the community about Kolkata&#8217;s environmental and climate change challenges, sustainability<\/li>\n<li>natural urban green infrastructure conservation and development<\/li>\n<li>the compelling need for urgent action to create sustainable city and communities<\/li>\n<li>integration of environment education into the school system, curriculum and textbooks in partnership with schools and the National and State Departments of Education<\/li>\n<li>municipal solid-waste management &#8211; specially reduce and segregate<\/li>\n<li>air pollution &#8211; specially plastic waste burning and its management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>STRATEGY<\/h2>\n<p>Communication &amp; Action is Centre for Contemporary Communication (CCC)&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0Strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Development communication strives for behavior change &#8211; not just information dissemination, education, or awareness raising. While the latter are necessary ingredients of communication, they are not sufficient for getting people to change long-established practices or behaviors. Any CHANGE requires time and creation of meaning through communication in a &#8216;development&#8217; situation.<\/p>\n<p>Direct action for conservation and development of Green Infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>To\u00a0take up Pilot Projects for Climate and Environment action, and successfully implement \u00a0them\u00a0so that they can be scaled up at the required\u00a0level.<\/p>\n<h2>GOVERNING COUNCIL<\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u200b<\/strong><strong>Dr. Suchitra Ghosh<\/strong>, President, is a Ph.D. in Avian Neurophysiology &#8211; Sec. Physiology, from University of Calcutta, Kolkata. She has teaching experience in several Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate Departments under Calcutta University. She has published over 25 Scientific Papers in National and International Journals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mallika Jalan<\/strong>, Secretary, \u00a0has an advanced degree (M.A.) in Development Communication, from Cornell University, NY, USA. She has been working in the Development Sector since her graduation in 1988.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Siraj Mistri<\/strong>, Member, a Bachelor in Bengali Language and Literature from Calcutta University, Siraj Mistri has 6 years of field experience in managing Tree Plantations and Kolkata&#8217;s Urban Forest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u200bDebangshu Mitter<\/strong>, Member,\u200b is a graduate from Calcutta University, Kolkata. He is a Film Maker with several documentaries on the Development sector to his credit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amitava Mohinta<\/strong>, Member, Accounting and Finance professional.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1240\" src=\"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Governing-Council.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Governing-Council.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Governing-Council-300x70.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Governing-Council-1024x239.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Governing-Council-768x179.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CM_msg.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wishes CCC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Project Partners<\/h2>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/KMC_logo.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-303\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-303\" src=\"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/KMC_logo.jpg\" alt=\"KMC_logo\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-966\" src=\"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Logo-Srijan.jpg\" alt=\"Logo-Srijan\" width=\"100\" height=\"39\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1271\" src=\"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-09-at-12.24.35-AM-300x67.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"67\" 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src=\"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ISRO_logo.gif\" alt=\"ISRO_logo\" width=\"100\" height=\"97\" \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-300\" src=\"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/BCCI_logo.gif\" alt=\"BCCI_logo\" width=\"140\" height=\"70\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-892\" src=\"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-03-at-12.45.36-PM-e1556867844684-300x147.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2019-05-03 at 12.45.36 PM\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-03-at-12.45.36-PM-e1556867844684-300x147.png 300w, http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-03-at-12.45.36-PM-e1556867844684-768x375.png 768w, 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R.P.G. Trust \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-297\" src=\"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/smt-rpg-trust.jpg\" alt=\"smt-rpg-trust\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VISION STATEMENT Making Kolkata a Green City &#8211; through the conservation and development of its Green Infrastructure &#8211; Trees, Green Verges, Canal Side, Parks, other Public and Private spaces. To work towards\u00a0a Kolkata city (Kolkata Municipal Corporation area, Bidhannagar, New Town) which through the action of its stakeholders, emerges as a climate resilient and sustainable &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/about-us\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About Us&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1287,"href":"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/1287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ccckolkata.org\/Old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}