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GLIMPSE OF SIRISH 2019 SO FAR
 SIRISH 2019

Souvenir

Presented by

APPL Foundation
17th March 2019
Rangapara
Message from the Desk of Chairman

The Tea Tribes are a vital part of the Assam-Brahmaputra Valley and Terai region’s cultural fabric,
forming 25% of Assam’s population today. They have a vibrant, rich culture and a history going back
more than 175 years, to the British colonial establishment of the first tea plantations across the region.
Over the years, they have adapted dynamically to the local Assamese and Bengali cultures, creating a
cultural synthesis from the local cultures and their cultures to create something that is uniquely their
own. Though they have been marginalized economically, their cultural wealth is astounding. And while
livelihood programs have worked hard to empower them with economically and environmentally
sustainable livelihoods, their cultural well-being is no less important and no less worthy of attention.
As the plantation economy evolves and small-scale tea gardens emerge across the Assam-Brahmaputra
Valley, so too has the culture of the Tea Tribes. These emerging cultural trends have breathed new life
into the region’s potpourri of cultures and in 2015, the APPL Foundation, through Sirish, set out to map
and showcase both these trends and cultural histories, to preserve them for posterity. In doing so, the
Sirish Festival has evolved into a thriving platform for cultural exchange that has played an essential
role in strengthening integration and nurturing the cultural well-being of the Tea Tribes.
Through Sirish, the Tea Tribes can share their complex, beautiful culture in its totality – their food,
literature, fine arts, performing arts, sports – with communities across the Assam-Brahmaputra Valley
region. The festival has strengthened cultural pride among the Tea Tribes, encouraging the youth to
connect to their cultural roots and find new ways of preserving their culture in the face of pressures to
assimilate. Over the past four editions of Sirish alone, we have received an astounding number of art
works created by children, who are now taking renewed pride in their culture and participating actively
in propagating it through Sirish.
In supporting thousands of local artisans and creators and creating a space for cultural exchange, the
APPL Foundation has been instrumental in helping the Tea Tribes integrate into the wider community,
creating a thriving, diverse society. None of this could have been achieved without the governmental
support we have received in the past five years, particularly from the Assam state government, and the
APPL Foundation is grateful for the support they have given us in propagating the Tea Tribes’ culture
far and wide. With their help, the APPL Foundation has been able to share the culture of the tea tribes
with over 80,000 people across the Assam-Brahmaputra Valley region.
Sirish gets its name from Sanskrit, meaning soul within body. Culture is the essence of humanity, the
soul of what it means to be human. People are social animals and thriving cultures are essential to our
health and happiness – and creative, transformative societies. Over the past five years, the Sirish festival
has worked towards the vision of a holistically healthy and thriving society by promoting cultural well-
being but it is only one step among many steps we must take. The future is diverse and multicultural: let
us work towards building it today.
Ranjit Barthakur

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Message from the desk of Managing Trustee
SIRISH has been an evolving journey of learning and nostalgia.
Today the APPL foundation is hosting the 5th edition of SIRISH in Naharoni TE near the Tea Town of
Rangapara.
In its 5 year journey we have travelled across the entire length and breadth of Assam coxing and cajoling
the shy and reticent Tea Tribe community to come forward and showcase their dance forms in our
platform.
Most people are familiar with the Jhumur dance which is a dance form originating in South Bengal
which has found universal acceptance among the diverse Tea Tribe community of Assam and Bengal.
Little was known of the diverse dance forms of the various communities which today comprise the Tea
Tribe Community.
Our journey began thus-to unearth and catalogue these dance forms across diverse cultures which is
the Tea Tribe Community.
Today into the fifth edition of Sirish we are enriched with dance forms like the Saurwa Nitya, Oriya
Nitya, Kurug Nitya, Satnami Nitya, Dongal Nitya, Sabor Nitya, Santhali Nitya,etc.
This is just the beginning of a long innings we intend in playing by giving the Community this unique
platform to showcase their dance forms in its original form.
This does not come easy since the Community comes from the marginalized section of the society they
are in need of financial support and encouragement to come forward.
The APPL foundation is playing this catalyst role, with the support and active involvement of the
Management and employees of Amalgamated Plantations who are ever eager hosts in our endeavor.
It will be in order to mention Mr. Ranjit Barthakur, Chairman Amalgamated Plantations, who having
come from a Tea background for not only having though of this unique platform, but being a constant
encouragement and support.
I however regret that these Tea stakeholders do not perceive value in such community interventions,
which is today necessary for creating a sustainable value chain.

Long live Sirish!

Dhiraj Kakati

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 APPL FOUNDATION – A Trust built on Trust
APPL Foundation is an irrevocable trust formed in 2011 with dominant objective of the general
public in distress. The Foundation is committed towards catalyzing change in and around the
tea plantations of Assam valley and terai has now completed a journey of 6 years. We have
travelled the distance holding hands of our community as partners in their challenges and
accomplishments. Realizing their need we have improvised our focus towards sustainable
community development.

OUR VISION: “Catalyzing change”

OUR MISSION: To enhance the lives of our own communities in the Tea
Plantations of Assam valley and terai

OUR APPROACH: Launch social impact initiatives in the fields of skills and
education development, healthcare, environment and livelihood, culture in the
North East.

The Foundation is actively engaged in empowering communities with education, skill

development, healthcare, environment conservation, livelihood generation and preservation of
culture.

SKILL & EDUCATION HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT & CULTURE

LIVELIHOOD
We train and educate We reach affordable We preserve and
communities towards quality healthcare Conserve the gift of propagate the culture
empowerment and solutions at RHRC nature to North East and traditional
employment. Hospital. 1,80,000 and create sustainable uniqueness of North
More than 10,000 patients treated and livelihood opportunities. East. 82,000 people
people benefitted. cared for. 2000 households involved in the effort
ushered towards to preserve traditional
sustainable livelihood. heritage.

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 IMPACT OF APPL FOUNDATION
The various initiatives under the four verticals have generated changes through which lives of
thousands of people. The uniqueness of APPL Foundation’s impact is that it generated
favorable changes in a multifaceted way.

SKILL & EDUCATION

2191 youth 1059 youth 620 individuals 632 women

skilled through employed after made digitally imparted with
vocational training literate basic language and
training numeracy skills

HEALTHCARE

69,398 received 5103 surgeries Over 2,50,000 1012 e-

consultation with performed for the diagnostic tests consultation
doctors at health underprivileged performed conducted
facilities

139 healthcare 3932 children and

personnel 4225 patients
women provided
participated in skill treated through
with nutrition
development mobile medical van
supplement
trainings

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 APPL FOUNDATION

ENVIRONMENT & LIVELIHOODS

2201 households 2016 women 79.19 Hectare 33,790 black

198 Farmer
part of farmer part of of land under pepper saplings
Producer Group
sustainable the Farmer sustainable planted and 21
formed
agriculture Producer Group agriculture nurseries set up

CULTURE

Thousands of Over 1000 artists

people gather to from tea tribe
preserve and community given
promote tea tribe opportunity to
culture display their talent
every year

To know more about APPL Foundation log on to www.applfoundation.in

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 KNOWING THE TEA TRIBE
Different castes and tribes over the time have migrated from various parts of the country to the Tea
plantations of Assam to not only work but turn it into their homeland. It is the various aspects of each of
these castes and tribes that have merged to conceive a unique treasured culture of its own known as
“TEA TRIBE CULTURE”.

Although Robert Bruce discovered tea in 1823, the commercial cultivation started only after 14 years,
when the first tea garden was established at Chabua in 1837. This delay was mainly because of lack of
manpower and infrastructure. Tea is a labour intensive industry. The British imported thousands of
workers mainly from the Chotanagpur region (covering the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, West
Bengal) and also from Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to Assam. The important
constituents of this large community of different castes and tribes are the Santhals, Tantis, Oorang,
Munda, Bhuiya, Bhumij, Paharia, Proja, Gaur, Kharia, Bheel, Boraik, Ghatowar, Teli, Goala, Rajak, Koya,
Telenga and and Kamar. This unique amalgam of communities and castes today constitute the Tea Tribe
Community of Assam.

After the day long work in the vast tea gardens, these tribes resorted to their traditional music, dance,
recitation of folklore, basic handloom weaving and sporting activities like archery and pole climbing as
forms of recreation. Subsequently, the culture of different tribes got intermixed within themselves and
also with the existing local Assamese culture, and an amalgamation of tea tribe culture and a new way
of living evolved. The famous Chah Baganar Jumur Nach or Jhumur Dance is a dance form that is
distinctive to the tea gardens of the state, which is a reflection of their perspectives of history, life and
living and social issues.

This community has now fully integrated with the Assamese mainstream and is about 25% of the
population of the state. The Social Structure of Tea Community is intimately linked to nature and has
significantly contributed to not only to the economy, but also to the Culture and Literature of Assam.

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MUSIC Music is an important component of the community. Their music is usually collectively performed for
a variety of occasions like weddings, festivals, arrival of seasons, ushering-in of new life, and harvests.
The community is rich in a variety of music and dances. Through the folk music and dance, they try to
convey their perspective on social issues and define their daily life styles and their history. In some
dance forms, martial arts are displayed to convey their age-old rebellion against the British.
Dhols, Manjiras, Madars, Kartals, Tamaks, Nagaras, Nishans, and Bansuris are some of the musical
instruments used by them. 'Jhumoor dance' is a famous folk dance form of the tea-tribe community
through which they are identified with in Assam.

The famous Chah Baganar Jumur Nach or Jhumur Dance is a dance form that is distinctive to the tea
DANCE
gardens of the state, which is a reflection of their perspectives of history, life and living and social
issues.
Jhumur is a form of dance performed by girls and boys together, or sometimes by the girls alone with
precision of footwork while clasping tightly each other’s’ waist. This dance form has its origin in
Central Indian dance forms prevalent in Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal brought by the
community along with them into Assam.
Apart from Jhumoor, they also possess other numerous dance forms like Santhali dance, Munda
Nritya, Odiya dance, Kurug Nritya, Sambalpuri dance and Kharia dance which are performed during
different occasions.

FESTIVAL Festivals are an important part of their life and are generally deeply connected to their religion and
their culture. They celebrate many festivals during different seasons. Almost every major Hindu
festival is celebrated by the community, with Christians celebrating Christmas, Good Friday and
Easter.
Tusu Puja is one of the important festivals of the Tea Tribes of Assam. They worship goddess Tusu in
this festival. Like other folk festivals, this festival is also celebrated very beautifully in the tea gardens
of Assam. Tusu Devi is a folk goddess of the tea tribes. Although the Hindus compare Tusu Devi with
Godess Kali, Sita and Durga , yet the traditional customs and system of this puja is somewhat different
from other Pujas .
The popular ‘KARAM’ festival widely celebrated by this community. This is a calendar festival
celebrated on the eleventh day of the moon of the month Bhado (August / September).
Karam Festival is the worship of Karam - Devta (Karam –Lord / God), the god of power, youth, and
youthfulness. The Karam festival is an agricultural festival celebrated by diverse groups of people,
including: the Ho, Mundari, Oraon, Kharia, Panch Pargania, Kurukh, Khortha, Korba, Santhali, Nagpuri,
and Kurmali speaking people. Groups of young villagers go to the jungle and collect wood, fruits, and
flowers. These are required during the puja (worship) of the Karam God. During this period, people
sing and dance together in groups.

LANGUAGE Nagpuri or Sadri is the predominantly spoken language, and it works as a lingua franca among them.
But the dialect spoken in Assam is totally different to the tone spoken in Chotanagpur region
because the tone spoken in Assam is heavily influenced by the Bengali and Assamese languageand in
some lesser extent by the Odia. Santhali, Mundari, Kurukh, and Oriya are also spoken by few
segments of the community. The population of Santhali speakers and Odia speakers are over
300,000 each. With steady rise in literacy level newer generations are becoming fluent in standard
Hindi and Assamese.

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 SIRISH FESTIVAL
The Tea Tribe forms an important proportion of population of Assam, and are scattered across the
Brahmaputra Valley. These communities other than forming the economic backbone of the tea gardens
also contributed in the field of Literature and Culture of Assam and West Bengal.

APPL Foundation’s endeavor to promote and preserve their intangible culture and heritage has
transpired an annual “Sirish™” (A Sanskrit word means soul within the body) festival. The festival is a
unique platform where artists from the Tea Tribe exhibit the different art forms unique to the tribe. It
also recognizes two individuals from the community for their contribution in the field of Literature and
Culture respectively, by presenting them with citations and cheques of Rs. 1 Lakh each. The idea is to
take the festival to the grassroots to identify and encourage traditional culture prevalent amongst the
Tea Tribes in remote areas to come forward and participate.

OBJECTIVE OF SIRISH

Promising the Propagating the

Preserving the Promoting the
talents with cultural
culture of artists
acknowledgeme practices of Tea
Tea Tribe practicing the
nt and Tribe within and
culture of Tea
opportunity for outside their
Tribe
growth in future community

The first festival, SIRISH 2015 was promoted and sponsored by APPL Foundation at Hathikhuli Tea Estate
which is located in the periphery of Kaziranga National Park. The success of the festival was marked
through continued celebration of SIRISH 2016 at Powai, SIRISH 2017 at Naharkatia and SIRISH 2018 at
Misa in Assam. It was a special moment for the Foundation when the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam,
Shri Sarbananda Sonowal graced SIRISH 2018 with his presence.

SIRISH IS ALL ABOUT

MUSIC DANCE ART SPORTS LITERATURE

OF TEA TRIBE

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Over the last three years Sirish Festival has acclaimed the status of a coveted event which is not only
awaited by the tea tribe community but the people of Assam and Dooars in general. Apart from the
figures signifying the lives the Festival has touched, it has created and impact in the hearts of thousands
of people and the society at large.

People of Tea Tribe community from various areas have come together with a
feeling of unification.

Self-confidence of the Tea Tribe community people has been heightened.

Youth of the Tea Tribe community taking pride in practicing and preserving their
unique art

Achievers from the community have been identified and opportunities of growth
created for them

Isolation of the Tea Tribe community reduced by mainstreaming them into the
society

Developed trusted relationships, which is fundamental in creating healthy

communities and sustainable economy

A rich repository of Tea Tribe culture for the next generations to cherish and
propagate created

The interest and enthusiasm generated by this unique initiative over the last four years has encouraged
APPL Foundation to host SIRISH 2019 at Rangapara Township in North Bank of Assam on 17th March
2019.

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Celebrating Diversity: Tea Tribes are Mainstreaming the Marginalized:
an amalgamation of different Providing a platform for the
communities. The ability to reach unity communities to come out into the
in diversity is the beauty of the tribes society.

Promote Culture and Creative Arts:

In the last 170 years, they have Sustainability: It helps in creating
assimilated their indigeneous culture trusted relationships, which is
with the local traditions, creating a fundamental in creating healthy
unique brew communities and sustainable
economoy

Museum for the Future: Create a rich

repository for the next generations to
cherish, admire and appreciate.

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FOR THE WOMEN OF TEA TRIBE

Without any doubt women are the backbone of the tea gardens. As they toil in the lush green fields
plucking leaves for our everyday brew, there are many hidden concerns that plague them. APPL
Foundation has always been committed to address the troubles of women at the gardens. In order to
address some of burning issues the Foundation has initiated several programmes which aim to
strengthen the spine of the tea gardens; women!

PREVENTING FUNGAL INFECTION IN WOMEN

One of the hidden health issues of women in tea estates is the fungal infection. Working in humid
conditions and in incessant rains, women develop fungal infections which pose sever health hazards.
APPL Foundation along with Zorg van de Zaak Foundation, Netherlands aims to address this concern by
dedicating a project to act on preventing and treating fungal infection in women. The preventive
activities will focus on creating awareness on disease, provision of detergent/soap, and
frocks/petticoats. The treatment will involve provision of free ointment and oral medication. The
programme is being piloted at 3 APPL Tea Estates of Chubwa, Nahortoli and Borjan. The learnings from
the project will be used to lobby with the government to take this issue on board for reaching larger
numbers and to ensure sustainability.

MENSTRUAL HYGIENE: A move towards best practice

Adolescent girls missing school, women feeling uncomfortable while working, absenteeism from work;
all due to lack of affordable quality sanitary napkins. Women still do not prioritize their need for
menstrual hygiene by using sanitary napkins. It is the need of the hour to make them aware of the
dangers that lurks due to lack of menstrual hygiene. APPL Foundation has taken a string approach to
generate mass awareness on the issue and also make quality sanitary napkins available across the eta
garden community.
Indian Tea Association (ITA) has sponsored the setting up of two sanitary napkin making machines at
Namroop and Borjan Tea Estates. Two groups of women have been trained to produce sanitary napkins.
Quality sanitary napkins at affordable costs have been distributed among the women of the gardens
along with menstrual hygiene awareness campaigns. This has positively impacted the women who are
now practicing hygiene during their menstrual cycle. Sales of 7000 sanitary napkins within a short span
of time has enthused the programme. 7 Tea Estates are presently reaping benefits of the programme
which the Foundation hopes to escalate in days to come.
Very soon APPL Foundation will be initiating menstrual hygiene campaigns across 4 APPL tea gardens at
Dooars. Besides generating awareness among women of all age the programme will make quality
sanitary napkins available to the communities through network of trained dedicated women.

CARING FOR THE HEALTH OF MOTHERS:

APPL foundation has initiated a number of projects to enhance the access of nutrition of pregnant and
lactating mother. Under a one year programme 1225 mothers have been provided with multivitamin

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supplement. A project is presently being implemented at 7 Tea Estates of Upper Assam where pregnant
women are being provided with nutrition supplement in order to support their dietary need during
gestation period. The Foundation believes that it is not by reaching mothers but also through
strengthening the skills of human resource involved in caring for the mothers is integral to ensuring safe
motherhood. A programme in association with SAATHI has trained 97 healthcare personnel in maternal
and infant care cross 27 tea garden hospitals. It is with this multipronged strategy APPL Foundation is
determined to ensure better health and nutrition to mothers and children of tea gardens.

EDUCATION FOR WOMEN:

In the tea garden community the younger generation is reaping the benefits of education whereas the
adult tea garden workers, especially women who have long lost their opportunity to educate
themselves. Considering the important role of a mother in the upbringing of a child and the role
education plays in it, the Foundation began the Adult Literacy Programme at Nahorani (Rangapara
district) and Hattigor (Udalguri District) Estates of Assam.
The Adult Literacy Programme has so far has educated over 500 women. We combine basic reading,
writing and numeracy classes with sessions on appreciation of education, trafficking, environmental
awareness and finance. The enthusiasm of adult learners is encouraging as they attend these classes
after long hours of work.

APPL Foundation throughout its action has invested efforts to empower women and create
opportunities so that they might live a sustainable life. It is thorugh various inaitives and many more acts
on the ground that women of the tea tribe are being nurtered and stregthened everyday.

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SIRISH: A generator of opportunity

SIRISH has not only championed the culture and heritage of the tea tribe but also has ferried it to larger
platform where it has been acknowledged for its uniqueness. One such celebrated platform is
SAMVAAD, the annual tribal conclave organized by Tata Steel in Jamshedpur.

It was pleasure of APPL Foundation to facilitate the journey of Jhumoor team of Damdim Tea Estate to
represent the tea tribe culture at the fest. 17 young enthusiastic women and men of the tea gardens
traveled all the way to Jamshedpur, some making such a long journey for the very first time in their life.
At the fest they attended various cultural workshops and interacted with artists from different tribal
communities.

On the eve of celebration, the team performed on two songs- a traditional marriage song and ritual song
from Karam Puja. This same team which had won the Malbazar preliminary rounds in Sirish 2018 won
accolades from thousands of people.

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 SIRISH: A platform for emergence of dance forms
Over the last 4 years as SIRISH has spread its branches, it has borne the fruit of unearthing several
nearly extinct dance forms practiced by the Tea Tribes. We unfold before you the several dance forms
that has flourished through practice and has been promoted by SIRISH festival.

JHUMOOR
The Tea Tribe community from Dooars region of North
Bengal has a history of their own. Despite tracing ancestral
roots to their counterparts in Assam, they have incorporated
traditions of Bengal. ‘Jhumoor’ remains the predominant
dance form but in Dooars, the costumes, rhythm and
movements are different. The Yellow costume is unique to
Bengali Jhumoor.

CHAYALA
Santhals are a major adivasi group among the tea tribe and
were indentured from modern day states of Jharkhand, Bihar
and West Bengal. They worship the forces of Nature and
‘Baha’ festival is the most important amongst all.
Seen here is the Chhayla dance form of Santhali community
where dancers revolve in circles using sticks.

SABAR
The Sabar people are one of the Adivasi of Munda ethnic
groups. During the British Raj, they were classified as one of
the ’criminal tribes’ under Criminal Tribes Act (1871). They
are also called Saora or Sawra in Assam.
They were forest dwelling tribes and sustained on forests for
their livelihood.
The adjacent picture shows the earliest variant of Sabar dance.

SATNAMI
The Satnamis belong to the Chhatisgarh Region. They wor-
ship ‘Satnam’ based on the principles of truth, non-violence,
universal brotherhood and equality.
Most of their dance form is devotional in nature and per-
formed wearing traditional white costume.

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 JHUMOOR AND KURUG
Jhumoor has multiple variations, and seen in this picture is
a mixture of traditional Jhumoor and Kurug. This dance is
performed mainly by the Kurug adivasi of Jharkhand.

KURUG
Kurug is the traditional dance form of the Orang tribe, who
trace their origin to Jharkhand.
The long feathers that adorn their heads go back to their age
old connection with peacocks.

SAWRA
The Sawra tribe is an ancient Munda tribe from Southern
Odisha and is also found in the jungles of Jharkhand, Madhya
Pradesh and Maharashtra.
One of their popular dance forms (shown in the picture) is
martial in nature, probably owing to their hunting heritage.

ODIA
The Odia dance form has a lot of depth and variety, with each
region having its own specialty.
The adjacent picture shows the Sambalpuri variant of Odia
dance

SANTHALI JHUMOOR
An amalgam of Santhali with the others has produced a
nascent form of Jhumoor.
Traditional Jhumoor costume in Red, while in the Santhali
version, the color code changes to green

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CHIEF MINISTER OF ASSAM AT SIRISH 2018

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 ICON AWARDEES
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Cultural Icon Award to Sajan Nayak Literature Icon Award to Padumi Gajloo

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2017

Cultural Icon Award to Ramchandra Sasoni Literature Icon Award to Sameer Tanti
2018

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Cultural Icon Award to Dulal Manki Literature Icon Award to Sushil Kurmi
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APPL Foundation would like to thank our donors

Amalgamated Plantation Pvt. Ltd.,
Numaligarh Refinery Limited, Assam Branch Indian Tea Association,
Manas Robins Production, State Bank of India, Kamal Enterprises
and Government of Assam
for extending their support towards SIRISH 2019

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