KUPWARA: The frontier district Kupwara is already geared up to organise series of events during the Sewa Parv-2025, a two-week long community service and public outreach festival that began today on September 17 and is culminating on October 2, Gandhi Jayanti, a day synonymous with values of service, cleanliness, and nation-building.

Organized under the overarching theme of ‘Sewa, Samarpan aur Samvedna’ (Service, Dedication, and Empathy), the Sewa Parv aims to foster a culture of community engagement, volunteerism, and collective responsibility across all corners of the district. A detailed roadmap in this regard has been finalized in a preparatory meeting chaired by Deputy Commissioner Kupwara, Shrikant Balasaheb Suse, involving all line departments and stakeholder representatives.

The preparatory meeting emphasized the importance of Jan Bhagidari (people’s participation) in making the Sewa Parv a true success. All departments have been instructed to involve Panchayati Raj Institutions, youth clubs, NCC/NSS units, women self-help groups, and civil society organizations in the execution of their plans. Each department has been tasked with the activities to be carried out during the Sewa Parv-2025 campaign.

Assistant Commissioner Panchayat Kupwara was instructed to conduct the launch Swachhotsav campaign across all blocks. Besides, he will conduct transformation of cleanliness target units, midterm camp, and plantation drives around amrit sarovars.  Municipal Committees shall conduct cleanliness drives across schools, hospitals, public parks and other major institutions in their respective towns.

Social Welfare department shall conduct community tree plantation drives, visits to old age homes and orphanages, health check up camps in urban and rural areas.  They shall also organise nutrition and awareness sessions under the Poshan Abhiyan. Government Degree Colleges shall hold debates and essay writing competitions on Gandhi Jayanti, besides, conduct book donation drives, campus cleanliness, beautification drives etc. Agriculture and allied departments shall conduct awareness sessions on schemes like HADP, ISDS, JKCIP etc.

Health department shall hold screening camps about NCD, Anemia, Maternal Health, Breast & Cervical Cancer, TB Screening, ABHA ID Generation, AB-PMJAY and other health schemes in all PHCs, CHCs and SDHs. Common Service Centre (CSC) shall conduct awareness on digital literacy, cyber security, G2C, B2C services, social security schemes, e-Commerce, Financial Inclusion and central services across all panchayats of the district.

Each block and panchayat will host daily activities in alignment with the themes, with nodal officers assigned to monitor progress and document impact. Special emphasis will be placed on involving students, teachers, healthcare workers, Anganwadi staff, and local NGOs in the outreach efforts.

In loving memory of Dr. Priya Ranjan: A mentor who treated me like family
A Profound Loss: JK Monitor Mourns the Passing of Founding Chairman Dr. Priya Ranjan

We at JK Monitor are profoundly saddened by the sudden demise of our Founding Chairman, Dr. Priya Ranjan.IN LOVING MEMORY Dr Priya Ranjan

A brilliant mind who studied at Netarhat Residential School and graduated in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur before earning his PhD from the University of Maryland, Dr. Ranjan chose to return to India and dedicate his life to teaching, research and social good.

His pioneering work in networked systems, AI, robotics and biomedical applications—especially computer-vision tools for early detection of cancer and heart disease—reflected his deep belief that advanced technology must serve humanity.

For more than 15 years at JK Monitor, he remained a loyal friend, mentor and collaborator, marked by rare humility, intellectual integrity and quiet generosity. His passing leaves a void that cannot be filled. Priya, you will be deeply missed. Your life continues to remind us that knowledge finds its highest purpose in the service of others.

— Team JK Monitor

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