Centre for Media and Alternative Communication

NGO Details :

Name : Centre for Media and Alternative Communication

Chief Functionary : Parthiv Shah

Chairman : Parthiv Shah

Secretary : Anandi Iyer

Treasurer : R Ramani

Contact Details :

Telephone : 011-26498977 : 011-26498106

E-mail : cmacindia@gmail.com

Website Url : http://www.cmaconline.org

Address : Centre for Media and Alternative Communication, A1/81 LGF, Panchsheel enclave, New Delhi- 110017

City : New Delhi

State : Delhi

Sector/ Key Issues :

Art & Culture, Children, Education & Literacy, Environment & Forests, Health & Family Welfare, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, Labour & Employment, Panchayati Raj, Rural Development & Poverty Alleviation, Tribal Affairs, Tourism, Water Resources, Women’s Development & Empowerment, Youth Affairs

Operational Area-States :

Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal

Operational Area-District :

Chittoor, Guntur, Hyderabad, Vizianagaram, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Jehanabad, Kishanganj, Madhubani, Sitamarhi, Central Delhi, New Delhi, South Delhi, Ahmedabad, Banas Kantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Kachchh, Narmada, Panch Mahals, Sabar Kantha, Surat, The Dangs, Vadodara, Valsad, Aizawl, Champhai, Betul, Bhopal, Chhindwara, Dewas, Gwalior, Hoshangabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Rewa, Shahdol, Burhanpur, Barmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Kanchipuram, Pudukkottai, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Azamgarh, Faizabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Mathura, Meerut, Varanasi, Howrah, East Medinipur, West Medinipur

Details of Achievements :

Centre for Media and Alternative Communication is a not-for-profit organization based in New Delhi that uses media and art to create communication campaigns and education materials on a range of social issues including culture, human rights and public health. The key objective of the organization is conceptualising and implementing specially designed campaigns, mounted on excellent technological skills. It works with visual and audio communication employing traditional media and conventional advertising techniques towards creating awareness. To reach diverse constituencies Centre for Media and Alternative Communication CMAC uses public media such as print, web, radio and television. The organization also uses other traditional communication methods such as street plays, songs, puppets, story telling, posters, leaflets, and wall graphics to reach groups that cannot be reached by modern methods of communication. (Please visit the website for the detail activities and achievements) http://www.cmaconline.org

Aims and Objectives:

  • To conceive and execute creative productions that re-live as well as further traditional art practices.

  • To engage in the use of new media and technology to increase dialogue and interaction across art practices in mainstream spaces.

  • To provide a platform to artist and assist, develop and promote art and design practices in all media.

  • To actively facilitate an informal network of contemporary artists cultural activists and designers across India and abroad.

  • To promote discussion, understanding and appreciation of contemporary arts and design practices and to provide a forum for critical debate.

  • To support archiving, documenting and reviving arts and crafts practices form rural India.

First Registration Details :

Registered With : Registrar of Societies

Unique Id of VO/NGO : DL/2009/0002926

Type of NGO : Society

Registration No : 35485

City of Registration : Delhi

State of Registration : Delhi

Date of Registration : 25-08-1999

FCRA Details :

FCRA Registration no. : 231660904