Date: 31/08/2009 Time: 6.30pm - 7.30pm
Venue: Matunga Mitra Mandal Hall (Karnatak Society)
On the occasion of Ganesh Utsav; Dr. Kavita Shanbhag and Matunga Mitra Mandal of Karnatak housing society organized 1 hour interactive session on Right to Information Act – 2005.
Dr. Kavita Shanbhag began the session by welcoming the team I-initiate, and also presented a small token of love to all the members of the team.
The session started with a thank you note by Raj Janagam to all the organizers of the session. Raj began with asking Question as to how many people know about RTI and there were quite a few hands in the air. Taking the session ahead Raj started with the basics of RTI i.e. by explaining all the ‘WH’ questions and then moved on with technical part of it. He gave many examples of the people who have filled RTI. He also shared the experience of the team and its work on RTI. The team also distributed blank formats of RTI application among the audience, to make them understand the basics of RTI and how they can file it.
As we had only 40 mins in hand, the explanations were very short but all the important points were covered by Raj. Jui also added to the content. The last 10 mins was the open house set for the people to ask questions, and there were several questions rose by the people like from where will I get the Court free stamp?, Where to submit the application?, Do we need to collect any application form from the office? And among all these one question was asked by a lady who herself acts as a PIO and who was asked for her residential address in the RTI application she received, so she asked whether it is mandatory for her to give her personal information to the applicant? Raj satisfactorily answered the entire questions rose by the people. Then he thanked all the organizers of the session for giving an opportunity to team I-initiate to take this session.
The whole session went very smoothly and left behind very promising atmosphere for collective actions for social concerns amongst all the 35 residents of the Karnatak society who attended the session. The programme came to an end with the vote of thanks by Dr. Kavita Shanbhag to the entire team of I-initiate for proving valuable information on RTI to the residence of the society.
Team I-initiate was very happy to conduct this session on 31/08/2007 as on the same day it had began its journey in RTI. So, the completion of 2 years of its journey left a smile on all the members of I-initiate.
Thankyou.
