Child in Need Institute (CINI)

Child in Need Institute (CINI) CINI is a NGO registered under the Societies Registration Act in India estb. Child in Need Institute (CINI), a national NGO that was established in 1974.

in 1974 by a pediatrician, Dr. Samir Chaudhuri in West Bengal, India now runs operations in 5 state, assisting about 10 million people. Our mission is "to ensure that children and adolescents achieve their rights to health, nutrition, education, protection and participation by making duty bearers and communities responsive to their wellbeing" . We reach out to the disadvantaged and the vulnerable

across rural and urban settings in West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Assam. CINI has won the National Award in Child Welfare twice, in 1985 and 2004. This is the official page of CINI.

Position: MEL Manager (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager)Location: Head Office, Pailan, Joka, KolkataFor furth...
18/08/2026

Position: MEL Manager (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager)
Location: Head Office, Pailan, Joka, Kolkata

For further details visit our Linkedin Page

Position: MEL Manager (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager) Location: Head Office, Pailan, Joka, Kolkata

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฐ!๐Ÿ-๐ƒ๐€๐˜๐’ ๐’๐‡๐Ž๐‘๐“ ๐‚๐Ž๐”๐‘๐’๐„ โ€˜๐„๐€๐“ ๐‘๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“, ๐…๐„๐„๐‹ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“!โ€™ On the occasion of 9 th โ€˜๐‘๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฒ๐š๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐š๐กโ€™On the occasion...
17/08/2026

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฐ!
๐Ÿ-๐ƒ๐€๐˜๐’ ๐’๐‡๐Ž๐‘๐“ ๐‚๐Ž๐”๐‘๐’๐„ โ€˜๐„๐€๐“ ๐‘๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“, ๐…๐„๐„๐‹ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“!โ€™ On the occasion of 9 th โ€˜๐‘๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฒ๐š
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐š๐กโ€™

On the occasion of the ๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐ก ๐‘๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฒ๐š ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐š๐ก, CINI Training Unit invites you to join an engaging
short course designed to help you make s๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ
๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐š๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ.
๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง?
โ€ข Better understanding of food and nutrition for healthy living
โ€ข Smarter food choices & healthier cooking practices
โ€ข Understanding mindful eating
โ€ข Practical knowledge that can be applied in everyday life
๐–๐ก๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง?
Students | Parents & Caregivers| NGO & other Working Professionals | Volunteers | Community Workers
| SHG members | Anyone interested in healthy eating and better living
๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: 2 Days (๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ ๐ง๐ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)
๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž: 11:00 AM โ€“ 2:00 PM
๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž: Offline / Online
๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž: Yes
๐‹๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง!
Scan the QR code on the flyer or register here:
https://forms.gle/JXugS5mTFCHor3cH6
๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐”๐ฌ:
๐๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž : 9804775951
๐„๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ: [email protected]
๐„๐š๐ญ ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ. ๐…๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ. ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ.
Letโ€™s choose health every day!


Celebration of Yuva and Bal Sishu Swasthya DiwasYuva and Bal Sishu Swasthya Diwas was celebrated across ICDS centres and...
17/08/2026

Celebration of Yuva and Bal Sishu Swasthya Diwas

Yuva and Bal Sishu Swasthya Diwas was celebrated across ICDS centres and health facilities in Gosaba Block, engaging children, adolescents, parents, pregnant women, and lactating mothers. Awareness sessions, counselling, group discussions, and quizzes were conducted focusing on health and nutrition, hygiene, menstrual hygiene, anaemia prevention, mental health, immunization, and healthy lifestyles. The initiative also facilitated identification and linkage of health and nutrition concerns with appropriate services.

Ensuring Community Participation for Sustainable ChangeCINIโ€™s community engagement primarily focuses on case management ...
17/08/2026

Ensuring Community Participation for Sustainable Change

CINIโ€™s community engagement primarily focuses on case management and community mobilization, but its vision for sustainable change goes beyond these efforts. CINI promotes meaningful community participation by empowering people to take ownership of their own development and well-being. By strengthening their capacity to identify challenges, make informed decisions, and take collective action, communities are encouraged to take charge of their own future. This sense of ownership and participation is key to creating lasting and sustainable change within the community.



Teenlineโ€™s Involvement in International Youth DayTo mark , CINIโ€™s Teenline organised a series of sessions and workshops...
16/08/2026

Teenlineโ€™s Involvement in International Youth Day

To mark , CINIโ€™s Teenline organised a series of sessions and workshops focusing on emotional wellbeing, coping skills, self-awareness and positive mental health.

From understanding emotions and managing college challenges to exploring gratitude through art and meditation,the sessions engaged adolescents and youth across Murshidabad, Bhawanipur and Rambagan.

Together, Teenline created safe spaces for young people to express, reflect, cope and grow towards better mental wellbeing.

๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ข ๐๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐š, Secretary and CEO of Child in Need Institute (CINI), was invited by the ๐‡๐จ๐งโ€™๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–...
16/08/2026

๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ข ๐๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐š, Secretary and CEO of Child in Need Institute (CINI), was invited by the ๐‡๐จ๐งโ€™๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฅ, ๐’๐ก๐ซ๐ข ๐‘. ๐. ๐‘๐š๐ฏ๐ข, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฆ๐ญ. ๐‹๐š๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข ๐‘๐š๐ฏ๐ข, ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‹๐š๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฅ, to ๐‹๐จ๐ค ๐๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ง for the โ€˜๐€๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐žโ€™ reception on the occasion of ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, in recognition of her contribution to society as a social worker on behalf of CINI.

๐’๐ก๐ซ๐ข ๐‰๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐š ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฐ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ, Assistant Director, CINI, was also invited to Lok Bhavan in recognition of his contribution to the community in Murshidabad district on behalf of CINI.

CINI expresses its heartfelt gratitude to the Honโ€™ble Governor and the First Lady of West Bengal for the warm reception, gracious hospitality and inspiring evening.

It was a proud and memorable occasion for CINI, reaffirming the importance of committed grassroots work in building a stronger and more inclusive society.

"CINI extends its warmest wishes to all its friends, donors, employees, and supporters on the 80th Independence Day of o...
15/08/2026

"CINI extends its warmest wishes to all its friends, donors, employees, and supporters on the 80th Independence Day of our nation. CINI reaffirms its commitment to contributing, together with all Indians, to the journey towards Viksit Bharat @2047."

โ€” Dr. Indrani Bhattacharyya
Secretary & CEO
Child in Need Institute (CINI)

On 13th August 2026, Dr. Indrani Bhattacharyya, Secretary and CEO, CINI met with Smt. Malati Rava Roy, the sitting MLA f...
13/08/2026

On 13th August 2026, Dr. Indrani Bhattacharyya, Secretary and CEO, CINI met with Smt. Malati Rava Roy, the sitting MLA from Tufanganj Assembly Constituency and Honโ€™ble Minister of State (Independent Charge), Department of Women & Child Development and Social Welfare, Government of West Bengal for a brief meeting at her chamber at Bikash Bhavan, Salt Lake, Kolkata.

The Secretary and CEO was accompanied by Shri Partha Bhattacharjee, Sr. Manager Communication and Shri Marine Mukherjee, State Chief and Asst. Director (West Bengal Programmes).

CINI presented a memento and a few latest publications of the Institute (including a Programme Brochure and the Annual Report) to the Honโ€™ble Minister and discussed the long-standing relationship with the Department and Government of West Bengal in some of the flagship programmes of the state involving children, adolescents and women across nutrition, health, protection and adolescent domains involving the two Directorates of the Department. A special briefing of the Drowning Programme was done to the Minister including the observation of Drowning Prevention Day in Cooch Behar district on 12th August 2026.

Dr. Bhattacharyya invited the Honโ€™ble Minister to CINI (in the Short Stay Homes, in the Training Centre, Open Shelters) and promised active support to the Department in their future endeavor towards betterment of the lives of women and children of the state.

11/08/2026

๐€ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐ž๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐š๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฌ

#๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐’๐ก๐š๐ค๐ญ๐ข supported by State Bank of India (๐’๐๐ˆ) and implemented by #๐”๐ง๐ข๐๐š๐๐ฌ and ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž (๐‚๐ˆ๐๐ˆ), aims to promote menstrual hygiene and empower adolescent girls through access to reusable sanitary pads and menstrual health education.

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Village Daulatpur, Via Joka, Post Pailan
Kolkata
700104

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Monday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 5:30pm

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