Patricia Mukhim

Patricia Mukhim is an Indian social activist, writer, journalist and the editor of Shillong Times. She was bestowed with Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Media person in 1996, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry FLO Award in 2008, ONE India Award in 2014, Siva Prasad Barooah National Award in 2009, Upendra Nath Brahma Soldier of Humanity Award in 2008, and many more. In 2000, she was also conferred with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2010. She was also selected for the Northeast Excellence Award in 2011.

Patricia Mukhim is the founder of Shillong, We Care a non-governmental organization which was involved in the feud against militancy in Meghalaya. She was a member of National Security Board of the Government of India. She has constantly served with the motto of communal harmony and peace in Meghalaya. Mukhim is the director of Indigenous Women's Resource Centre, Shillong. She has been a part of many associations and also a member of the National Foundation of Communal Harmony, under the Ministry of Home Affairs, India. Also a former member of Meghalaya Planning Board, she also serves as an advisor to the North Eastern Institute of Development Studies (NEIDS).

It is no secret that a good chunk of development funds go to the coffers of the sundry militant outfits.

- says Patricia Mukhim, about the militancy in the Northeast India.

 

She is also a very renowned author, and has contributed to many books under the titles, Khasi Matrilineal Society – Challenges in the 21^st Century, When Hens Crow, and many more. She has attended and addressed many conferences around the world such as Japan, Thailand, Palestine, Hawaii, Switzerland, Israel, North and South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the African continent. She has also featured in televisions and radio shows, to convey the idea of humanity to the mass.

She has been serving humanity for peace at her best since last many years. Her works have constantly ensured the unity of India and its peace. She has been very much successful at maintaining her role in strengthening and improving the conditions of conflicts among the local people in the Khasi Hills. She has been triumphant in following the ideologies of Shri Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel of united India.

BAMCEF | Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation |

BAMCEF is an Indian organization founded in 1978 to enlist the aid of the comparatively well-educated among the Scheduled Castes of India who suffer discrimination. It has no political or religious agenda, nor does it promote agitation to achieve its goals. BAMCEF is an acronym for "The all India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation". The term got its significance from the Constitution Of India, which divides the oppressed and exploited Indians into categories on the basis of their namely: Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward class (OBC) and Minority Communities.

The origins of BAMCEF lie in an organization for employees of oppressed communities that was established in 1971 by Kanshi Ram. This became BAMCEF at a convention held in Delhi in 1978, with an official launch on 6 December 1978, the anniversary of the death of B. R. Ambedkar. The ideology of BAMCEF is to fight the entrenched system of inequality that divides Indian society, and to abolish the caste system.

Our Objective—Change of System

We have achieved some success in this endeavour. However, it is not enough to achieve the ultimate objective. Therefore, there is a need to accelerate the pace of these efforts. To achieve the objective of ‘Change of System’ and to implement these efforts more efficiently, BAMCEF has set some important goals before it. They are: To create in the intellectual class a feeling of paying back to the society to fulfill its ‘Social Obligation’. To instill in the intellectual class a feeling that it owes a ‘Social Debt’ to the community thereby making it payback to the society for getting liberated from this debt. To plant and strengthen the non-political roots of the Mulnivasi Bahujan Samaj (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Converted Minorities) To create ‘objective-oriented’ and ‘objective-motivated’ type of awakening To propagate the thoughts of Rashtrapita Jotirao Phule, Babasaheb Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and Periyar Ramasami To awaken the more or less oppressed 6000 castes, unite them and develop brotherhood amongst them To create intellect, wealth and talent for building a self-reliant movement of the Mulnivasi Bahujan Samaj To create and sustain leadership in the leaderless society To direct the directionless society To create and sustain full-time workers/Pracharaks It must be understood that the success of the movement of systemic change depends on the fulfilment of the goals written above.

LEADER

Mr. Waman Meshram is a president of BHARAT MUL NIVASI SANGH and also BAMSEF . he is a revolutionary worker and his motives is clear to rising more than 85% population of India .

BAMCEF was conceived in 1973 by Manyvar Kanshiram ,who collaborated with Mr. D. K. Khaparde and other colleagues to build this initiative. After six years of rigorous fieldwork across India, "The Birth of BAMCEF Convention" was held at Delhi in 1978. The organization was officially launched as a "Federation" on 6 December 1978 on the Parinirvan Divas (death anniversary) of Dr. Baba Saheb B. R. Ambedkar.

Achievements Of BAMCEF

• During Kanshiramji’s time network of BAMCEF was in 13 states and 140 districts. At present nationwide geographical network of BAMCEF has reached up to 31 states out of total 36 states, 539 districts, 3700tehsils and over 1 lakh villages.
• Out of 6000 castes people of 3700 castes are working together as activists. While disparater incite using hatred against Muslims we are creating a feeling of brotherhood among SC, ST, OBC and Muslims at national level. There is nobody among SC, ST and OBC ready to fight against Muslims where our influence is.
• Cores of rupees have been spent on this.
• Agitations have been held throughout the country in order to release 52 thousand innocent Muslims.
• There are 1000 full-time workers (pracharak) on whom Rs. 4 crore is spent annually.
• There are 77 offices throughout the India.
• Daily papers, weeklies, fortnightlies, monthlies, etc. are published in 11 languages from our own press.
• Literature of about 1core goes to the society annually.
• There are 5 lakh activists throughout the country.