HT Correspondent
NAGAON, Aug 18: Tejas Agnihotri, IAS officer of the 2024 batch, Assam cadre, currently posted in Nagaon, has been selected for the prestigious ‘Seed Funding Initiative’ of the Centre for Cooperatives and Livelihoods (CCL), Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA).
He is among the very few officers chosen from the 2024 batch, which consists of 183 IAS officers.
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His project, CareCan, has been awarded seed funding of ₹2 lakhs under the initiative.
The project seeks to empower women and cancer survivors by training them to craft breast prosthetics and wigs, providing livelihood opportunities while also restoring dignity and confidence to survivors, who in turn contribute back to society.
The initiative addresses two critical challenges—making affordable and locally produced cancer support products available, and creating sustainable avenues for survivors to re-enter the workforce.
Through collaboration with NGOs, self-help groups, and institutions such as Deepsikha and AIIMS, CareCan aims to establish a self-sustaining ecosystem benefiting patients across Northeast India and beyond.
The CCL Seed Funding Initiative at LBSNAA is designed to promote grassroots innovations by Officer Trainees. Each selected project receives structured mentoring and financial support, in line with the national vision of Sahkar se Samriddhi, to strengthen community livelihoods and inclusive development, an official release stated on Monday.
