The training of young journalists represents one of the five main pillars of KAS´ work in India. For years now, the students of the Statesman Print Journalism School (SPJS), funded by the CR Irani Foundation, an institutional partner of the KAS India office, have been successfully trained in becoming part of India´s media sector by strengthening the role of democracy and the freedom of press. Between 3rd and 12th of May 2019, the SPJS students will work on a magazine which will deal with the topics of “Environmental Challenges in Bengal - The Cases of Sunderbans and East Kolkata Wetlands” together with students who are part of KAS´highly regarded German Journalism School JONA (Journalistische Nachwuchsförderung der KAS) who will travel to Kolkata and West Bengal for this purpose.