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Immense resources available for development for the north eastern region will come up for a thought provoking discussion as the non resident Indians from Assam will rub shoulders on January 11 and 12 in Guwahati. Organised by the Friends of Assam & Seven Sisters, the two days event will begin at the Machkhowa Cultural Complex on January 11. Disclosing this at a press conference, the Assamese NRI club officials said in Guwahati that summit will discuss the potentials to uplift the region's solar power, rural health, oil-energy and human resources. The summit will be attended also by a few prominent scientists who are at work in various parts of the country.

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Submitted by rupantor sobhapandit on Sun, 09/10/2011 - 05:37
we are also doing some projects in some similar fields and its really good to see that the organisation is also making a better effort, and i will attend the programme

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