HANTIGIRI NARZARY, KOKRAJHAR: Kanakeswar Narzary’s contribution for the Bodo people came up for a livelier discussion when ABSU observed his 11st death anniversary in Kokrajhar on Sunday. Organized by Ramfalbill anchalik committee of ABSU, the death anniversary was attended by Hirabai Narzary, widow of late Narzary, who paid floral tribute to Narzary on the occasion. Lawrence Isalry,president of Kokrajhar district unit of ABSU graced the function chief guest and addressed recalling contributions of late Narzary during Bodoland movement as well as chief of BAC in his political career among the poor people. Narzary died October 12,2003 at a private nursing home in Kolkata.
On the occasion of his birth centenary this year, Jyotiprasad Medhi Award in Mathematical Sciences is announced by his family. Professor Jyotiprasad Medhi was a world renowned scholar in Statistics who was born on 1st July 1924 in Ramdia, Assam. He received his D.Sc. (with Tres Honorable) from the University of Paris (Sorbonne) in 1956 and returned to Assam to teach at Gauhati University where he later became the Head of the Department in Statistics, Dean of Faculty of Science, and Acting Vice-Chancellor. His textbooks on Stochastic Processes and Queueing Theory are widely used for teaching in many academic institutions around the world. He passed away on 3rd February 2017 at the age of 92...
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