Guwahati IIT is gearing up for the 17th convocation ceremony slated for Monday.
IIT-G officials told Assam Times that the event is being organized at the Dr Bhupen Hazarika auditorium where Union Minister of Human Resource Development Smriti Irani will attend as the chief guest.
The Chairman of Board of Governors, IIT Guwahati, Dr Rajendra Pratap Singh, will also be present at the convocation.
Altogether 1117 students – 578 Bachelor of Technology (BTech) and Bachelor of Design (BDes), 24 Master of Arts (MA), 124 Master of Science (MSc), 267 Master of Technology (MTech) and Master of Design (MDes) and 124 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – will receive their degrees at the convocation.
A press Conference on "Financial and Criminal Background of the newly elected MLAs of Assam" will be held at the Guwahati Press Club on Friday, May 20 at 3.00 PM. The programme is being organise dby Assam Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). All are invited. RSVP: Tasaduk Ariful Hussain (Coordinator, Assam Election Watch): 9435054775,
BJP is preparing to form a coalition government in a day or two with the help of AGP and BPF. The party tally has gone up to 60 till the final round of the counting where many Congress veterans and ministers have been defeated. These inclide Pradyut Bordoloi, Sarat Borkotoky, Bishmita Gogoi. AGP has improved its tally to 16 while BPF got 10 seats. Congress had to remain satisfied with 24 seats. The formal announcement is awaited. A visibly upset Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi honours the verdict saying that its was the wish of the people.
A BJP-led government is on the threshold in Dispur. BJP, AGP and BPF are set to form a coalition government in Assam in a day or two. The ruling party at the Centre has already announced Lakhimpur MP Sarbananda Sonowal as the chief ministerial candidate. The Union sports minister is taking a huge lead in Majuli while Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is expected to retain his home seat Titabor. BJP alone is taking a comfortable lead in 48 seats while AGP is expected to get 17 seats and BPF will have to remain satisfied with 10 seats. Congress camp is worried over the poor performance where state party president Anjan Dutta’s daughter who contested in Amguri was defeated at the hands of his AGP...
The city based scribes on 16 May assembled in a protest demonstration at the front of Guwahati Press Club to condemn the brutal killing of two scribes in Bihar and Jharkhand last week. Covering their mouths with black clothes, the demonstrators representing various journalist organizations also demanded stringent actions against the culprits. It may be mentioned that the murders of Akhilesh Pratap Singh (also known as Indradev Yadav),35, who worked for a Jharkhand television news channel and Rajdeo Rajan, 45, who was reporting for Hindustan from Siwan locality of Bihar by miscreants have generated massive protests all over the country. Simultaneously, the demand for the special protection...
Two Assamese books were released in a glittering function held at a city hall on 15 May 2016, where audience from different walks of life graced the occasion. The chief editor of Niyamia Barta, an Assamese daily, and also a celebrated writer Phanindra Kumar Debchoudhury, a motivation worker Dr Minati Barthakur and journalist Nava Thakuria officially released both the books. Published by Maram Kumar on behalf of Maramland, the first book tiled Kalam is a collection of various articles. The author of the book is Dr Birendra Nath Patgiri, who is a dentist by profession and social worker turned writer by passion. The second book is a translated piece titled Maadhukari Geetanjali, where...
Condemning against the brutal killing of two scribes in Bihar and Jharkhand this week and demanding justice for the victim families, a protest demonstration has been organized in front of Guwahati Press Club tomorrow (Monday) at 2.30 pm. The demonstrators will also raise voices for a special protection law for the working journalists across the country and call upon the Union government in New Delhi to formulate a national action plan to safeguard the media persons who pursue critical journalism. It may be mentioned that the murder of Akhilesh Pratap Singh (35, worked for a Jharkhand television news channel) and Rajdeo Ranjan (45, worked with Hindustan from Siwan locality of Bihar)...
ournalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expressed shock over the murder of two scribes in separate incidents in central India and urged the authorities to punish the culprits under the law. The forum also appealed to the media fraternity of the country to get united in the process of delivering justice to the victim families with distinctive punishment to each & every single perpetrator. According to the local media, a journalist of Bihar (Rajdeo Ranjan) was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Friday. Engaged with Hindi newspaper Hindustan, Ranjan, 45, died on the way to hospital after he was targeted by the miscreants near to Siwan railway station in Siwan district. Earlier another journalist...
With rising incidents of drug abuse among youths across Assam, a leading non-government organization of the State launched a mass awareness campaign about the issue with an aim to save the upcoming generations from the impending danger. “We are deeply concerned about the growing drug menace in Assam. The rising trend of drug abuse among youths, more particularly in the student community, is alarming,” said Khasrul Islam of Ajmal Foundation. Speaking to scribes on Thursday at Guwahati Press Club, Islam added that Ajmal CSR initiative sponsors nearly 100 educational institutions in Assam, where the awareness meets would be organized to sensitize the students, teachers and also guardians so...
A documentary covering various salient features of the situation prevailing at Indo-Bangla (Assam) border areas, will be shown at Guwahati Press Club on Friday at 2 pm. The man behind the 17 minute Audio–visual, advocate Upamanyu Hazarika will be present on the occasion. The Supreme Court advocate will also interact with the scribes on the relevant issues.
An English book on urbanization, authored by Dr Brajendra Saikia, was released on Tuesday at Guwahati Press Club. Published by EBH Publications (India), the book titled Urbanization, Urban Sprawl and the Periphery is based on various studies dealing with the socio-economic implications of urbanization in Assam. Former bureaucrat turned columnist JP Saikia, senior police officer cum author Kuladhar Saikia, economist Ananta Kalita and journalist Nava Thakuria graced the occasion and expressed their views on urbanization of Guwahati in particular.
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