The Centre has approved proposals to set up IIIT in Assam along with Tripura. These new Indian Institutes of Information Technology would be set up under the not-for-profit public-private partnership (N-PPP) mode. According to official sources, 11 State Governments have identified land and are in the process of identifying the industry partners. It is expected that another three States may also be sanctioned an IIIT each shortly under the scheme.
Mmajor objective in establishing IIITs is to set up a model of education which can produce best-in-class human resources in IT and harnessing the multi-dimensional facets of IT in various domains. These institutions are conceived as self-sustaining, research-led institutions contributing significantly to the global competitiveness of key sectors of the Indian economy and industry with application of IT in selected domain areas.
PermalinkSubmitted by Subhash Medhi on Tue, 03/07/2012 - 07:42
Let us pray that it is set up at Mirza as decided earlier. Guwahati is the only perfect place where an institute of such repute could be set up. Besides, Brahmaputra valley doesn't have any institute apart from IIT-G worth the name. Having graduated from NIT-Silchar, i can very well understand the maladies that ail the place. Let the Almighty show the correct path to our politicians and give them foresight. Let the Assamese politicians and the larger intelligentsia of the Assamese society understand the gravity of the matter and take wise decisions! Such institutes if started in the Assamese heartland would produce intellectuals who might in the future lead Assam to its glory. In the long run these small things matter.
PermalinkSubmitted by bhargab bhattac... on Tue, 17/07/2012 - 19:59
Truely speaking,the proposed IIIT must be set up in and around Dibrugarh city.Because both Ghy and Silchar have two technological institutes viz.,IIT and NIT.As Dbrg is the second largest and important city of assam,so it must get institutions for higher education like IIIT.Dbrg district is full of natural resources like oil,coal,tea,timber,etc.Besides,Dbrg district is one of the most revenue earning districts of India and it is well connected with all the modes of transport viz.,rail,air and road.So,all the people of Assam should urge the central as well as the state govt. to set up the IT institution in Dibrugarh city.
PermalinkSubmitted by Utpal bhattacharyya on Wed, 18/07/2012 - 13:53
We strongly wish that the proposed IIIT should be set up either in Lakhimpur or Dhemaji district. Because this two districts lack in getting any governmental institute of high repute. And people of these two districts deserves such an institute.
PermalinkSubmitted by Pranab jyoti kakoti on Wed, 25/07/2012 - 04:14
completely agree with Bhargab i think in Assam Dibrugarh is the most important city after Guwahati both the lower Assam and middle Assam have got the higher technological institutes.
The acrimony over the molestation incident in Guwahati seems to have spread to New Delhi when hundreds students staged dharna in front of the Assam House on Friday. The outrage against the incident continued as members of the civil society staged a protest before the Assam Bhavan in the national. The protestors met the Resident Commissioner of Assam in New Delhi and urged him to ask Dispur to take strict action against the incident.
The Assam government on Friday set up a one-member inquiry commission on the recent incident in the heart of the city. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has set up the panel under Additional Chief Secretary Amili Chaudhary who has been asked to file the report by the next 15 days. Gogoi, who has directed DGP to nab all the culprits, has ordered disciplinary action against police officials found guilty of dereliction of duty. Opposition BJP also took out a protest rally in Guwahati against the 'failure' of the state government on the law and order front.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday inaugurated a solar power plant at IIM-Shillong campus to meet the needs of the institute. Gogoi inaugurated a 50 KW solar power plants aimed at providing clean energy to the IIM campus in Shillong. He said that armed struggle can’t change the face of a nation. According to him, it can be resolved only through economic development and by providing employment opportunities.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday said that his government was keen to settle the border row with Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. Participating at a function at Indian Institute of Management-Shillong, Gogoi said that the north east must live peacefully as good neighbours. The chief minister was greeted with black flags by the Khasi Students Union alleging encroachment on Meghalaya lands in Lampih.
Debabrata Maji of Mechanical Engineering Department of North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) was awarded the prestigious ‘Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award-2012 (instituted in the memory of Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi) from Sriprakash Jaiswal, Hon’ble Minister of Coal, Govt. of India, New Delhi in a glitering function of the presentation ceremony held on July 10, 2012 at Speaker Hall, Constitution Club, New Delhi. This award is presented by Seemapuri Times, a Lucknow-based News Magazine. This award presented to Maji for his Excellence in work, meritorious services, outstanding performance and remarkable role.
North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi) has joined the relief effort to give succor to the victims of the devastating flood that has recently swept across the state of Assam. A team was sent to Nalbari district with provisions, mosquito nets, tarpaulin sheets, baby food etc. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi flagged off the effort. B P Muktieh, CMD NEDFi was present during the flag off ceremony.
The Assam government has set up a panel of additional chief secretary PP Verma to probe the attack on Congress MLA Rumi Nath and her second husband Jacky Zakir at Karimganj on June 30 last. He will inquire into all aspects related to the incident and submit a report within 15 days. The Commission would also inquire into the circumstances leading to the attack. The Commission would also draw up a list of directives to be followed in case of a similar situation arising in the future.
Somewhere, a wall of mountains, frames the western horizon, where mighty waters follow their inevitable course, where crisp clean air rolls in from thick alpine forests, where tall prairie grasses bend gently in the breeze, there is a spirit, there is a welcome, there is a place called "Calgary" . It is the heart of the new west in North America. A fast growing city in the province of Alberta, Canada. On July 30th & July 1st 2012 more than 200 people came from different parts of the world including all over Canada, US¸ New Zealand and India. This convention at hotel Sheraton Cavalier was an International affair, the 33rd major social event of the Assamese community living in North...
Good news for Assam and its people. The state’s evergreen Bihu will be shining in the London Olympic slated for August. Bihu exponent Ranjeet Gogoi and his team have been invited to perform in the opening London Olympic ceremony. Gogoi and his team are scheduled to leave for London very soon. This has brought cheers for millions of people in Assam.
A major boost awaits Manas sanctuary in Assam along with the tea industry. DoNER has approved a comprehensive tourism master plan to be implemented by the North Eastern Region prepared by Tata Consultancy Services. The TMP will be implemented in three phases over a period of ten years and a total investment of Rs 3654.84 crore has been outlined for the implementation of various components and projects of the TMP. Nine inter-state tourism circuits have been identified in the TMP and will be taken up for development in the first phase.
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