Assam paid glowing tribute Lachit Barphukan across the state on Sunday. People of all walks gave salute to the great Ahom General for his heroic and untiring deeds at the battle of Saraighat. Senior district administration officials laid floral tribute to the great hero at the statue in Jalukbari. Some other organizations in Guwahati also observed the Lachit day with pomp and gaiety. Noted actors Nitish Bharadwaj and Rajesh Khanna attended two functions in the city.
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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