Churachandpur, September 30 : Faced with an alarming rate of depleting energy sources on earth, MANIREDA, a pioneer agency in promoting renewable energy resources in the state today achieve a feat here as it gave a practical exhibition to nearly two-thousand students of Rayburn College on the viability of efficient yet renewable sources of energy.
Science and Technology/IT Minister T Phungzathang, DC Churachandpur Jacintha Lazarus, among others, and several faculty members from other schools and colleges were in attendance during the breathtaking exhibition and awareness campaign.
At the technical session, MANIREDA Director L Manglem Singh made a presentation on Renewable Energy and Efficient Energy Systems, Rayburn College faculty Dr Mangcha Shoute delivered a speech on Global warming while Scientific Officer of MANIREDA Y Kholchandra Singh quizzed the students on Renewable Energy.
In his speech Rev Khen P Tombing, Principal of the college said, 'we want to be a part of MANIREDA in fulfilling their dreams,' and offered the service of his institution if the later wishes to utilize them in the days to come.
He also expresses the college's willingness to act as a nodal agency in the district in MANIREDA's campaign for the promotion of Renewable Energy.
The occasion as well witness the institution of Mrs & Mr T Phungzathang meritorious award for its toppers with effect from the present academic session.
Hailing the efforts and initiatives of MANIREDA in fostering energy revolution, T Phungzathang in his speech said the department has approved a Small Hydro Project to be instituted along the course of Lanva River.
This will be the first of its kind in the district and the necessary paper-works were already in the final stage, he said.
Later in the day, the minister attends the closing ceremony of the district's 1st Division League at Lamka Public Ground as well.
Apathy mars CCpur employment exchange: Indifference of officials posted at Churachandpur employment exchange mars its effective functioning as many job hopefuls were constantly denied the service they sought.
Let alone for others, this correspondent has consulted the office for registration on four occasion since Friday last, but on each of the occasion the official in attendance express his inability due to the absence of his sub-ordinate staff.
On Friday at around 11 AM, an official said he colleagues hasn't turn-up, but at 2 PM he was nowhere to be seen and another official again said he was the only one and have packed jobs at hand.
Yesterday, none of the staff were to be seen as the JAC of the selected candidates in the earlier DPC for District council teachers past poster all over the office.
With a handful of police personnel posted at the office, the office was supposedly open, but at 2 PM the lone official present again said, his sub-ordinates had left as they were bound for Imphal.
The service was sought on four occasions in three working days, but on each occasion no two or more staff was present at a time, an amazing but pathetic conduct for any department meant to help-out the public.
Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has stated that foreign universities and education providers setting up campuses in India will not be required to provide reservations for scheduled castes and tribes and other backward classes (OBCs).
A PTI copy, carried by Business Standard yesterday, quoted Sibal stating that “...adherence to Indian laws, including on reservation, will be one of the prerequisite conditions for foreign universities interested in setting up their campuses”.
Sibal said that only government education institutions were required by law to provide for reservation quotas. Foreign universities were like unaided private education providers in India, which were not required to set aside seats for scheduled castes and tribes and OBCs. Therefore, the foreign universities could not be treated differently, he said.
In any case, there would be a separate regime for foreign education providers with a case-by-case dispensation, he added.
IMPHAL, Sept 27 : While appreciating the Manipur University authority for early declaration of results of combined preliminary test for the posts of AR, AFO etc., the Manipur University Tribal Student`s Union, in a release has expressed concern over delay in declaration of result for the post of lecturer in Political Science meant for ST candidates though six months have elapsed since the interview was held.
The MUTSU also called for reconstitution of the Manipur University Students Union asking as to why the MUSU cannot be exist while there are Manipur University Teacher`s Association and Manipur University Staffs Association.
Kottayam, Sep 19 (PTI) Mahatma Gandhi University lifted the team championship in men's and women's category of the 24th All India Inter-University Cross Country Championship held at St Thomas College Pala today.
M D University, Rohtak got the second place in men's section, while Mangalore University came second in women's category.
Over 1,000 athletes from 85 varsities participated in the championship.
The male athletes covered a stretch of 12km while women ran for six km.
M M Jacob, former Meghalaya Governor distributed the awards.
New Delhi, Sep 17 The government today approved establishment of nine National Institutes of Technology (NITs) which will start functioning from next year.
These national level institutes will be set up at a cost of Rs 2,350 crore in Manipur, Mizoram, Goa, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Pudducherry, Uttarakhand and Delhi.
The Union Cabinet gave its go ahead to these institutes, which will either be started in campuses on lease or in the campuses of older NITs till the new ones get their own infrastructure, Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni told reporters.
The process of setting up these institutes will start next year with the formation of respective societies, constitution of their board of governors and appointment of directors.
At present, there are 20 NITs in the country. The government had decided to set up ten new NITs in those states which do not have such institutions
Shillong , Sept 17 The Khasi Students Union has announced a series of programmes to protest the Meghalaya government&aposs decision to lease land to the Uranium Corporation of India Ltd for pre-project development work in uranium-rich areas of the state.
The student body had set a 15-day deadline ending September 15 for the government to revoke the decision.
KSU president Samuel Jyrwa said last night that the programmes would include a sit-in protest in Shillong on September 22 and a public meeting the following day.
Anti-mining groups led by the KSU feel that the UCIL projects would not bring development to the areas concerned as claimed by the government.
Jyrwa said,"We had given ample time to the government to reconsider its stand on the pre-project programmes.
Chief Minister D D Lapang had made it clear that the government would not review the decision to lease 422 sq hectares of land having uranium deposits in West Khasi Hills for 30 years to UCIL for pre-project developmental work.
The UCIL had agreed to earmark Rs 209 crore to carry out pre-project development programmes, including health care facilities, power, drinking water, educational institutions and roads.
GUWAHATI, Sept 13 – Leaders of the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) have told a delegation of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) yesterday that they would extend full cooperation in creating a fearless atmosphere for the students of Assam on North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) campus. The KSU leaders made the above statement at a bi-partite discussion held with the AASU delegation at the headquarters of their organization yesterday, said an AASU press release here this evening.
They also told the AASU delegation that the case of assault of three students of the University by a section of students on September 8 was not a case of communal or group clash. The KSU would set up a special cell on the campus of the University to prevent occurrence of such incidents in future, said the KSU leaders.
This cell will take proper steps to ensure safety of students from other NE states on the University campus, they said.
Leaders of both the student organisations also met the Vice-Chancellor of the University who assured of a fearless atmosphere for the Assam students on the University campus. He also informed the joint delegation of the KSU and AASU leaders that steps to inquire into the September 8 incident were taken. The report of the inquiry would be submitted within seven days and proper steps would be taken following the receipt of the report, he told the student bodies’ leaders.
The leaders of the student organisations also met the B-Tech students of the University.
The AASU delegation comprised AASU president Sankar Prasad Roy, general secretary Tapan Kumar Gogoi and advisor Samujjal Bhattacharyya while KSU president Samuel Jyrwa and general secretary Doling Hamlet, along with their other colleagues took part in the bi-partite discussion.
The AASU leaders thanked the KSU leaders for their prompt action in diffusing tension on the NEHU campus.
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Guwahati, Sept. 9: Fake candidates, who earned a buck or two writing exams on behalf of others, have just lost their jobs in Assam. The Board of Secondary Education, Assam, has made it mandatory for students appearing in matric examination to have their recent photographs pasted on their registration and admit cards. The examinees have to pose holding a board with their names and date for the photograph. D. Mahanta, secretary of the board, which conducts the high school examination, said there were numerous reports of dummy students appearing in the matric examination at various centres across the state. “Under the new system, students will have to submit photos for registration card as well as admit cards to appear in the HSLC examination. The placards in front of their chest will clearly mention their names and dates when the photos were taken. Many candidates give old photographs, which often do not match with their face at the time of examination. The photos will be scanned and stored in a system to distinguish between genuine and fake candidates,” he said. Mahanta said students would first submit their photos with the registration forms to SEBA to appear for the Class IX final examination. Photos will also be required while collecting admit cards before appearing for the HSLC examination in Class X. “The photos will be attached to the admit cards. We will try to despatch separate documents mentioning the names and photos of candidates to every examination centre for records,” the SEBA secretary said. The step has generated mixed reactions. While the teaching community has welcomed the move, the All Assam Students’ Union is not satisfied. AASU adviser Samujjal Bhattacharyya said: “The step may send a wrong signal to students, as they have to get themselves photographed much in the manner of offenders in police stations.” |
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Planting TreesSpeaking on the occasion Vice Chancellor Prof. Tapodhir Bhattacharje eencouraged the students to carry out such welfare programme in future for which he will be always ready to help. The saplings were provided by the Rosekandi Tea Estate Manager, Mr. I.B. Ubadia and Mr. R.N. Bhattacharjee, Assistant Conservator of Forests, Silchar Division.
Now-a-days due to the ecological imbalances the human race is facing the hazards of environmental degradation. Cutting of hills, felling of trees, emission of green house gases have threatened the future of human civilization. So at this juncture mission ‘Green Campus Clean Campus’ started by the students of Assam University, Silchar may be a simple step in this regard but this will inspire the entire more people which is the need of the hour.
IMPHAL, Sep 8 : Against the alleged killing spree unleashed under the rule of Chief Minister Okram Ibobi, the All Manipur Students' Union has decided to launch indefinite class boycott of schools all over the State from tomorrow.
A press release issued by the student body asserted that the situation has come to such a pass that any one can fall victim to a fake encounter, stray bullets, any time, anywhere. There have been several instances when innocent persons were killed right in front of their family. In other cases, many people picked up from their own homes/localities by security personnel have been branded UG cadres after killing them at some other places in fake encounters.
Many students have already fallen victims to such fake encounters and extra-judicial killings, it alleged.
When death is hanging over the head of all the people including students, it has become a big question whether the student community should continue with their studies or join the people’s movement.
Rather than waiting to be killed in fake encounters, the student community too will join the mass movement for a secure future.
Since O Ibobi assumed the office of Chief Minister in 2002, thousands of people have been killed in fake encounters, it alleged.
The July 23 fake encounter was only the sparking point of the people’s fury.
Instead of paying any heed to the people’s demand for his resignation, punishment of guilty commandos as well as police officers who tried to cover up the killings, unconditional release of the Apunba Lup activists, repeal of AFSPA etc, Chief Minister seemed more interested in recruitment of additional police forces. By deploying commandos in both uniform and civilian fatigue at the schools, the Government has been forbidding students from taking out any form of democratic movement against the extra-judicial killings, the AMSU said. For all the fake encounters and extra-judicial killings perpetrated under the immunity guaranteed by AFSPA, Chief Minister Ibobi should be held responsible. Saying that it would be launching various democratic movements under the leadership of the Apunba, the student body called indefinite class boycott in schools all over the state from tomorrow.
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| Edward Michael Fincke interacts with students at Pragjyoti ITA Centre in Guwahati on Monday. Picture by Eastern Projections |