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From The Assam
Tribune:
Assamese student gets
Harvard Law School call
By A Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, Aug 30 � One more proof to prove that Assamese youths can also shine in the world assembly provided they are groomed properly andprovided with the required exposure! Amlanjyoti Goswami from the city has been selected by the prestigious Harvard Law School for its LLM programme as one of the seven Indians. The authorities of the internationally-acclaimed institution have selected this time 150 students for the LLM Programme from among 1,500 applicants from about 60 countries. The applicants included practising lawyers, government officers, law teachers and those finishing their degree courses this year. From amongst these applicants, the Harvard Law School chose the most talented for its LLM programme, said a communication of the School. Amlanjyoti is the first Assamese student to have attained this distinction. Besides this, he was also selected by Oxford, Cambridge and New York Universities. He also received this year�s Inlaks fellowship. He is the first Assamese student to receive this fellowship. Cambridge University also offered him Nehru Memorial Trust DFID Cambridge Shared Scholarship for 2002. Amlan, who topped the list of the successful candidates in the HSLC examination conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA) in 1994, first class first position in BA Sociology from Hindu College under Delhi University, also secured the first class first position in LLB examination, 2002, of Delhi University. Amlan also received the President of India Gold Medal for his achievement in the BA examination. He was a former table tennis champion too of the State and he represented the State in several national competitions. A regular writer of middles in newspers, he was a national level quizzard. He also won the first prize among the country�s competitors in the Universal Letter Writing Competition in 1990. He is the son of Prof Robin Goswami of Cotton College and Dr Kusum Goswami, Deputy Director, NCPCCD, New Delhi. |
