Dear Shantikam:
I know we can count on you. Thanks
for the wealth of information. Now let us review the perspective from Assam's
point of view. First the facts:
It is nice to see that ONGC has
established so many good national institutes. Good for India, and I felt good
and see why India will have the technical edge compared to China. At
least in education for oil and gas technolgy, India is fast becoming
the the leader in Asia. And that is good.
But as one can see, most of these
institutes are located either in Dehra Dun or in Mumbai, the oil headquarters of
India. I do not know how the one for Johan got established. Are you sure it is
there? I could not find any reference in ONGC website while I
found all others. Who established this one? I bet definitely not at
the asking from any Assamese. The one you named from Oil India does not compare
to any from the ONGC's in size and shape I think. So let us ignore that one for
the time being. Will discuss about the one in Dibrugarh University
later.
If you wall agree with me, I think
one reason why Assam donot have our fair share (which I strongly feel in
this case) is because, the pioneers, Burmah Oil Company, Assam Oil Company
and Oil India, the oil companies with field head quarters in Assam, lost
the grip of oil industry in India in spite of their being the pioneers and more
efficient to ONGC. To say it briefly, like the Tea industry
(wahetver happened to Tokolai?), the oil industry is going completly over the
heads and minds of the Assamese people although Assam has been the
pioneering active field for both. Assamese are just spectators in this big
modern Indian cultural economic game. So we need to discuss the
perspectives of both these industries vis a vas Assam looking into the causes
for these and what we can do now. I donot believe one ounce that Independence is
the solution, because I fail to see any game plan by GOI to deprive Assam.
I think it is a case like how the British ended up ruling the whole India:
They just happened to be there - as quoted by Churchill. But I clearly see
that Assam needs more autonomy for which incidently Assam has not raised a
single voice even after 50 years of independence.
Wahetver it is, I find the
facts at hand shocking when I looked at the pictures of these institutes of
ONGC in Dehra Dun and Mumbai. I also looked at the one in Goa (IPSHEM) which has
given me links to some others even outside the ONGC institutes you named. What
is going on here?
Below I am posting the information
on the IPSHEM just for the netters to see the perspective.
IPSHEM: Institute of Petroleum Safety,
Health And Environment Management
IPSHEM's work associations and collaborations
include: 
National
Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa National
Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi Indian Institute
of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad National
Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai Institute of
Occupational Health (IOH), Goa Loss Prevention
Association (LPA), Mumbai National
Productivity Council (NPC), Mumbai Goa University,
Goa Pune University, Pune WAPCOS, New
Delhi
After all is said and done, I
strongly feel that we have a case for a national institute of Petroleum
Technology in Assam. If not we will have to make case. In what form and what
shape, that will come later. First we will have to make political and cultural
will to do it. And then we will do it. For this we will have to create proper
public awareness, create the right atmosphere, educate and lobby for it and then
do it. On a separate personal email, I am also discussing this with Mr. Bikash
Bora. Will also discuss with Mr. Surajit Chaliha. Mr. Binoy
Sarma is supposed to visit us sometime this month on his way back from Mexico
from his son. As you know these are the official oil gurus of Assam.
I am not saying that they can change or do anything anything, but the fact
remains that we will have to have these ex OIL/ONGC CMDs to create a case.
I will also discuss with present OIL CMD Mr Surajit Dutta who is related to me
and whom I met in Delhi last time I visited.The bottom-line, for Assam to
get our fair share, we will have to act. For this we need your active
participation. In a separate email I will be more specific.
My perspective is that we simply cannot always blame the Center for not
having our fair a share. Assamese are not participating in the democratic
process. Even if and when they do, they donot have the basic courage to stand up
and say what is needed. Most of the time, Assamese donot know who they are
and what they need. I have zillions of examples for our cultural history. Just
for instance, Assamese donot know (even today) that we had four Bihus (not
three). This I recently discovered in a writing from Dimbesawr Neog and wrote an
article which was recently published by Assam Tribune (14th April) I
found that the reason we donot know about this fact or that we have not been
taught in school by our teachers is because our teachers also did not
know. That is where I am shocked with Assamese people. Assamese
people simply donot know Assam and the Assamese culture. This I have been
obeserving from my childhood. I am more convinced now. Neither ULFA, nor
AASU, nor GOA, nor Mr Tarun Gogoi, nor even Asom Sahitya Sabha knows
Assam.
Let us keep in touch.
It is now time for us to know
ourselves.
Rajen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shantikam Hazarika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 1:24 AM
Subject: Re: Petroleum Institute in
Assam
I am sorry the delay. Your message was stored under Spam and I never
generally open that folder. When I sudeenly found the folder becoming
thick I opened it and found most of my Assam mail were getting stored
there and I retrieved this message of yours. Hence the delay, sorry.
You have asked why there is no petroleum institute in Assam and why
can't we do something about it?
Well Rajen, I am sure you know more about petroleum technology than
me. So the question is , what would the proposed petroleum institute
in Assam do? For example, the ONGC runs Nine separate institutes for
managing reseacrch in the field of petreoleum technology. they are
1. Geopic (Petroleum geology institte)
2. KDMIPE: KD Malaviya Institute of Petroleum Engineering
3. Institute of Drilling Technology
4. Institute of Engineering & Ocean technology
5. Institute of Management development
6. Institute of Biotechnology & Geotechnology (which is located in Jorhat)
7. Institute of Oil and Gas production technology
8. Institute of Petroleum safety, health and environment Management
9. Institute of Reservoir engineering
these institutes are located in different parts of india. I think even
Oil India has its own research centre at Duliajan and it has done
considerable work in oilfield chemicals.
The point is, in today's world, what you want to focus in you must be
very clear. otherwise, we shall have a thing like the post gradaute
course in petroleum technology which was conducted by the dibrugarh
university for last so many years for what purpose no one knows.
If you have any concrete ideas, iwould be very happy to esouse the same.
regards and best wishes
Shantikam hazarika
On 5/16/05, Barua25 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Shantikam:
> I wrote about a Petroleum Institute in Assam.
> Would appreciate your views.
> Thanks
> Rajen
>
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