Re: [Assam] [WaterWatch] Panel to prepare flood control plan
Health for all by 2000..:) On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:49 AM, mc mahant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- More Task-Forces? River Linking, Water'Conservation' Flood Control National Embankment Policy Bank Collapse Stopping National Waterways- with nothing ever plying Clean Drinking water for ALL Almost-Super Power With a Nobel Prize to boot??? Oh My Country! mm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Fri, 9 May 2008 11:56:51 +0530Subject: [WaterWatch] Panel to prepare flood control plan Panel to prepare flood control plan New Delhi, May 6: The central water and power research station in Pune is conducting a study to prepare a comprehensive flood management plan for the Brahmaputra. Sources here said the DoNER ministry proposed the comprehensive project to find a lasting solution to the flood problem, especially in Assam. The government's current Rs 8,000-crore flood management programme was launched under the central plan during the 11th Plan period (2007-2012). It had already approved the scheme on November 2 last year, with Rs 225 crore allotted for flood control projects in the Brahma-putra Valley states. Though Arunachal Pradesh will also benefit from the scheme, Assam is most affected by floods in the Brahmaputra. Just as pollution in the Ganga necessitated the Ganga Action Plan, flood control on the Brahmaputra also needs a comprehensive plan. The DoNER ministry has proposed it and the Pune-based institute has undertaken a study, said water resources secretary Umesh Narayan Panjiar. Sources said the institute would prepare a mathematical model to manage the Brahmaputra Valley in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The director of the research station at Khadakvasla, V.M.Bendre, heads the team of scientists at the station. DoNER minister Mani Shankar Aiyar decided upon the study after a marathon meeting with officials of the shipping and water resources ministries earlier this year. Upper Assam MP and member of the parliamentary committee on water resources Arun Sarma said a study is essential to learn about the nature of the river and siltation. There is also the risk of the Tsangpo as the Brahmaputra is called in Tibet, being diverted by Chinese authorities towards northwest China. The mathematical model will be based on comprehensive data of the river including mapping through remote sensing, Sarma said. Erosion is also a major challenge that has threatened the survival of the world's largest river island, Majuli. Majuli is fast losing its land mass because of erosion. Panjiar said immediate measures are being taken up to control erosion. For now, central assistance is provided under the flood management programme to states only for taking up works in critical areas like flood control schemes and anti-erosion works or drainage development works and flood proofing works on the embankments. However, the proposals are seen more in the ambit of being schemes and not comprehensive projects of managing the river. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080507/jsp/northeast/story_9236295.jspRiverBasin FriendsAKAJANDistrict-Dhemaji.787059.Assam. India Meet people who discuss and share your passions. Join them now. __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity 17 New MembersVisit Your Group Yahoo! Finance It's Now Personal Guides, news, advice more. Featured Y! Groups and category pages. There is something for everyone. Everyday Wellness on Yahoo! Groups Find groups that will help you stay fit. . __,_._,___ _ 2000 Placements last year. Are You next ? Find out http://ss1.richmedia.in/recurl.asp?pid=499 ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org -- Manoj Kumar Das C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave New Delhi 17 India 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654 ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Assam International University-AT edit
*Assam International University — Pratap Bora* *T*he recent declaration by the Chief Minister of Assam regarding the Central Minister for Human Resource Development's announcement of establishment of one university of international standard in Assam is a development pregnant with many implications. Universities, as these are generally known today, were born in medieval Europe and were gradually exported to other parts of the world as a part of the European expansion. In India, Calcutta, Bombay and Madras universities were established in 1857 synchronizing with Sydney and Melbourne Universities in 1850 in Australia. However, universities with classical and spiritual ideologies had been first established in India more than 2000 years ago. Two of them, Nalanda and Taksila were known in countries like Tibet, China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Malayasia, Burma, Ceylon, Cambodia and Indonesia. As these modern cradles of wisdom started growing the universities of Punjab (1882), Banaras (1916), Mysore (1916), Patna (1917) and Osmania (1918) were established in India progressively. Assam joined this quest for sweetness and light with Gauhati University in 1947-48. Today our State has five national level universities and one Indian Institute of Technology. Still there is a very wide void and enough space for one international university in Assam. Twenty first century has already exhibited many uncertainties. The challenges before mankind today are entirely different from those faced by us during the whole period of human existence. Technology has led us to a new era which is yet to acquire a proper nomenclature. Information boom, automation, electronic revolution, biotechnology, nano technology, to name only the familiar few, have created for us a new world, the ways of which are not known to us. The new concept of a modern university is that it is on the one side a huge warehouse of information and on the other an excellent workshop for production of human resource capable of handling this information through knowledge and wisdom for welfare of man and nature. These universities must offer impressive range of academic resources and research facilities. It must have a state of the art library with three to five million volumes with on-line catalog system and database search service. It must subscribe to at least 30,000 periodicals. Its extensive research facilities must have wings of, 1) Biotechnology, 2) High Energy Synchrotron Studies, 3) Nano Fabrication Facility, 4) Centre for Theory and Simulation in Science and Engineering), 5) Centre for Specific Regional Studies. The major fields should be created after most careful consideration. Besides being highly competitive the fields ought to be able to fulfil universal as well as regional needs. These must include, Outer-space Engineering, Agro-biological Engineering, Cellular - Biology, City and Regional Planning, Environmental Engineering, Communication Technology, Consumer Economics, Development Sociology, Food science, Hotel Administration, Human Service Studies, Immunology, Rural Development, Management Science, Neurobiology, Nuclear Science. Atmospheric Science and Performing Art beside basic fields of Science and Humanities. The seed money required for building up infrastructure par excellence for such an institution is approximately Rs 3000 crore. The figure is carefully projected by comparing expenditure on infrastructure of two IITs and two Central Universities of India and that of two leading universities of the world. As suggested by the Chief Minister land required will be from six to eight hundred hectares. Most important is the careful planning of the entire project making through comparative study of the master plans of major European, American, Australian and Asian Universities and keeping in mind the history and heritage of Assam. The university has to be raised at a tranquil, unpolluted locality. Instead of further eroding either forest area or the available land in tribal belt two outstations of Assam Agricultural University may be brought under consideration. These are Citrus Research Station, Tinsukia and Sugarcane Research Station, Shillongoni, Nagaon. Otherwise government may also consider one of the sick tea gardens under ATC. The Negheriting and Sokolating Tea estates at Jorhat and Dergaon are very attractive propositions. It must be noted very seriously that site selection is a serious matter and no whimsical consideration should be allowed to creep in. The next important job is the collection faculty from different parts of the world. Assarnese scholars and researchers today occupy many chairs in leading universities and research institutions of the world. This pool of human resource should be explored thoroughly and as much as possible native brains should be lured back. Then taking merit and ability as only criteria faculty from all over the world should be commissioned. From the beginning reservation of seats and unionism of
Re: [Assam] Assam International University-AT edit
Can Assam support another University? We need a world class university, yes, but why build another institution. Why can we not invest in Guwahati University itself? I would propose diverting the Airport Road away from the University campus, combine the resources and infrastructure of the Engineering and Law colleges and you have an enormous area to build a world class university. It needs financial commitments but needs a strong empowered administration free from government interference more. Finally, is there will the students and teachers also share the ambition to build a world class university in Guwahati? Best regards Rajiv -- Original Message -- Received: Sun, 11 May 2008 06:27:08 PM SGT From: Manoj Das [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org Subject: [Assam] Assam International University-AT edit *Assam International University ? Pratap Bora* *T*he recent declaration by the Chief Minister of Assam regarding the Central Minister for Human Resource Development's announcement of establishment of one university of international standard in Assam is a development pregnant with many implications. Universities, as these are generally known today, were born in medieval Europe and were gradually exported to other parts of the world as a part of the European expansion. In India, Calcutta, Bombay and Madras universities were established in 1857 synchronizing with Sydney and Melbourne Universities in 1850 in Australia. However, universities with classical and spiritual ideologies had been first established in India more than 2000 years ago. Two of them, Nalanda and Taksila were known in countries like Tibet, China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Malayasia, Burma, Ceylon, Cambodia and Indonesia. As these modern cradles of wisdom started growing the universities of Punjab (1882), Banaras (1916), Mysore (1916), Patna (1917) and Osmania (1918) were established in India progressively. Assam joined this quest for sweetness and light with Gauhati University in 1947-48. Today our State has five national level universities and one Indian Institute of Technology. Still there is a very wide void and enough space for one international university in Assam. Twenty first century has already exhibited many uncertainties. The challenges before mankind today are entirely different from those faced by us during the whole period of human existence. Technology has led us to a new era which is yet to acquire a proper nomenclature. Information boom, automation, electronic revolution, biotechnology, nano technology, to name only the familiar few, have created for us a new world, the ways of which are not known to us. The new concept of a modern university is that it is on the one side a huge warehouse of information and on the other an excellent workshop for production of human resource capable of handling this information through knowledge and wisdom for welfare of man and nature. These universities must offer impressive range of academic resources and research facilities. It must have a state of the art library with three to five million volumes with on-line catalog system and database search service. It must subscribe to at least 30,000 periodicals. Its extensive research facilities must have wings of, 1) Biotechnology, 2) High Energy Synchrotron Studies, 3) Nano Fabrication Facility, 4) Centre for Theory and Simulation in Science and Engineering), 5) Centre for Specific Regional Studies. The major fields should be created after most careful consideration. Besides being highly competitive the fields ought to be able to fulfil universal as well as regional needs. These must include, Outer-space Engineering, Agro-biological Engineering, Cellular - Biology, City and Regional Planning, Environmental Engineering, Communication Technology, Consumer Economics, Development Sociology, Food science, Hotel Administration, Human Service Studies, Immunology, Rural Development, Management Science, Neurobiology, Nuclear Science. Atmospheric Science and Performing Art beside basic fields of Science and Humanities. The seed money required for building up infrastructure par excellence for such an institution is approximately Rs 3000 crore. The figure is carefully projected by comparing expenditure on infrastructure of two IITs and two Central Universities of India and that of two leading universities of the world. As suggested by the Chief Minister land required will be from six to eight hundred hectares. Most important is the careful planning of the entire project making through comparative study of the master plans of major European, American, Australian and Asian Universities and keeping in mind the history and heritage of Assam. The university has to be raised at a tranquil, unpolluted locality. Instead of further eroding either forest area or the available land in tribal belt two outstations of
Re: [Assam] Assam International University-AT edit
http://www.assamtimes.org/hot-news/1430.html On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Rajiv Baruah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can Assam support another University? We need a world class university, yes, but why build another institution. Why can we not invest in Guwahati University itself? I would propose diverting the Airport Road away from the University campus, combine the resources and infrastructure of the Engineering and Law colleges and you have an enormous area to build a world class university. It needs financial commitments but needs a strong empowered administration free from government interference more. Finally, is there will the students and teachers also share the ambition to build a world class university in Guwahati? Best regards Rajiv -- Original Message -- Received: Sun, 11 May 2008 06:27:08 PM SGT From: Manoj Das [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org Subject: [Assam] Assam International University-AT edit *Assam International University ? Pratap Bora* *T*he recent declaration by the Chief Minister of Assam regarding the Central Minister for Human Resource Development's announcement of establishment of one university of international standard in Assam is a development pregnant with many implications. Universities, as these are generally known today, were born in medieval Europe and were gradually exported to other parts of the world as a part of the European expansion. In India, Calcutta, Bombay and Madras universities were established in 1857 synchronizing with Sydney and Melbourne Universities in 1850 in Australia. However, universities with classical and spiritual ideologies had been first established in India more than 2000 years ago. Two of them, Nalanda and Taksila were known in countries like Tibet, China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Malayasia, Burma, Ceylon, Cambodia and Indonesia. As these modern cradles of wisdom started growing the universities of Punjab (1882), Banaras (1916), Mysore (1916), Patna (1917) and Osmania (1918) were established in India progressively. Assam joined this quest for sweetness and light with Gauhati University in 1947-48. Today our State has five national level universities and one Indian Institute of Technology. Still there is a very wide void and enough space for one international university in Assam. Twenty first century has already exhibited many uncertainties. The challenges before mankind today are entirely different from those faced by us during the whole period of human existence. Technology has led us to a new era which is yet to acquire a proper nomenclature. Information boom, automation, electronic revolution, biotechnology, nano technology, to name only the familiar few, have created for us a new world, the ways of which are not known to us. The new concept of a modern university is that it is on the one side a huge warehouse of information and on the other an excellent workshop for production of human resource capable of handling this information through knowledge and wisdom for welfare of man and nature. These universities must offer impressive range of academic resources and research facilities. It must have a state of the art library with three to five million volumes with on-line catalog system and database search service. It must subscribe to at least 30,000 periodicals. Its extensive research facilities must have wings of, 1) Biotechnology, 2) High Energy Synchrotron Studies, 3) Nano Fabrication Facility, 4) Centre for Theory and Simulation in Science and Engineering), 5) Centre for Specific Regional Studies. The major fields should be created after most careful consideration. Besides being highly competitive the fields ought to be able to fulfil universal as well as regional needs. These must include, Outer-space Engineering, Agro-biological Engineering, Cellular - Biology, City and Regional Planning, Environmental Engineering, Communication Technology, Consumer Economics, Development Sociology, Food science, Hotel Administration, Human Service Studies, Immunology, Rural Development, Management Science, Neurobiology, Nuclear Science. Atmospheric Science and Performing Art beside basic fields of Science and Humanities. The seed money required for building up infrastructure par excellence for such an institution is approximately Rs 3000 crore. The figure is carefully projected by comparing expenditure on infrastructure of two IITs and two Central Universities of India and that of two leading universities of the world. As suggested by the Chief Minister land required will be from six to eight hundred hectares. Most important is the careful planning of the entire project making through comparative study of the master plans of major European, American, Australian and Asian Universities and keeping in mind
Re: [Assam] Never make a woman angry
Kamal Deka Dangoriya, Thanks lot.Just diverting to the longest word, I myself is surprised to have my name as the longest name in the world with a single word.Why- Yesterday was Assembly voting in Bangalore.Bangalore district got more assembly constituencies like what in Assam. So my name was shifted from Verthur LAC to Newly formed Mahadevpura LAc The poling booth agents failed to get their name written in their mother tongue!(Majority kanadingas at Bangalore talk mixed kannda, but cant read properly!!).Since I voted last election, used the help of website. It was written- Bikaashaaakumaraadashaa. With fathers name as some one else!!! Hope world is same everywhere. Dr.Bikash Kumar Das Bangalore( India) 0091-9480618880 - Meet people who discuss and share your passions. Join them now. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] [WaterWatch] Panel to prepare flood control plan
River linking commision was established in 1967 and thus going on. Brahmaputra flood control board is hope the oldest board to enjoy the lions share from Govt fund. Great Assam officials.Good rehabilitations. Bikash mc mahant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:-- More Task-Forces? River Linking, Water'Conservation' Flood Control National Embankment Policy Bank Collapse Stopping National Waterways- with nothing ever plying Clean Drinking water for ALL Almost-Super Power With a Nobel Prize to boot??? Oh My Country! mm - From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Click here. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Assam International University-AT edit
Intl University to follow the way of Intl hospital at Dispur! If International Hospital can exist, why not International Univ? To rehabilitate the former ministers wives,relative and officials wives as dean or so..The best idea.Let existing GHY Univ go to hell for them. Then some international extremist outfit will make a good hub and anotehr sarbananda /Samujjwal like man will study for another 2 long decades!! Bikash bg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:http://www.assamtimes.org/hot-news/1430.html On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Rajiv Baruah wrote: Can Assam support another University? We need a world class university, yes, but why build another institution. Why can we not invest in Guwahati University itself? - Meet people who discuss and share your passions. Join them now. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Journalists to study garbage management in Guwahati
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[Assam] Counterpoint: Diploma Disease
http://www.swaraj.org/shikshantar/resisting.html Healing Ourselves fromthe Diploma Disease - December 2005 see link However, it is ironic that the person who edited this piece has this on his profile about himself: Manish Jain: He has spent several years trying tounlearn his Master's degree in Education from Harvard University,and a B.A. in Economics, International Relations and Political Philosophyfrom Brown University. http://www.swaraj.org/shikshantar/who.html Noone asked him to go there - atleast he can now avoid mentioning completely that he went to Harvard and Brown -- maybe it is fashionable to act like Buddha once who have all the riches. Any comments? Umesh Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Journalists to study garbage management in Guwahati
Great news! Look forward to see a cleaner Guwahati after the problem is recognized, and steps to resolve it is taken up by the government. They have done good with the fly-overs, Nehru park(?) etc., so we can take an optimistic approach. “In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass.” Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 14:57:27 +From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [Assam] Journalists to study garbage management in Guwahati --Forwarded Message Attachment--From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Journalists to study garbage management in GuwahatiDear friends, Here is a news item for your information. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secretary, Guwahati Press Club, Guwahati-781001 Journalists to study garbage management in Guwahati Guwahati: Guwahati Press Club has decided to study the problem of garbagemanagement in the largest city of Northeast with special reference tobio-medical wastes. This is a known fact that Guwahati, the crowded cityhouses nearly 20,00,000 residents and the city produces hundred thousand kgsof garbage everyday. More over, the city has emerged as a health care hubfor the state as well as for the seven neighbouring states serving more thanthree crore people. One can easily imagine the quantity of hazardousbio-medical wastes that the hospitals and pathological labs produce in asingle day. But unfortunately enough, the city does not have an adequate modern systemto deal with the situation. Though the Ministry of Environment and Forests(GoI) issued Municipal Wastes (Management Handling) Rules in 2000, thepresent state of garbage management system in Guwahati is not able tocope-up with the need of the time. The study will cover all aspects of garbage management in the city. A groupof journalists will take the initiative and finally compile a comprehensivereport in English on the issue. Interested journalists (must be Guwahatibased), are requested to contact the secretary, Guwahati Press Club (e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) on or before May 31, 2008. _ Stay in touch when you're away with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_052008 ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Assam International University-AT edit
Good idea! On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Rajiv Baruah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can Assam support another University? We need a world class university, yes, but why build another institution. Why can we not invest in Guwahati University itself? I would propose diverting the Airport Road away from the University campus, combine the resources and infrastructure of the Engineering and Law colleges and you have an enormous area to build a world class university. It needs financial commitments but needs a strong empowered administration free from government interference more. Finally, is there will the students and teachers also share the ambition to build a world class university in Guwahati? Best regards Rajiv -- Original Message -- Received: Sun, 11 May 2008 06:27:08 PM SGT From: Manoj Das [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org Subject: [Assam] Assam International University-AT edit *Assam International University ? Pratap Bora* *T*he recent declaration by the Chief Minister of Assam regarding the Central Minister for Human Resource Development's announcement of establishment of one university of international standard in Assam is a development pregnant with many implications. Universities, as these are generally known today, were born in medieval Europe and were gradually exported to other parts of the world as a part of the European expansion. In India, Calcutta, Bombay and Madras universities were established in 1857 synchronizing with Sydney and Melbourne Universities in 1850 in Australia. However, universities with classical and spiritual ideologies had been first established in India more than 2000 years ago. Two of them, Nalanda and Taksila were known in countries like Tibet, China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Malayasia, Burma, Ceylon, Cambodia and Indonesia. As these modern cradles of wisdom started growing the universities of Punjab (1882), Banaras (1916), Mysore (1916), Patna (1917) and Osmania (1918) were established in India progressively. Assam joined this quest for sweetness and light with Gauhati University in 1947-48. Today our State has five national level universities and one Indian Institute of Technology. Still there is a very wide void and enough space for one international university in Assam. Twenty first century has already exhibited many uncertainties. The challenges before mankind today are entirely different from those faced by us during the whole period of human existence. Technology has led us to a new era which is yet to acquire a proper nomenclature. Information boom, automation, electronic revolution, biotechnology, nano technology, to name only the familiar few, have created for us a new world, the ways of which are not known to us. The new concept of a modern university is that it is on the one side a huge warehouse of information and on the other an excellent workshop for production of human resource capable of handling this information through knowledge and wisdom for welfare of man and nature. These universities must offer impressive range of academic resources and research facilities. It must have a state of the art library with three to five million volumes with on-line catalog system and database search service. It must subscribe to at least 30,000 periodicals. Its extensive research facilities must have wings of, 1) Biotechnology, 2) High Energy Synchrotron Studies, 3) Nano Fabrication Facility, 4) Centre for Theory and Simulation in Science and Engineering), 5) Centre for Specific Regional Studies. The major fields should be created after most careful consideration. Besides being highly competitive the fields ought to be able to fulfil universal as well as regional needs. These must include, Outer-space Engineering, Agro-biological Engineering, Cellular - Biology, City and Regional Planning, Environmental Engineering, Communication Technology, Consumer Economics, Development Sociology, Food science, Hotel Administration, Human Service Studies, Immunology, Rural Development, Management Science, Neurobiology, Nuclear Science. Atmospheric Science and Performing Art beside basic fields of Science and Humanities. The seed money required for building up infrastructure par excellence for such an institution is approximately Rs 3000 crore. The figure is carefully projected by comparing expenditure on infrastructure of two IITs and two Central Universities of India and that of two leading universities of the world. As suggested by the Chief Minister land required will be from six to eight hundred hectares. Most important is the careful planning of the entire project making through comparative study of the master plans of major European, American, Australian and Asian Universities and keeping in mind the history and
Re: [Assam] Assam International University-AT edit
Let us go back to basics: What is World Class Why any University needed at all. Why aim to get degrees to everybody I told in a meeting when they were planning to start IIT-G 'In Assam we do not need any Research-we could do a lot of Search' Every Tom -Dick was upset. Big NAME (World Class)Universities are scrambling to offer Distant Learning Programmes-Why? In other countries real progress comes from 16+ youth joining into the productive workforce + learning better at work.Here our 1625(some AASU45+)all lost at UNIV. GU VC has finally resigned - and his tight-lipped reasons :How to pay(for undeserved DA/TA/Pensions---). He had nothing about NanoTechnology -his pet. Summary: First Things First: Liberation Oxomiya Toka- you make all Ph.D's(and waste their1630 Years) AS we Told PM at 1st PCG Liberate us-and we Liberate You MM Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 08:01:44 +0530 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: assam@assamnet.org Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam International University-AT edit Good idea! On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Rajiv Baruah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Can Assam support another University? We need a world class university, yes, but why build another institution. Why can we not invest in Guwahati University itself? I would propose diverting the Airport Road away from the University campus, combine the resources and infrastructure of the Engineering and Law colleges and you have an enormous area to build a world class university. It needs financial commitments but needs a strong empowered administration free from government interference more. Finally, is there will the students and teachers also share the ambition to build a world class university in Guwahati? Best regards Rajiv -- Original Message -- Received: Sun, 11 May 2008 06:27:08 PM SGT From: Manoj Das [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org Subject: [Assam] Assam International University-AT edit*Assam International University ? Pratap Bora* *T*he recent declaration by the Chief Minister of Assam regarding the Central Minister for Human Resource Development's announcement of establishment of one university of international standard in Assam is a development pregnant with many implications. Universities, as these are generally known today, were born in medieval Europe and were gradually exported to other parts of the world as a part of the European expansion. In India, Calcutta, Bombay and Madras universities were established in 1857 synchronizing with Sydney and Melbourne Universities in 1850 in Australia. However, universities with classical and spiritual ideologies had been first established in India more than 2000 years ago. Two of them, Nalanda and Taksila were known in countries like Tibet, China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Malayasia, Burma, Ceylon, Cambodia and Indonesia. As these modern cradles of wisdom started growing the universities of Punjab (1882), Banaras (1916), Mysore (1916), Patna (1917) and Osmania (1918) were established in India progressively. Assam joined this quest for sweetness and light with Gauhati University in 1947-48. Today our State has five national level universities and one Indian Institute of Technology. Still there is a very wide void and enough space for one international university in Assam. Twenty first century has already exhibited many uncertainties. The challenges before mankind today are entirely different from those faced by us during the whole period of human existence. Technology has led us to a new era which is yet to acquire a proper nomenclature. Information boom, automation, electronic revolution, biotechnology, nano technology, to name only the familiar few, have created for us a new world, the ways of which are not known to us. The new concept of a modern university is that it is on the one side a huge warehouse of information and on the other an excellent workshop for production of human resource capable of handling this information through knowledge and wisdom for welfare of man and nature. These universities must offer impressive range of academic resources and research facilities. It must have a state of the art library with three to five million volumes with on-line catalog system and database search service. It must subscribe to at least 30,000 periodicals. Its extensive research facilities must have wings of, 1) Biotechnology, 2) High Energy Synchrotron Studies, 3) Nano Fabrication Facility, 4) Centre for Theory and Simulation in Science and Engineering), 5) Centre for Specific Regional Studies. The major fields should be created after most careful consideration. Besides being highly competitive the fields ought to be able to fulfil universal as well as regional
Re: [Assam] [asom] Journalists to study garbage management in Guwahati
The Problem is possible through combined effort of Governance/Finance Low-Cost High Technology People wanting a Green,Clean Guwahati-Bharalu-Brahmaputra Journalists can Highlight preliminary Scenario and ways /means. Ask me. mm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sat, 10 May 2008 07:27:20 -0700Subject: [asom] Journalists to study garbage management in Guwahati Dear friends,Here is a news item for your information.Regards,Nava Thakuria,Secretary,Guwahati Press Club,Guwahati-781001Journalists to study garbage management in GuwahatiGuwahati: Guwahati Press Club has decided to study the problem of garbage management in the largest city of Northeast with special reference to bio-medical wastes. This is a known fact that Guwahati, the crowded city houses nearly 20,00,000 residents and the city produces hundred thousand kgs of garbage everyday. More over, the city has emerged as a health care hub for the state as well as for the seven neighbouring states serving more than three crore people. One can easily imagine the quantity of hazardous bio-medical wastes that the hospitals and pathological labs produce in a single day.But unfortunately enough, the city does not have an adequate modern system to deal with the situation. Though the Ministry of Environment and Forests (GoI) issued Municipal Wastes (Management Handling) Rules in 2000, the present state of garbage management system in Guwahati is not able to cope-up with the need of the time.The study will cover all aspects of garbage management in the city. A group of journalists will take the initiative and finally compile a comprehensive report in English on the issue. Interested journalists (must be Guwahati based), are requested to contact the secretary, Guwahati Press Club (e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) on or before May 31, 2008.__._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity 3 New MembersVisit Your Group Y! Messenger Instant hello Chat in real-time with your friends. Yahoo! Groups Find balance between nutrition, activity well-being. Cat Groups on Yahoo! Groups discuss everything related to cats. . __,_._,___ _ 2000 Placements last year. Are You next ? Find out http://ss1.richmedia.in/recurl.asp?pid=499 ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
