The oldest magazine of Assam, ‘Bijnan Jeuti’ has completed 44 years successfully during this month. This is a popular Assamese science bi-monthly magazine, published by the Assam Science Society. Noted science writer Mowsam Hazarika presently act as an honorary Editor of the magazine.
PermalinkSubmitted by Pallavi Barua on Fri, 09/04/2010 - 00:13
CONGRATULATIONS to 'Bijnan Jeuti' and its Team.
Its nice to know that a magazine which you have grown up reading has completed 44 years. Hope the readership of this, one of the premier science magazines of the state increases with every passing day...
PermalinkSubmitted by Himadree Buragohain on Sun, 24/10/2010 - 02:13
Its really encouraging to see such well
informed magazine to have completed such a long term of service to the people of the State. May such vernacular magazines create a common interest for the readers in the times to come. Very best wishes for it.
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