The Centre has approved proposals to set up IIIT in Assam along with Tripura. These new Indian Institutes of Information Technology would be set up under the not-for-profit public-private partnership (N-PPP) mode. According to official sources, 11 State Governments have identified land and are in the process of identifying the industry partners. It is expected that another three States may also be sanctioned an IIIT each shortly under the scheme.
Mmajor objective in establishing IIITs is to set up a model of education which can produce best-in-class human resources in IT and harnessing the multi-dimensional facets of IT in various domains. These institutions are conceived as self-sustaining, research-led institutions contributing significantly to the global competitiveness of key sectors of the Indian economy and industry with application of IT in selected domain areas.
PermalinkSubmitted by Subhash Medhi on Tue, 03/07/2012 - 07:42
Let us pray that it is set up at Mirza as decided earlier. Guwahati is the only perfect place where an institute of such repute could be set up. Besides, Brahmaputra valley doesn't have any institute apart from IIT-G worth the name. Having graduated from NIT-Silchar, i can very well understand the maladies that ail the place. Let the Almighty show the correct path to our politicians and give them foresight. Let the Assamese politicians and the larger intelligentsia of the Assamese society understand the gravity of the matter and take wise decisions! Such institutes if started in the Assamese heartland would produce intellectuals who might in the future lead Assam to its glory. In the long run these small things matter.
PermalinkSubmitted by bhargab bhattac... on Tue, 17/07/2012 - 19:59
Truely speaking,the proposed IIIT must be set up in and around Dibrugarh city.Because both Ghy and Silchar have two technological institutes viz.,IIT and NIT.As Dbrg is the second largest and important city of assam,so it must get institutions for higher education like IIIT.Dbrg district is full of natural resources like oil,coal,tea,timber,etc.Besides,Dbrg district is one of the most revenue earning districts of India and it is well connected with all the modes of transport viz.,rail,air and road.So,all the people of Assam should urge the central as well as the state govt. to set up the IT institution in Dibrugarh city.
PermalinkSubmitted by Utpal bhattacharyya on Wed, 18/07/2012 - 13:53
We strongly wish that the proposed IIIT should be set up either in Lakhimpur or Dhemaji district. Because this two districts lack in getting any governmental institute of high repute. And people of these two districts deserves such an institute.
PermalinkSubmitted by Pranab jyoti kakoti on Wed, 25/07/2012 - 04:14
completely agree with Bhargab i think in Assam Dibrugarh is the most important city after Guwahati both the lower Assam and middle Assam have got the higher technological institutes.
Hundreds of Northeast people are back to the southern cities to resume work a few days after they got the real story of rumour. Three special trains have been deployed in Guwahati for Bangalore to meet the rush. The overall situation is under control and this comes two days after three special trains left for Bangalore from Guwahati on Sunday taking back those who had fled the capital of Karnataka fearing attacks on them. The situation eased on Monday.
A seven member central team on Tuesday visited the violence-hit Dhubri and took stock of the ground situation in the entire areas. Led by joint secretary of home ministry for north east Shambhu Singh, the team of senior officials is scheduled to visit Kokrajhar on Wednesday and Chirang district on Thursday.
The officials talked to the district administration as well as the relief camp inmates. The team visited relief camps at Barkanda People's Academy, Maspara LP School, Indranarayan Academy and Bilasipara College and interacted with the people at the camp.
The Railways announced an ex-gratia of Rs 15,000 each to the family of two passengers who died in the NJP incident where the victims were thrown out of a Guwahati bound train in West Bengal. The kin of the passengers who were residents of Hailakandi district in Assam will be given an ex-gratia of Rs 15,000 each.
Four injured passengers all having confirmed tickets for journey up to Guwahati will get an ex-gratia of Rs 5,000 each. The seven other injured passengers will get an ex-gratia of Rs 500 each.
ULFA’s pro-talk faction called it an unfortunate one. In a statement, the outfit’s publicity secretary Mithinga Daimary said that Sarania played an important role in striking the peace deal with the government. Daimary further said that they would probe the allegations and that if found guilty, he would have to face the stern action.
NDRF team on Tuesday launched an operation on the river Brahmaputra in Kharghuli area to recover the bodies of Binit Jain and his servant. The operation was launched on the basis of confessional statements by Sarania and his aides who dumped the bodies on the river.
Some startling revelations seem to have surfaced when police raided a camp where top ULFA leader Hira Sarania stayed till he was arrested from Nalbari on Monday. A team of city police on Tuesday morning raided his designated camp and seizes an AK-56 rifle, 30 rounds of bullets and 12 lakh rupees in cash.
A lower court on Tuesday sent Hira Sarania to police custody for 6 days a day after he was arrested on murder and robbery charges by Guwahati police. He was remanded to police custody after he was produced before the chief judicial magistrate on Tuesday.
One more Assamese youth was found dead in Hyderabad on Monday. Identified as Sanjeev Sinha, the body was recovered near a railway station in the morning. He hailed from Lakhipur in Cachar district and was on his way to home following rumours of impending attack.
ULFA’s anti-talk faction slammed chief minister Tarun Gogoi for his claim that Assam has not even a single immigrant. In a statement sent to media on Monday, the outfit’s chairman Abhijeet Asom said that the Centre was responsible for the large scale influx from across the Indo-Bangla border. He further alleged that AIUDF president Badruddin Ajmal has been trying to create a communal divide in the state.
ULFA’s anti-talk faction has blamed immigration migration from across the Indo-Bangladesh border for the crisis that cripples the state. In a statement, the outfit blamed Centre’s apathy in protecting the Assamese working in the southern cities. Ulfa chairman Abhijeet Asom expressed concern over the worsening situation in BTAD areas and Dhubri. It further said that they won’t allow any immigrant to destroy the future of the indigenous people of Assam.
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