Assam Governor Prof. Jagdish
Mukhi Inaugurated NEGC 2018 at USTM

9th Mile, RiBhoi, 17
February, 2018: The 5th edition of North East
Graduate Congress (NEGC) was inaugurated today by the
Assam Governor Prof. JagdishMukhi after he flagged off a
colourful cultural procession representing the eight
north-eastern states at the University of Science &
Technology Meghalaya. Besides the Governor, the
inaugural function was participated by Prof. Bhabesh
Chandra Goswami, Vice Chancellor, Cotton University,
Prof. Ved Prakash, former Chairman, UGC, Sri DilipTirkey,
MP, Olympian and former captain of Indian hockey team,
apart from other dignitaries. The Governor of Assam also
laid the foundation stone of Srimanta Sankardev Block of
USTM today. Thousands of students from more than 200
colleges from all over the north-eastern states are
participating in this mega youth conglomeration.
Addressing the gathering, Prof. Jagdish Mukhi, Governor
of Assam, said, “NEGC is a congregation of students
belonging to diverse culture, ethnicity and languages.
My appeal to the young generation is that you become
entrepreneurs and not run after jobs. That will help the
North East, Assam and the country as a whole”. He said
that economic growth of a country is possible if the
mindset of the people changes.
Earlier, welcoming the participants, Mahbubul Hoque,
Chancellor, USTM said that USTM is a people’s university
and one of its main objective is to provide service to
students and society and contribute to the nation
building process. “We can organize this event in any
part of the north-eastern region and have more and more
participation of students in the near future”, he added.
In his speech, Prof Ved Prakash said, “Talent is
available in rural areas. We have the responsibility to
identify those talents”. Highly praising USTM for its
innovative endeavours, Prof. Prakash said that today’s
youth should dream for topmost service in any field. He
said, “We need universities which can innovate, strive
for quality of education in order to bring the country
to the nest stage of development. Some educational
institutions are doing exceedingly good. We have to
multiply the number of such institutions”.
Addressing the gathering, Prof. Bhabesh Chandra Goswami,
Vice Chancelor, Cotton University said that NEGC has
become an event of national integration and urged the
students to be judicious in consuming natural resources
and effort should be not to disturb the eco system. The
vote of thanks was offered by Prof Alaka Sarma, Pro Vice
Chancellor of USTM.
NEGC aims at preparing and enhancing all round
development of the future graduates through guiding them
and placing them in a position where they can decide
what is next after graduation. The objective is to make
them responsible youth and accountable citizens of this
country. The event provides a platform to the college
youths of all the states of North East to showcase their
talents as well as get opportunity to prepare their
action plan after graduation.
More than 10,000 students witnessed the gala beginning
of 5th NEGC with the cultural manifestations of eight
sister states of the region. East of North East was
represented by the students of 40 communities belonging
to the entire region, each state displaying indigenous
cultural presentation with indigenous costumes.
Separate sessions were held simultaneously at different
venues at USTM. Session on personality development by
renowned motivational speaker Thomas John Rose, soft
skill workshop, technical session on “Youth and
Entrepreneurship” by Dr Nomal Bora, CMD, GNRC Hospitals,
technical session on competitive exams by Sailen Baishya,
National Workshop for Teachers titled “Extension
Education”, two panel discussions on “Youth, Politics
and Corruption” and “Women for Society”.
The various competitions that were being held
simultaneously in different venues include: Science
Model competition, Debate competition on the topic ‘GST
is the instrument of Economic Growth’, Quiz, Best
Graduate, apart from the various sports and cultural
competitions. The sports competitions such as
Volleyball, football, badminton, Kabaddi, Karrom and
cultural competitions of singing, dance, skit and the
Best Graduate competition were participated with much
enthusiasm. Prizes and awards worth more than 10 lakhs
will be given away to the winners of various
competitions. All the participants will get
certificates. The event will conclude tomorrow with
valedictory and prize distribution ceremony.
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