Dear Ankur Da, Thank you for writing the article about Gonit Sora and me. I would like to copy my email to you about Pankaj Da here so that others can also read:
Pankaj Da started his early education in Majuli, where due to frequent floods at that time the schools remained closed for long periods of time. It was not very conducive environment for school goers then. His family shifted to Lakhimpur district after flood raked havoc in their lives. Pankaj Da started his Middle Primary education in Dholpur and then studied there till his HSLC. He did his HS from Madhab Dev College in Narayanpur and then went to North Lakhimpur College to do his BSc. At North Lakhimpur he used to frequent Ratan Stores, a shop which still exists. There he used to browse through latest editions of international magazines and periodicals, including Time, etc. This did a lot of benefit for his intellectual growth and gave him new ideas for discussion. He observed various things about the young generation of his age group and used to discuss certain things with his peers. They were not very interested in social and cultural developmental ideas that he had and he was laughed at many a times. After his BSc, he started his MSc in Mathematics at Gauhati University. But he did not like the academic environment at the university and gradually became disillusioned with everything. He left his course in between and started doing other things with his life, but he still had those ideas and used to share them with his friends. Pankaj Da started to notice that his friends thought him to be inferior because he did not complete his MSc. After a few years he decided to try again and got admission at Tezpur University, where we met during his first semester. I was then an undergraduate student there. At Tezpur we wanted to bring out a magazine on mathematics, but we could not get much support for this and with whatever little money we could get, we started the website and opened it on 21st April, 2011. He completed his MSc from Tezpur and then went back to Gauhati Univ to start his PhD work in algebraic graph theory. He wants to do good research work in the future, as well as do something for the education and cultural sector in the state. He is a regular writer in various Assamese dailies and magazines. He also writes short stories in Assamese from time to time. What we could not get access to in our childhood, we are trying to provide to the new generation through Gonit Sora. With kind regards, Manjil On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 11:23 PM, Ankur Bora ankur_bora2...@yahoo.com [SupportAChild-Assam] <supportachild-as...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > Dear all > > Please find the following article published in Assam Tribune Horizon , > titled 'The Theory of Everything' > While I am able to acknowledge Manjil , the details of Pankaj could not > be included as I received the contents on him after the article was > submitted. > I would acknowledge both herewith again , the story of Pankaj is a > reflection of many of us. > > http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/showpage.asp?id=Horizon,1,84,375,663,1788 > > Thanks > Ankur > Manjil , I hope that you will be able to organize a math presentation as > I mentioned below. > > > On Tuesday, December 1, 2015 5:06 PM, "Ankur Bora ankur_bora2...@yahoo.com > [SupportAChild-Assam]" <supportachild-as...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > Dear Manjil and Pankaj Jyoti Mahanta > I am glad to inform that the article on Ganit Sora has been very well > received. There are hundreds of visitors from all the major counties of > Europe , China , Japan and pacific apart from North America and India as I > found from traffic sources. Let’s keep the momentum , I would like to > propose organizing an workshop for school/ college students in the later > part of December in Guwahati. Lipika Deka who has a Master's degree in > Mathematics from Cambridge is visiting , we also have Dr. Matiur Rahman, > Adjunct Professor of Dalhousie University and Editor in-Chief of the > International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Engineering Sciences and > Dambaru Bhatta who is currently working as an Associate Professor in > Mathematics at the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA), Edinburg, > Texas. Dr. Anupam Saikia or Dr. Dilip Sharma can also be invited. Surajit > Borkotokey earlier met the Nobel laureate John Nash , I am sure he will > like to share the singular moment. I am also in touch with Ashutosh Sarkar > Assistant Professor, Vinod Gupta School of Managemen.(IIT Kharagpur) who is > keen on Ganit Sora. I am sure that you will receive support. > You may share your thoughts. > Thanks > Ankur Bora > > > > > On Monday, November 30, 2015 9:05 PM, "Lipika Deka lipika.d...@gmail.com > [SupportAChild-Assam]" <supportachild-as...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > Dear Ankur, > Thank you for the encouraging article. Special thanks for making me aware > of Ganit Sora. I would like to thank the Ganit Sora team for all the > inspiring work they are doing for our kids in Assam. I would love to help > your team anyway I can. I will contact the team to learn about your work > and if there is any way I can be of any help. > > Thank you for all Ganit Sora is doing, we need more initiatives like this > one for our students. > Lipika > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 2:35 AM, Manjil Saikia man...@gonitsora.com > [SupportAChild-Assam] <supportachild-as...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > Dear Ankur Da. > > Thank you very much for such a nice article about our efforts. Words such > as these, encourage us more to contribute in whatever way we can. There is > still a lot more we want to do, but due to limited resources and time, some > activities are in a back-seat, but there is no excuse and we will strive > forward for more. I am sure one day, the students in Assam will not feel in > any way inferior to their counterparts in the rest of the world. With Gonit > Sora, we hope to make a difference in the years to come. I am happy to > inform that we have already bought the server and domain till 2019, so that > we do not feel lazy in any way and stop. I am also happy to report that, > last week we received out first submissions from outside India and have > published the first of the 10 articles to be submitted. > > I would also like to point out that I have not got any international > recognition so far in mathematics, this might be misconstrued by some. But > thank you, once again for taking the time out to write about us. > > With kind regards, > Manjil > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 6:57 AM, Ankur Bora ankur_bora2...@yahoo.com > [SupportAChild-Assam] <supportachild-as...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > Dear all > Please find my article on Gonit Sora and it's founders Pankaj Jyoti > Mahanta and Manjil Saikia > Please promote Gonit Sora among our students and youths. > > A path to oneness : Gonit Sora, the gateway to mathematics > <http://ankurbora.blogspot.com/2015/11/gonit-sora-gateway-to-mathematics.html> > > > [image: image] > <http://ankurbora.blogspot.com/2015/11/gonit-sora-gateway-to-mathematics.html> > > > > > > A path to oneness : Gonit Sora, the gateway to mathemati... > <http://ankurbora.blogspot.com/2015/11/gonit-sora-gateway-to-mathematics.html> > Ankur > Bora Mathematics, like painting or poetry, is hard creative work. > View on ankurbora.blogspot.com > <http://ankurbora.blogspot.com/2015/11/gonit-sora-gateway-to-mathematics.html> > Preview by Yahoo > > > Thanks > Ankur > > On Thursday, September 24, 2015 7:36 PM, "nath.satya...@gmail.com > [SupportAChild-Assam]" <supportachild-as...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > (Catching up after some extended travel without full internet access) > > Really great to see this initiative. 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