On 9/18/06, Mridul Bhuyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Great news. Thanks.GUWAHATI, Sept 16 – Noted physicist Dr Amarjyoti Choudhury is the next Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Gauhati University (GU). An order issued from Rajbhawan and signed by Governor Ajai Singh, who is also the Chancellor of the University, yesterday and received here today, said that Dr Choudhury has been appointed the Vice-Chancellor of the University 'with effect from the date of taking over charge'.When contacted this afternoon, Dr Choudhury told this newspaper that he would prepare a road map for the development of the University consulting its students and the teachers. Though he has some ideas of his own for the development of the University, he would always give preference to the collective wisdom, he added.According to the sources close to him, his priority will be in making immediate arrangements for student placement and counseling. By bringing order and discipline to the organization, he wants to turn the university into a front ranking university of India and Southeast Asia as well, said the sources.Eldest of the four sons of former Education Minister, noted litterateur and thespian Late Lakshyadhar Choudhury and Late Usha Choudhury, Dr Choudhury is the present Head of the Department of Physics, Tezpur University. He mixes teaching and research in frontier areas like nanotechnology or quantum electronics with discussions or performance of drama and poetry. Dr Choudhury has versatile qualities. On the one hand, he is invited as a visiting professor at the European Laboratory or Nonlinear Spectroscopy at University of Florence to head an international research project on innovative multiphoton microscopy, on the other, noted theatre groups like the Surya stages his plays like Bhoy or Tongighar. He is also known for his recitations of the poems composed by some of the famous Assamese poets or by him. He also directed his students in the acclaimed play Durbol Dolong.Dr Choudhury topped the list of the successful students in the 1966 HSLC examination conducted by the SEBA. An M Sc in Physics from the Delhi University, Dr Choudhury did his Ph D from the University of Oxford. He has around 70 scientific papers to his credit and these papers were published in the national and international journals.He served the University of Florence, Nuclear Science Centre and the University of Bucharest as visiting professor. He introduced the M Sc course in Nanoscience and technology at Tezpur University, which was the first such course in a Indian university. He is also known as an excellent orator and quizmaster. He has also authored several essays on the university system.
(The Assam Tribune,17.09.2006)
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