Call to excel in research activities
By A Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, May 25 At a time when the needs of Indian science and industry are
growing manifold, institutions like the IIT Guwahati have to encourage a
multi-disciplinary approach to science and technology. That could help identify
and implement solutions of long-term development in the countrys interest.
Stating this at the 9th convocation of IIT Guwahati, the new Chairman of the
Board of Governor MK Bhan, further revealed that the institution in Guwahati
along with other IITs need to excel not just in education, but in research
activities.
The purpose of research in the IITs should not only add to the GDP, but also
fulfill the needs of the common people. Work carried out in IITs must act as an
engine to solve problems related to agriculture and sustainable development.
Comparing the Indian technological scene to that in the West, the Board of
Governor asserted that Indian institutions must create more intellectual
property instead of imitating Western models. Interdisciplinary approach in the
pursuit of technological developments and innovations could make that a
reality.
Admiring the IIT Guwahatis pool of faculty and its alumni,
and describing it as a young institution that needed to have its own vision,
Bhan stressed that it must grow in human resource and infrastructure to attain
much-needed critical mass in the times ahead.
Speaking as the chief guest of the function today, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
said Assam had much expectation from IIT Guwahati because of its role as the
leading technical institute of the region.
Expressing his Governments commitment to the cause of higher education he
mentioned a few steps taken in this regard like setting up of new institutions,
and cabinet approval to a Private University Bill.
Significantly, he aired concerns over the meagre number of students from the
North East being able to enter the IITs. He believed in the need for greater
awareness of the value of IIT education. In this regard he wanted IIT
Guwahati to play the part of spreading information about the IITs in the
schools of the region.
The Director of IIT Guwahati, Gautam Barua, who is also the chairman of the
senate, gave an overview of the institutions present status and its future
plans.
IIT Guwahati has completed twelve years. The campus of 700 acres which has
about 2,500 students is growing, and it is expected that in five years time,
there will be 5,000 residents, he stated.
Referring to the achievement of IIT Guwahati students, he mentioned names of
Dipto Dey, Shiva Rama Krishna Jaini, Abhishek Rawat, Ankur Pariyani, Abhigyan
Gupta, Pallab Ghosh, Shamit Shrivastava, who received various awards and
recognitions and brought laurels to their institution.
(The Assam Tribune.26.05.2007)
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