Assam gets Friends in need from abroad
- NRI think tank to project potential A STAFF REPORTER TELEGRAPH INDIA
AASU adviser Samujjal Bhattacharyya (first from left) and other
members interact with Rajen Barua (third from right) at a hotel in Guwahati on
Wednesday. Picture by Eastern Projections Guwahati, Jan. 9: The Friends of
Assam and Seven Sisters (FASS), a think tank of NRIs from Assam for the welfare
of the Northeast, has expressed its willingness to act as the states brand
ambassador by projecting the states potential in various sectors.
During an interactive session with the All Assam Students Union (AASU) on a
wide range of issues today, FASS director Jayanta Madhab Barua said: We can
work as the states brand ambassadors.
Representatives of the two organisations have identified education as one of
the sectors that requires support.
Stressing the need for investment to generate employment, Barua said the
organisation with members spread across the globe, would provide necessary
help.
Echoing him, its chairman-cum-managing director, Rajen Barua said: We can
act as facilitators and provide all kinds of help.
The organisation has assured the AASU of support to the schools which lack
basic facilities.
A memorandum of understanding has also been drafted.
There are many lower primary schools which are being run with only a single
teacher. There is an urgent need for a full-fledged technical university. The
issue is progress of Assam, AASU adviser Samujjal Bhattacharyya said.
The students union has been asked to identify the schools. Rajen Barua said
they had supported a few endeavours in the state and were willing to do more.
There must be sincerity and the right attitude. Money will flow
automatically, he added.
People living in villages in Assam far outnumber the urban population in the
rest of the country and this rich human resource needs to be tapped. Countries
like the US get nurses from Kerala. It could have been from Assam as well.
Barua said they would be able to provide career guidance to the youths in
Assam with the network they have in various parts of the world.
Our organisation has produced the worlds first audio video book in
Assamese, besides recording and preserving lullabies in Assamese, another
member claimed.
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