> Assamese youths or for that matter, the youths of the entire NE region, >have >the capability to shine even in the most unfamiliar condition. The >only thing >they need is the conviction that they could emerge as the >leaders for the >entire humanity, let alone their compatriots in India in >matters of >professional or any entrepreneurial ventures.
An excellent message from Jukti. > Simultaneously, we should also improve the judicial and social >systems�like, >the patent law, right to property, quick and just >settlement of legal cases >and security laws and preventive measures >against corruption, rights of women >and measures for poverty >alleviation, among others, Sri Kalita said. Couldn't agree more. There could have been more emphasis on these -- as essential to progress . At 9:32 AM -0800 11/9/03, Mahesh C. Baishya wrote: > Guwahati, Sunday, November 9, 2003 > �NE youths have capacity to shine anywhere� >By Ajit Patowary > GUWAHATI, Nov 8 � Assamese youths or for that matter, the youths of the >entire NE region, have the capability to shine even in the most >unfamiliar condition. The only thing they need is the conviction that they >could emerge as the leaders for the entire humanity, let alone their >compatriots in India in matters of professional or any entrepreneurial >ventures. On many occasions, this has been proved convincingly by the >youths of the region, be it in the battlefields or in the administrative >or foreign services, or in other areas where excellence is the key to >success. > > A senior officer from the Union Department of Science And Technology the >other day described the people of the State as the injured lions licking >injuries. They will soon be on their feet roaring, he said. He was >commenting on the present situation in the State. For the perseverant >ones we have the story of Sri Jukti Kumar Kalita, the Vice President, >Marketing Strategy of the Merrill Lynch, New Jersey, U S A. The US >company is one of the leading private client groups in that country >dealing mainly in shares and bonds with an annual turnover worth around >US Dollars 25 billion and a net profit worth US Dollars around 3 billion >in a year. > > No there is no scope for becoming sceptic. Sri Kalita started his >education in an Assamese medium school and even up to the middle level he >studied in the Assamese medium schools. For Sri Kalita, who is currently >in the State on a vacation, told this correspondent of Wednesday that he >was initiated to the world of learning at the Natun Bazar Nimna Buniyadi >Vidyalaya, Nagaon. He then studied in the Nagaon Boys� High School. From >there he went to the Ramkrishna Mission Vidyapeeth, Deogarh, Bihar (now >in Jharkahand). > > The Assamese students are as intelligent as the students from other >parts of India are. Students from the colleges like Cotton College can be >deemed to be as competent as those from the renowned universities and >colleges even from the Western countries, he said. But, the problem lies >in the fact that the youths of the State and for that matter NE region, >are not aware of the opportunities available elsewhere in the country and >abroad. No doubt, they are also vulnerable to the affliction of >homesickness in most of the cases, which fetter them against venturing >out of the State. > > But, when out of the State, these people perform in a manner, which >cannot be fathomed sitting here. The Assamese professionals in the USA >enjoy incomes that are several times that of the average Americans. Most >of them are in salaried jobs and only a handful are entrepreneurs or >businessmen, Sri Kalita said. > > Several of the Assamese entrepreneurs started high-tech companies in >mid1990s and they are doing well even now. Some of them did very well in >late 1990s. But, right now, like many American entrepreneurs they are >struggling due to the recession in the USA. But the professional Assamese >people are doing well. Some of them, following the recession, lost their >jobs no doubt, but are re-employed now in a fruitful manner. The >professional Assamese community�s performance in the USA is in no way >inferior to the other professionals from the rest of India, Sri Kalita, a >Ph D in marketing >from the Columbia University, New Jersey, said. > > But he has some words of caution for the aspiring youths from the >region, who are dreaming professional careers in computer sector in the >USA. The difficult economic condition and increased out sourcing may lead >to, in the future, less opportunities for the Indian graduates of >computer science in that country. > > However, it should not adversely affect those who specialise in other >areas of science and technology, he said. Following the recession in the >USA and adoption of stricter immigration laws by the US Government, he >said, the aspirant Assamese professionals should now opt also for the >countries like Japan, Korea, Malaysia and the countries in the Middle >East, which also offer opportunities for the talents from the foreign >countries. > > Even for the entrepreneurs of the State, good markets are available for >their products in the South Asian countries and Japan and Korea and also >in the Middle East, very much within the reach of the entrepreneurs of >the State or the region, Sri Kalita said. On the issue of India becoming >an economic super power, he said, its annual growth rate should shoot up >to 10 per cent from the present six per cent. For that we must develop >the infrastructure � like roads, electricity, railway network and the >ports first of all. > > Simultaneously, we should also improve the judicial and social >systems�like, the patent law, right to property, quick and just >settlement of legal cases and security laws and preventive measures >against corruption, rights of women and measures for poverty alleviation, >among others, Sri Kalita said. > >_______________________________________________ >Assam mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > >To unsubscribe or change options: >http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
