Dear All, Earlier this year, FASS announced to offer the FASS 2017 WELCOME PACKAGE to a selected student from NE studying in the USA with the requirement that the student needs to be of North East Indian origin from any of the eight states, the student needs to be a full-time student in any USA Universities in any subject and that the parents of the student should not be working outside of India. This WELCOME PACKAGE is a token of help to the student towards the general establishment and miscellaneous expenses during his or her studies.
We are now happy to announce that we have received more than 10 well deserving applicants studying in different Universities in the USA. FASS has appointed a panel of judges to go through the selection process which was not easy as all the applicants seemed to be highly talented. Besides academic achievement, the panel also looked for the student's involvement in social activities and the economic needs of the student. We are now happy to announce that Ms, Videesha Bordoloi, a student studying in Masters Program in Psychology in Education in the Columbia University, New York became the winner of the FASS 2017 WELCOME PACKAGE. The package carry a FASS Certificate and an award of Rs 50000 (equivalent USD 871.25). FASS will announce the same Welcome Package again in 2018, and a student who did not win this year will be allowed to apply again next year provided the student would still be a student next year. FASS (Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters) is an International non profit organization head quartered in Houston, Texas for the promotion and welfare of North East India. www.friendsofassam.org With Warm Regard, Jayanta P SharmaGeneral SecretaryFASS InternationalKaty, TX,
