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Association formed
for Educational Collaboration with South East Asian Countries

Participants at brainstorming session on “South East Asia-Indian
North East Collaborative Higher Education Perspective” organised
by USTM on 6th December 2019
9th Mile,
Khanapara, Ri Bhoi, 6th December 2019: University Vice
chancellors and heads of higher educational institutions from
the North East met today over a brainstorming session on “South
East Asia-Indian North East: Collaborative Higher Education
Perspective” and formed an association suggested as “South East
Asia as Intellectual Leader for a Better World” which would lead
for collaborative work with institutions of the neighboring
South East Asian countries. The programme was initiated and
organized by the University of Science and Technology Meghalaya
(USTM) in association with National Law University and Judicial
Academy Assam (NLUJAA), Institute of Advanced Study in Science
and Technology (IASST), Assam Science and Technology University
(ASTU), Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences (SSUHS),
Tezpur University (TU) and Cotton University (CU). This new
platform of higher education institutions has also decided that
the first international convention in this direction would be
held in the month of April 2020.
The meeting has formed an association with Dr Mridul Hazarika,
Principal Advisor USTM & former VC, Gauhati University as the
President, Prof NC Talukdar, Director, IASST as the Vice
President, Dr J S Patil, VC, National Law University as the
Working President, Dr Dhiraj Bora, VC, Assam Science and
Technology University as the Organizing Secretary, Prof Vinod
Kumar Jain, VC Tezpur University as the Patron while Dr PK
Goswami, VC, USTM, Prof Dipika Deka,VC, SSUHS, Prof Bhabesh
Chandra Goswami, VC Cotton University apart from others as
founding Members. It was decided that two universities from each
SE Asian countries would be invited to be part of the organizing
committee for the proposed international convention in April.
Chairing the brainstorming session, Dr Mridul Hazarika said that
people to people contact is more important than government to
government action in respect of collaborative relationship
between South East Asian countries in the field of education.
Therefore there is the need of a platform to think and work
together towards building collaborative connections between the
SE Asian countries in order to lead the world in the
intellectual arena.
Mahbubul Hoque, Chancellor of USTM and the key initiator in
formation of this association of higher educational institutions
of the North East India and South East Asia said, “It is time
that all educational institutions come forward and join hands to
work together for educational, sports and cultural activities
and make out Northeast a global destination”. USTM is always
ready to extend support for activities in order to create a
global community, he added. He also rued that education is not
getting priority in the government’s Act East Policy.
Dr J S Patil stated that “there is a need to develop a kind of
philosophy which binds us together as an organization and only
then we’ll become torch bearers in bringing real educational
vision”. The only way to equate ourselves with the western world
is to dominate intellectually, he added. Dr Dhiraj Bora, Prof NC
Talukdar, Prof Dipika Deka, Dr PK Goswami also spoke on the
occasion and forwarded their views.
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