[Assam] A student help line.

[hemanta baruah]

    Hi all,
       
      I think that’s an excellent idea to help out aspiring local  students from Assam to study abroad. In my personal opinion students would need  the most help while preparing for standardized tests and application process. I  am pretty sure that there are plenty of good students from the Northeastern  region of India and we can make their dream come true.  
          I am also planning to be in Assam from Nov 29th  to Dec 17th 2006 and so let me know if that can be helpful. I am not  aware of any online help for students from our region. Perhaps Momy can take  the initiative in designing a website for the same.
       
      A brief introduction: I am Hemanta Baruah, originally from  Nagaon, Assam. I finished my PhD in Chemistry from Wake Forest University, NC,  USA. Now doing my postdoctoral research at MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA. 
       
      How can I be helpful?
       
      I guess I can provide information about US universities and  guide students to choose universities depending on their academic profiles. I  am sure I will be a valuable resource particularly for students interested in  chemistry and biological sciences. I understand the application process is an  expensive one and so we can also help some of the needy students financially  (for the application process). In chemistry and biological sciences an offer (in  99 % cases) for PhD comes with a scholarship sufficient to bear the living  expenses of the student.
  
  
  Hemanta Baruah
  
       
   Momy Saikia <saikia_m at hotmail.com> wrote:  A very constructive and pro student thought.

Guess a website through the community in London (if one exists) can help. If 
required, I am willing to help in designing it, provided I am given all the 
required information and assistance.

I have never lived in any part of Assam, however my family has recently 
moved to Assam for a temporary period and I am visiting them in Nov (13 Nov 
- 1 dec). If anyone you guys know of is preparing to come abroad and needs 
some questions answered, I will be available for a in person talk.


Momy


>From: jogen kalita 
>To: assam at assamnet.org
>Subject: [Assam] A student help line.
>Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 10:10:22 +0100 (BST)
>
>Hi everybody,
>
>   Can we think of making a student help line so that we can help our young 
>students at the time of their need in whatever way we can.
>
>   Nowadays a good number of students are coming out of Assam to study 
>abroad. I know many students even at their UG levels are going out to US, 
>Australia and UK for pursuing their highr higher studies.
>
>   I my Gauhati university, I personally encourgaae our students to go 
>abroad and see the world around.
>
>   The parents/students  very often approach us for getting some kind of 
>help even to get easily familiar with the situation in their  first arrival 
>or seeking some advices how to keep in touch with our own people abroad.
>
>   I know a case of a young IITg research student Sri Devanka Pathak from 
>Avayapuri who was coming to the Univeristy of Cardif, UK for the first time 
>had to spend a sleepless night at the London Heathrow Airport as he did not 
>like to move to Cardif on that night. I was in India then, he wanted help 
>from anyone who could say him hello in the airport on that night, but I 
>could not refer him to anyone as people are terribly busy I know.
>
>   Even when I needed help for getting accommodation, only a PHD student 
>Sri Basanta Ranjan Boruah from Imperial College Sc anf Technology, London 
>immediately volunteered to arrange my accommodation and he did it for me. 
>Yes, a student can offer help.
>
>   This is just a thought coming to my mind.
>
>   Jogen
>
>
>
>
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Hemanta Baruah
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Dept of chemistry
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