[Assam] IE: Assam's engineering students future in Malwa

Tue Aug 21 19:41:21 PDT 2007

Partha Gogoi 

 Jugal-da's presentation on Engg Institutes to the CM becomes even more relevant today - more than ever every passing day. it also makes business sense......

  http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=251973)

  I know of one private engg college opening up in Rani. One more party seems to be interested. Perhaps more like this (not just govt run!!) private institutes need to be encouraged. I am not quite sure what incentives Assam Govt has to offer but the Private Education Bill (that was passed beginning of this year) is definitely a starter.

  Thanks,
  Partha

gitu_h  <gitu_h at yahoo.com> wrote:
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From: "gitu_h" <gitu_h at yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:45:38 -0000
Subject: [asom] From Assam to Malwa, students engineer a future...

        "From Assam to Malwa, students engineer a future" -- While I would
take the opportunity to thank Navjeevan Gopal for the good write-up on
the exodus of talented Assamese students to distant lands in search of
better opportunities, I hope that it would also serve the purpose of
an eye opener to the Assamese intelligentsia, who for so long  have not
been thinking too deeply on the gravity of the matter. It's time
they do try to retain talent at  home.

However, I am also saddened with the article on another point. Mr
Gopal, with ref to your statement: "fear of contacting AIDS by
studying in metros like Bangalore and Delhi," I would like to raise a
protest at the choice of words here. Insurgency though may be a
driving force for the students opting to study outside their state, it
is not the fear of AIDS, as you have pointed out in your writeup, that
keeps talented Assamese students away from the big metros, but for
fiscal matters too. By AIDS, you are implying that either the
Assamese students are slightly free on the social norms, which they
aren't, and these esteemed metros are not so infested with AIDS, that
the malaise is just blowing in the wind and for anybody to catch it! 
Such casual references as a journo, is not acceptable.

By the way, hope you are  not also implying that Malwa is a safe-sex
haven? Or are you?

Best,

Gitanjali  Hazarika

The whole story with the link is here for all to read:

(http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=251973)

>From Assam to Malwa, students engineer a future 
By Navjeevan Gopal 
Punjab Pulse 
Chandigarh Newsline (cities.expressindia.com)

Talwandi Sabo, August 20: They may have different reasons - prevailing
unrest in their home state, scarcity of engineering and technology
colleges in their area, search for quality education and fear of
contacting AIDS by studying in metros like Bangalore and Delhi - but
several Assamese students have a common destination in Malwa. 
For instance, Talwandi Sabo-based Guru Gobind Singh College of
Engineering and Technology is fast earning the distinction of being a
hub of  Assamese students. Already, the college boasts of enrolling
more than a hundred students from Assam  alone in different streams of
engineering and technology courses. 
College principal Dr Narinder Singh attributes the drift of Assamese
students towards Punjab to "Assam being a disturbed area". He says,
"Their parents do not feel safe in getting them educated in their home
state due to the prevailing unrest." 
Ask Rimi Boruah, who hails from Guwahati and is studying information
technology in the college, and she would agree with what Dr Narinder
says. "Rampant violence and frequent bandhs in the state have an
adverse effect on studies," she rues. 
But, Monmi, who laments that "Assam is wrongly being tagged as a
terrorist state", says it is the quality of education that she is here
for. "Moreover, the college is named after a Sikh Guru and that
influenced my parents, who decided that I should study here," she says. 
Devabrat  Borgohain, another student hailing from Dhemaji district of
Assam, has another reason to choose the  college in this part of
Punjab, where modernity is still in its infancy. "Parents in Assam
avoid sending their wards to metropolitans like Bangalore and Delhi.
Due to ultra-modern lifestyles there, parents fear their children may
contract diseases like AIDS and fall prey to drug addiction," reveals
Borgohain, who is studying electronics and communication engineering. 
Bikiron from Guwahati echoes similar views. "Bangalore has become a
trend and a cluster of Assamese students, but we must not forget that
criminal activities are fast on rise in metros like Bangalore and
Delhi. So, we chose this college," he says. 
The idea of getting employment opportunities here is also another
attraction. Rejul Bashir is hopeful he would be absorbed by some
company is Punjab after he completes his studies in IT. "There are not
many colleges in Assam  for quality education in the field of IT. I am
sure after passing out from here, I will be easily  placed in some
company in Punjab itself," he hopes. 
Hailing from Jorhat, another Assamese student Trishanka laments the
meagre number of engineering and technology colleges in Assam. "We
need more engineering and technology colleges in Assam, as there are
only two run by the government and as many run privately," she says. 
While the Assamese students shower all praise on students from Punjab
for being, their Punjabi friends are also very thrilled to have them
here. "They are very nice and friendly. I am teaching Punjabi to one
of them," says computer and science engineering (CSE) student
Harjaspal Singh, who hails from Rampura Phul.

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