[Assam] Assam gets Friends in need from abroad

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

        Assam gets Friends in need from abroad
   
- NRI think tank to project potential     A STAFF REPORTER  TELEGRAPH INDIA                 AASU adviser Samujjal Bhattacharyya (first from left) and other members interact with Rajen Barua (third from right) at a hotel in Guwahati on Wednesday. Picture by Eastern Projections   Guwahati, Jan. 9: The Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters (FASS), a think tank of NRIs from Assam for the welfare of the Northeast, has expressed its willingness to act as the state’s brand ambassador by projecting the state’s potential in various sectors.
  During an interactive session with the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) on a wide range of issues today, FASS director Jayanta Madhab Barua said: “We can work as the state’s brand ambassadors.” 
  Representatives of the two organisations have identified education as one of the sectors that requires support.
  Stressing the need for investment to generate employment, Barua said the organisation with members spread across the globe, would provide necessary help. 
  Echoing him, its chairman-cum-managing director, Rajen Barua said: “We can act as facilitators and provide all kinds of help.” 
  The organisation has assured the AASU of support to the schools which lack basic facilities. 
  A memorandum of understanding has also been drafted. 
  “There are many lower primary schools which are being run with only a single teacher. There is an urgent need for a full-fledged technical university. The issue is progress of Assam,” AASU adviser Samujjal Bhattacharyya said. 
  The students’ union has been asked to identify the schools. Rajen Barua said they had supported a few endeavours in the state and were willing to do more. 
  “There must be sincerity and the right attitude. Money will flow automatically,” he added. 
  “People living in villages in Assam far outnumber the urban population in the rest of the country and this rich human resource needs to be tapped. Countries like the US get nurses from Kerala. It could have been from Assam as well.” 
  Barua said they would be able to provide career guidance to the youths in Assam with the network they have in various parts of the world. 
  “Our organisation has produced the world’s first audio video book in Assamese, besides recording and preserving lullabies in Assamese,” another member claimed.

       
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