[Assam] Jorhat Engineering College in dire straits (The Assam Tribune, 18.03.2009)

[Buljit Buragohain]

Jorhat Engineering College in dire straits
 Correspondent

 JORHAT, March 17 – One of the premier engineering institutes in Assam,
Jorhat Engineering College, will celebrate its golden jubilee in 2010.
The college has been playing an important role in the domain of
education of science and technology in the State. But the institute is
facing a number of problems which dampen the enthusiasm of the
organisers.

Established in 1960, this institution has a large
plot of land of 626 bigha of which now more than 300 bigha were
encroached by some local people and some college employees, taking the
full advantage of having no boundary wall. The encroachers set up
temporary huts and used to cultivate in the area. The college authority
informed the district administration from time to time. But the
district administration refrained from undertaking any effective action
till date, said BN Choudhuri at a press meet held at the college on
Saturday last.

He showed a signboard of an NGO named Abhigyan
which was put up on the college campus without the permission of the
authority concerned. It was confiscated by the college authority later.

The
age old institution is now facing shortage of employees having a number
of vacancies of posts of professor, assistant professor and lecturers
in the departments of civil, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation
and computer science. Recently a number of third and fourth grade posts
were filled up with the candidates selected by the legal selection
committee, principal in-charge BN Chaudhuri stated. He alleged that the
process was misrepresented by some media in the recent time.

He
added that if the number of students increases in the ensuing session
the existing teaching staff will not be adequate to provide proper
guidance.

Moreover, the huge college building upholding the
glory of the institution is now in a dilapidated condition. The roof of
the building is unable to protect it from rain. The water come into the
classrooms through it and makes them unusable. Several computers in the
institution were damaged as the rainwater got into them through the
leakage of the roof. The college administration covered the whole roof
with a tarpaulin roof to get rid of the problem temporarily during the
rainy days.

Choudhuri stated that they are receiving a fund from
the government to repair the roof of the institution. Amidst such
adversities some positive activities are also going on in the
institution. Recently Noomaligarh Refinery Limited offered a donation
of the building for training-cum-placement centre of the institution. A
purchasing committee was formed to monitor the purchase of the goods
needed for the building.

At the press meet principal-in charge,
BN Choudhuri informed that the students had been getting good jobs in
the premier companies of the country. Last year, 164 students out of
190 got jobs in various companies through campus interview. In this
session too, 50 students have received invitation for various companies
till date. He stated that the students passed out from the institute
had got jobs with a salary up to Rs 30,000 to Rs 40,000 per month.

One
of the two Government Engineering colleges crossing almost half a
century is now crying for the proper attention of the concerned
authorities. The principal in charge along with all the employees are
waiting for improvement of the prevailing condition so that it will be
able to celebrate its golden jubilee with pomp and grandeur.

 (The Assam Tribune,18.03.2009)



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