[Assam] International seminar

[Chan Mahanta]

H:


>The Minister, in a hard hitting response, 
>basically urged the NRIs of Assam >origin to 
>come out with new ideas and thoughts instead of 
>harping on the ills >of the state and pointing 
>out what is wrong. He is apparently aware of 
>the >postings the NRIs of Assam origin make on 
>the net and refuted some of them >quite 
>effectively.


Could we hear some?

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At 10:56 PM +0530 2/2/07, shantikam hazarika wrote:
>We are happy that the EPIGENESISI Assam 2007 
>concluded on a highly successful and optimistic 
>note. It was much more successful then what we 
>had anticipated, especially since our experience 
>to organise things differently in Assam has not 
>been very successful in the past.
>
>The conference was inaugurated by Shri Prithvi 
>Majhi, the Minister of P&D. Shri Tarun Gogoi 
>sent a message of encouragement that was a big 
>moral booster. The highlight of the inauguration 
>was a forceful presentation by Shri HS Das, IAS 
>on the financial reforms undertaken by the state 
>and the financial stability it is trying to 
>achieve. Many veterans agreed that they have 
>never seen a bureaucrat of Assam making such an 
>elaborate and forceful presentation before.
>
>The sessions started with presentations by Prof. 
>Degregori, Ms. Prins and Sid Choudhury, who came 
>in place of Shri Ashok Saikia who was felled by 
>a bad cold. The presentations generated a great 
>deal of interest amongst the participants, which 
>were moderated by Dr. Jayanta Madhab.
>
>The second session on 30th morning was the most 
>exciting. Arjun Malhotra and Subir Raha came out 
>with some brilliant new ideas and thoughts. Shri 
>ABHIJIT BARUAH also made a presentation about 
>his own efforts in the competitive national 
>environment. Amongst the panelist was Mr. Barada 
>Sharma from the USA.
>
>The final session was on how to network with the 
>NRAS. It was presided over by Minister Shri 
>Himanta Biswa Sharma. This session unfortunately 
>failed to achieve its objective much. Mr.Wahid 
>Saleh read out his paper which dwelt a great 
>deal on the ills prevailing in Assam and its 
>negative impressions above. S. Kalita gave a 
>concrete framework on developing the Assam Brand 
>in a systematic manner. Ms. Rini Kakati related 
>her efforts to get prominent Britons interested 
>in Assam and the lack of responses. From the 
>audience, Mr. Barada Sharma basically emphasized 
>on the need to “WORK, WPRK and WORK” instead 
>just discussing endlessly. Prof DiGregori and 
>arjun Malhotra also gave valuable inputs. The 
>Minister, in a hard hitting response, basically 
>urged the NRIs of Assam origin to come out with 
>new ideas and thoughts instead of harping on the 
>ills of the state and pointing out what is 
>wrong. He is apparently aware of the postings 
>the NRIs of Assam origin make on the net and 
>refuted some of them quite effectively.
>
>The overall attendance was quite satisfactory, 
>judged on our experiences. Of course, the local 
>media gave a complete ignore, except that the 
>sentinel published a photograph of Subir Raha.
>
>Shantikam Hazarika
>
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