[Assam] 9th Jorhat Book Fair from Oct 26 (The Sentinel, 14.10.2007)

[Buljit Buragohain]

State-level educational seminar to focus on job prospects
9th Jorhat Book Fair from Oct 26
>From our Correspondent
JORHAT, Oct 13: The stage is set for the ninth edition of Jorhat Book Fair which promises to whet the appetite for reading and basking in the world of literature like never before. Office-bearers of Assam Academic Centre (AAC), which has been organizing the biennial book carnival since 1990, told reporters here last night that book sellers and publishers from Delhi, Kolkata, Dehradun and Ludhiana, apart from those based in the State, have confirmed their participation in the 12-day event, slated from October 26 to November 6. Publication houses of international standing like Prentice Hall, Oxford University Press and Cambridge will also peddle their books at the fair opening on Jorhat District Sports Association grounds.
The highlight of the ninth Jorhat Book Fair will be a State-level seminar to be attended by the vice chancellors of all universities in the State and leading education barons. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, Education Minister Ripun Bora and other top officials of the State Education Department will also be present on the occasion.
The purpose for holding the education seminar is to pave the way for a roadmap to building up the skills and qualifications of the students of Asom so that the prospects for their absorption in industry and other job sectors brighten up, general secretary of the organizing committee of ninth Jorhat Book Fair Biman Sharma said. The meet will explore the need for effecting necessary changes in various fields of the higher education sector, he added. Several leading business institutions of the country will also actively participate in the seminar.
The AAC office-bearers claimed that a massive publicity drive is on to attract students, teachers and guardians towards the forthcoming book fair. The stress is on garnering the maximum attention in the interior areas, they pointed out. Arrangements for beautification drives, water supply, resting places and other amenities will be made on a priority basis, they added.
Special sessions of antaranga alap (close interaction), book release functions and cultural shows will be the regular programmes of the book carnival. On October 28, an on-the-spot drawing competition will be held for schoolchildren. The theme for the book fair souvenir, entitled Prajnya, this time around is translated literature, the AAC office-bearers said. Paban Buragohain is the chief editor of the souvenir which is being edited by Dr Mukul Hazarika.
Noted litterateur Nirupama Borgohain will inaugurate the ninth Jorhat Book Fair.
   
  (The Sentinel,14.10.2007)
   



       
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