Governor of Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, PB Acharya, on Saturday challenged the educationists and scholars to change the education system keeping in mind employability opportunities for the students after studies.
The governor was addressing the inaugural session of the two-day National Seminar on “Going beyond the ‘Monolith North East’: Understanding the Varying Dimensions” at St. Joseph’s College Jakhama, some 16 km away from here.
Acharya seemed to infer that Nagaland has a great asset in the three lakh graduates among a population of 20 lakh. He said that people ought not to suffer or live in poverty and have insurgency problem when Nagaland has potential to become a developed state.
He also asked why people from Nagaland and North East states should always go outside to mainland India for education, employment and medical facilities when they could have all these facilities in their own place. Sharing about the potential of North East India to the guest educationists, the governor said the region has great potential in hydro, petroleum, coal and solar energy. He called upon the various universities in the country to wake up and do something beneficial and make the country proud.
The governor expressed hope that the seminar would bring out some actions and not merely analyze the problems. Head of Geopolitics and International Relations Department, Manipal University, Prof. Arvind Kumar, in his address on overview of the seminar, said the team from Manipal University were attending the seminar to know more about the rich culture and nature of Nagaland and North East.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS) Kolkata director, Dr. Sreeradha Datta, shared the overview of the institute.
The programme was chaired by Dr. Narayana Sabhahit, registrar Manipal University, vice principal of St. Joseph’s college Jakhama shared overview of St. Jospeh’s college, Rongmei students performed traditional dance, while vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Monish Tourangbam, assistant professor Department of Geopolitics and International Relations coordinator, North East studies centre Manipal University.
The seminar is being organized by North East Studies Centre, Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal University in collaboration with Maulan Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian studies (MAKAIAS) Kolkata and St. Joseph’s College Jakhama, Nagaland.
It may be mentioned that the primary objective of the seminar is to critically analyse the political, socio-economic, cultural and developmental issues in the states of Northeast region.