Tezpur University was once our dream, now it is our reality and pride

A Correspondent

Tezpur: Addressing the august gathering of Tezpur University’s Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Rabha Auditorium, Brindaban Goswami, MLA of Tezpur constituency, who played a crucial role in establishment of the institution, said that the university was once the dream of people of Assam and now it was a reality and pride of this region. Goswami was speaking at the closing ceremony of the university’s three-day long silver jubilee celebration and 26th foundation day on Monday.

Goswami further urged the university community to work on need-based research and hoped that one day Southeast Asia would be connected through this university. The event also concluded the year-long silver jubilee celebration of the university. The event went underway with the hoisting of the university flag by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Vinod Kumar Jain. The three-day celebration, which was inaugurated by Prof. DN Buragohain, former Director of IIT Guwahati on January 19, also hosted an alumni meet, industry-academia interaction on R&D, felicitation of the retired employees of the university and various cultural programmes. SK Barua, Managing Director of Numaligarh Refinery Limited, and Dr.Tushar Rane, Head, UNICEF, Assam were also present on the closing ceremony.

Delivering the foundation day lecture, Prof. VS Chauhan, noted scientist and Executive Chairman of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), highlighted the importance of social responsibility of science and stressed that technology could not be a solution to everything. While speaking about the social responsibility of science, he dwelt on the debate of seeking truth that was an essential function of science versus social responsibility. Drawing references from various case studies, he was careful in drawing attention to cases of malpractice in scientific research and ethical concerns in scientific progress. He also reiterated the need to emphasize social sciences and opined that only science did not possess the answers to all questions, especially ethical dilemmas with reference to the use of the technology.

Dr. NC Borah, noted Neurologist and chairman-cum-managing director of GNRC Hospitals Ltd, delivered the second foundation day lecture. Reflecting on the various instances of his visit to the campus, he asserted that the transition of the university was ‘mind boggling’, making it the pride of both Assam and India.

Through his lecture, Dr. Borah took a firm stance in calling the entire healthcare system in India as ‘sick-care’. He opined that the health care system did not place priority in keeping people healthy and further mentioned that 50 per cent of the prevailing diseases were preventable.

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