Prof. Nirode Boruah Administered Oath As VC of Majuli University of Culture

GUWAHATI: Professor Nirode Boruah was appointed as Vice Chancellor (VC) of the Majuli University of Culture on Wednesday.

Assam Governor Prof Jagdish Mukhi administered the oath of office at a program held at the Raj Bhawan in Guwahati.

Education minister Ranoj Pegu, amongst many other dignitaries of Assam, was present on the occasion.

Jagdish Mukhi, informing about the oath taking through Twitter, said, "I am happy to have administered the oath of office to Prof. Nirode Boruah as Vice Chancellor of the Majuli University of Culture at a function held in Raj Bhavan today."

"I extend my best wishes to him on his new endeavour. I am certain that, his influential academic background and administrative expertise will facilitate the University to flourish majestically," he further tweeted.

Majuli University of Culture is a public state university located in Majuli, Assam dedicated for research, teaching and education in the field of culture. The university is established by Majuli University of Culture Bill, 2017 which was passed by the Government of Assam on 7 September 2017. On 13 July 2018 the then Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone for the state's first cultural university at Majuli to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 300 crore

Former Assam CM Sonowal in November 2020 launched the website of Majuli Cultural University in Majuli. The website www.muoc.ac.in will serve as a one-stop platform for disseminating information about the different courses and other aspects of the university to the visitors and students to the largest inhabitable river island, he had said then.

According to Sonowal, this university is mooted to grow as a non-affiliating multidisciplinary higher educational institution. Additionally, with specialisation in the studies and research of culture, this university is going to play a role in culturally unifying the greater Assamese society while strengthening the socio-cultural foundation of the state, he said.

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