SHILLONG: Shillong Polytechnic, a Government Technical Institute of the State, on Friday kick started its Golden Jubilee celebrations at a function held at the Institute in Mawlai in the city.
Deputy Chief Minister in charge Education, R C Laloo was the Chief Guest on the occasion while Principal Secretary, Education, PK Srivastava was the Guest of Honour. Also present were local MLA and alumni, Embhahlang Syiemlieh and Commissioner and Secretary, Education, DP Wahlang along with a host of other dignitaries.
Congratulating the institute on this milestone achievement, Laloo said that maintaining the standard of education deemed fit for a technical institute needs energetic and qualified faculty. He said that the vision of the predecessors to start this institution is to produce technicians at the supervisory level to meet the requirement of technical manpower in various fields of development like roads, buildings, energy generation, communication and others and so it is the duty and responsibility of the present generation to elevate that vision to greater heights.
Srivastava said that 50 years of successful existence signifies what the institute has achieved adding that everyone, right from government functionaries to the local representatives have worked hard in partnership to ensure the growth of the institute.
Commissioner and Secretary, Education, DP Wahlang and local MLA, Syiemlieh also spoke on the occasion.
Shillong Polytechnic was established in October 1965 under the composite State of Assam with only one branch of study, viz. Civil Engineering.
Initially the institute started from the Tribal Research Institute Building at Mawlai, near Gaushala. 50 years since, the Shillong Polytechnic offers courses in Civil Engineering with the annual intake of 60 students, Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering, Electronics engineering with intake of 30 students each and Computer Science & Engineering, under the World Bank Assisted Project, with intake of 30 students.
Now, the institute is housed in a magnificent building with well equipped infrastructure and has a host of facilities for its students and faculty members.
