GUWAHATI: The 5th edition of North East Graduate Congress (NEGC), one of the flagship programmes hosted by USTM, will be held from 16 to 18 February 2018 at the varsity. The mega youth event, where thousands of students from more than 200 colleges across the north-eastern region will participate, aims at preparing and enhancing all round development of the future graduates through guiding them and placing them in a position where they can decide what next after graduation. The objective is to make them responsible youth and accountable citizens of this country.
The formal Inauguration of the event at 10 am on 17 February will be graced by Prof. Jagdish Mukhi, Governor of Assam; C K Das, IAS (retd.), Member, NEC; Prof. Ved Prakash, former Chairman, UGC; R S Mooshahary, former Meghalaya Governor; Dilip Tirkey, MP, Olympian and former Captain of Indian Hockey team; Prof. Bhabesh Chandra Goswami, VC, Cotton University, apart from other dignitaries.
The Cultural procession from 9 am in the same day will be flagged off by the Assam Governor which is a magnificent display of the culture of the eight north-eastern states. On the same day, the Governor of Assam will also lay the foundation stone of Srimanta Sankardev Block of USTM. Apart from debate, quiz, sports and cultural competitions, different sessions will be held on personality development and soft skill, panel discussions on ‘Youth, Politics and Corruption’ and ‘Women for Society’. Prizes and awards worth more than 10 lakhs will be given to the winners of various competitions.