GUWAHATI: The 6th North East Graduate Congress (NEGC) — the flagship programme patronised by ERD Foundation, will get under way at the University of Science & Technology, Meghalaya (USTM), Baridua, on Friday.
The three-day NEGC will continue till Sunday with over 10,000 students from about 300 colleges across the region likely to participate.
The event will be graced by a galaxy of prominent personalities from across the country, comprising youth icons, intellectuals, academia, cultural and sports icons, politicians, motivational speakers among others.
“The main thrust of NEGC is to facilitate the youths to have direct interactive sessions with academicians, educationists, industrialists and entrepreneurs of national and international repute in a single platform,” a statement from ERD Foundation here said on Wednesday.