SHILLONG, May 21: Marking the journey of collaboration, NEHU, Shillong and Gujarat University virtually launched the Gujarat Bhavan at NEHU’s campus here on Sunday.
Later, a certificate course in “Natural Farming, Agripreneurship and Cooperatives” was also launched.
The beginning of this journey had started on November 8 last year at Raj Bhavan, Gujarat, when NEHU signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Sustainability, Gujarat University, in the presence of the Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat.
The launch of the Gujarat Bhawan and the certificate course took place at NEHU’s Shillong Campus during the national seminar on ‘Organic farming in North-East India: A vision toward Sustainable Agriculture, Livelihood and Nutritional Security’ organised by the BIRAC’s BioNEST Bio-Incubator Facility, Tura Campus in association with ICAR RC-NEH Region Umiam, IPR Cell, NEHU, and Indian Institute of Sustainability, Gujarat University.
Gujarat Governor Devvrat was the chief guest of the inaugural function. He was accompanied by the First Lady of Gujarat, Darshana Devi.
Vice Chancellor of NEHU, Prof Prabha Shankar Shukla chaired the function.
The syndicate members of Gujarat University were also present representing the Gujarat University, which was followed by lighting of the lamp. According to a statement, student and faculty exchange between the two universities is the part of the MoU.
At the end of his speech, the NEHU VC mentioned that similar to the opening of Gujarat Bhavan in NEHU, a Meghalaya Bhavan will also be opened at Gujarat University.
The vote of thanks was delivered by Sudhanshu Jangir, Director of Indian Institute of sustainability, Gujarat University. Jangir said the MoU signed focuses on mutual cooperation in some significant areas like climate change, cooperation, sustainability, agriculture value chain management and agro processing which could eventually help both the regions to come together towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Goal, 2030.
