| DoNER minister tells varsity students to abide by law | ||
Imphal, Jan 12 : DoNER minister B.K. Handique urged the teaching community to tackle the problems in Manipur “without fear” and asked graduating students to “stay committed” to the obligation of upholding the law. Addressing the 11th convocation of Manipur University at the centenary hall in Canchipur of Imphal West, Handique said the primary task of the teaching community was to impart knowledge in the true perspective. The students were advised to become morally good and work for sustainable development. The DoNER minister’s call to the teachers and students of the university to take the bull by the horns came in the backdrop of the chaotic situation and lawlessness in Manipur. On his arrival at Imphal airport yesterday, Handique said the Northeast was the only region in the country where turbulence and violence ruled the roost. Handique, in his hourlong speech today, touched on the challenges because of the increase in population, depleting natural resources, changes in the environment, which resulted in the extinction of species and global warming. “Sustainable development of bio-diversity of ecology is a must. The university should achieve this. It should also have the capacity to form judgement on opinions through discussions. To achieve all these, the most important task is human development,” he said. Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh, who also attended the meeting, urged the university to take bold steps to find solutions to the problems faced by the state and also work towards peace and prosperity. Manipur University, a central one, will introduce three more departments of sociology, environmental science and foreign languages in the future. The university now has 27 departments. Of the three, the foreign language department will come first. “Appointment of teachers and infrastructure development will be completed this year. We are planning to open the session for foreign languages next year. The faculty will first teach Korean and Japanese. More foreign languages will be introduced,” said C. Amuba, the vice-chancellor of the university. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the convocation, Handique assured the students that he would look into their demand to shift the Assam Rifles post from the university campus elsewhere. Chancellor P.N. Shrivastava, who also attended the programme, told reporters that he would also look into the matter. The chancellor appealed to all groups not to repeat the act of killing economics professor of the university, Md Islamuddin, in May 2007 by cadres of the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup on the campus. “The killing of a professor on the campus is unthinkable,” he said. |
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