Foundation laid for AJ Saikia Centre for Peace Studies at USTM Khanapara: The University of Science & Technology Meghalaya ...
Khanapara: The University of Science
& Technology Meghalaya will be intensively working on peace research and
studies through a full-fledged peace studies centre, the foundation for which
was laid yesterday at the University campus. The Anwar Jahanara Saikia Centre
for Peace Studies was laid at USTM by Prof. Yasmin Saikia, Hardt-Nickachos
Chair in Peace Studies and Prof
Chad Hanes, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Arizona
State University USA. Prof
Saikia has
also extended support of Rs 1 crore to USTM to develop the Peace Centre.
Named after the parents of Prof Yasmin Saikia, the
Peace Centre will mainly focus on the northeastern region of India and diverse communities. The occasion was graced by USTM Chancellor Mahbubul
Hoque, Vice Chancellor Prof. G.D. Sharma, Dr.
N.P. Chaubey, General Secretary of the Indian Social Science Academy, apart
from Deans of various Schools, HODs of
Various Departments, Directors, Senior Professors and Students.
Speaking on this occasion, Prof Yasmin Saikia said, “Peace is not a constant in our lives. It is something wished for but unrealised. Research on related fields of labour and social issues, social justice, gender and minority rights, refugee study and so on produce new scholarships on peace history. We want to develop a Centre for Peace Studies at USTM, particularly focusing on the North East and its diverse communities”. She also appreciated the entire USTM family for taking such an appreciable step to set up a peace research centre at the University.
Chancellor M Hoque in his welcome
address expressed his gratitude to Prof. Yasmin Saikia and her family for
voluntarily sponsoring the construction of the Centre for Peace Studies at
USTM.
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