With the objective to work together in the field of literature, culture, heritage, diversity and ethnicity in the north-eastern region and to carry out documentation and research work on indigenous languages, the Asom Sahitya Sabha – the apex literary body of Assam – signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Science & Technology, Meghalaya (USTM) on Friday, September 28.
The MoU was signed by Dr Paramananda Rajbongshi, President of Asom Sahitya Sabha and Mahbubul Hoque, Chancellor of USTM.
According to the MoU, the Sabha and USTM will jointly organise workshops, seminars, symposia on language, literature and culture on mutual consultation and will honour literary stalwarts and achievers from time to time to encourage and inculcate literary culture among the future generations. Moreover, USTM will offer two fellowships for researchers at the initial stage to carry out research on the life of two literary stalwarts of Assam—Dr Maheswar Neog and Syed Abdul Malik.
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According to the MoU, special importance will be given to Char areas, the Barak Valley and other economically underdeveloped areas, including some areas of Meghalaya where the two organizations will take up developmental activities within their capacity.
A host of literary and academic personalities, including former Asom Sahitya Sabha president Dr Dhruba Jyoti Borah, Prof Nirmal Kumar Choudhury, former Vice Chancellor of Gauhati University, RS Mooshahary, former Governor of Meghalaya and prominent litterateurs and members of Sabha, as well as academicians from USTM were present on the occasion. During the event, 100 USTM employees enrolled as lifetime members of the Asom Sahitya Sabha.