Handicraft fairs

Crafts fair 2004 at the Assam Engineering Institute, Chandmari, till Friday. An eight-day Arun crafts mela, organised by the Kadorna welfare centre of Itanagar, from February 17 to 24 at NEDFi Haat, Guwahati.

Talks

Prem Saran, commissioner, government of Assam, will speak on Assam in the National Imaginary: From Liminality to Centrestage on Wednesday at 3 pm at Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change, Guwahati. Geeta Talukdar, human geneticist and Prof. Emeritus, department of pathology, Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, Calcutta, will address students at Dibrugarh University on February 16. Call 0373-2370252.

Conferences

The 24th conference of Purbanchal Tai Sahitya Sabha at Swahid Kushal Konwar Khetra, Sarupathar, from February 12 to 15. A three-day international conference on organic food, organised by the centre for agriculture and rural development at Barapani, Meghalaya, from February 15. The sixth annual conference of the North Eastern Economic Association, organised by Dibrugarh University, till Wednesday.

Seminars

A seminar on Total Liquor Prohibition Policy on February 26 at the Zonal Council Hall, Kohima, from 11 am. Workshop on tie-and- dye/batik, organised by Ongkar, Centre for Creative Arts, Jorhat, till February 14. For details call 0376-2329382.