Dibrugarh deputy commissioner G.D. Tripathi at the science exhibition organised by Don Bosco School on Friday. Picture by Eastern Projections

The anchalik committees of Biswanath Chariali and Na Duar of All Bodo Students’ Union organised a career and personality development programme for youths.

The programme at Chatia College in Sonitpur district was inaugurated on August 16 by Absu president Pramod Boro. The programme was moderated by the president of Absu’s Sonitpur unit, Chunilal Basumatary.

Sangrang Brahma and J.D.H. Basumatary of the Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar and Ranjan K. Baruah, a youth activist from Guwahati, participated as resource persons. They discussed threadbare various methods to select careers and ways to collect information from diverse sources.

“I am eager to appear for the APSC examination but whenever I hear about the anomalies and corruption within the department, I feel frustrated,” Mijingsha Basumatary, a student who wants to appear in the state’s civil service examinations, said.

While urging the students not to lose hope and write the examination with confidence, Baruah explained how the Right to Information Act helps one review answerscripts after a test conducted by any government in the country.

Boro appealed to the youths to help build a good society through constructive work. Laying emphasis on farming and other agricultural activities, he said that a great deal can be done for the economic uplift of the individual and society.

Hail Marians

Maria’s Public School Guwahati was adjudged the Second Best School at an International Festival on History and Civics organised by City Montessori School, Lucknow, from August 11 to 14

Fifty-five schools from across the world participated in the event. The Marians bagged prizes in five out of seven competitive events that included quiz, speech contest, elocution, group discussions and multi-media presentations.

The team comprised Ayesha Saikia, Alokrita Baruah, Rhea Mahanta, Radhika Goswami, Prayashi Bora, Harsha Kutum and Anidrita Saikia led by faculty members Mausumi Mahanta and Nandita Baruah.

Dibrugarh deputy commissioner G.D. Tripathi at the science exhibition organised by Don Bosco School on Friday. Picture by Eastern Projections

CHIT CHAT

The Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) Council of ICFAI University, Tripura, organised a seminar on Investment Strategy in a Volatile Market at Sukanta Academy, Agartala, on Friday to help students learn about various options available to investors.

The vice-chancellor of the university, R.K. Patnaik, said the CFA programme is a unique postgraduate programme covering financial markets, financial analysis, and valuation of assets, portfolio management, mutual funds and professional ethics.

The chief manager of Cygnus Business Consulting and Research Private Ltd, Hyderabad, Pranay Kumar, spoke on the investment scenario in India that has witnessed enormous volatility as equity markets that were low before March have now jumped by 90 per cent.