Talent hunt

Students of IIT Guwahati have launched an initiative to find and nurture talent at a national level in a bid to improve analytical and reasoning abilities and instil a sense of scientific inquisitiveness among schoolchildren. Titled Technothlon — The National School Championship, the event is part of the institute’s annual techno-management festival Techniche aimed at students from Classes IX to XII.

Felicitated

The Association of Past and Present Office-Bearers of Cotton College Union Society felicitated Dhrubajyoti Saikia after he took charge as the first vice-chancellor of Cotton College State University on June 1.

Workshop

The Directorate of Distance Education, Dibrugarh University, will organise a seven-day workshop on Development of Self-learning on the university campus at Dibrugarh from June 12.

Programme

Royal Group of Institutions has organised a two-week AICTE-sponsored faculty development programme on contemporary and modern approaches of teaching management students on its premises in Guwahati from Monday.

Boarders’ meet

Hostel no 4 of Gauhati Medical College will organise its first get-together of former and present boarders on September 2. Boarders can log on to www.gmchostelII4.org to get details of the programme.