Assam Governor distributes award of excellence to Meritorious students
Guwahati, Rongili Barta – Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria presented the Assam Governor’s Award for Excellence to Meritorious students for the year 2023 at a programme held at Gauhati Commerce College here today.It may be noted that the awards were conferred on to Krishna Maheshwari for securing First Class First position in B.Com 2023, Ishika Mahanta First Class First Position in BBA 2022, Krishnakshi Chakravarty First Class Fifth in M.Com 2022, Aditya Sahu First rank in MBA 2022 and Noureen Rahman First rank in MBA 2023.While delivering his speech in the 62nd Foundation Day of Gauhati Commerce College and felicitation program for the meritorious students, Kataria congratulated the students and conveyed his deepest regard to all the teachers. He also thanked the teachers who served the institution since its inception.The Governor said, “I am happy that former Governor of Assam, Shri Jagdish Mukhi ji had started an annual award for meritorious students of educational institutions. This is a commendable step. With this, meritorious students will not only get financial support but also encouragement. The objective of this award is to encourage higher education, appreciate the efforts of the student and inspire other students to come forward and show their commitment”. The Governor said that it is a positive development to see that the girl students are coming forward and attaining a better results. He said that even in Chandrayaan-3 the lady scientists equally contributed to its success. In every field, girls have shown their talent. He said that even in the universities the enrollment of girls outweighs the boys. Kataria said that the role of a teacher is immense. He asked the teachers to search talent in the students and show the right direction to them and mentor them so that they can contribute to the development of the nation and establish the country as Global power and Vishwa Guru. Kataria thanked the principal of the college and acknowledged his role in enabling the college in churning human resources and building a knowledge based society. He also asked him to arrange alumni meet every year and invite all the students who had graduated from the institution so that they can contribute to the development of the college and also motivate the present students to reach greater heights.Kataria on the occasion also announced that Raj Bhavan, Assam would present medals for the first, second and third position holders in all the state universities, central universities and private universities in the state.It may be noted that the award was instituted by the former Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi to give recognition to brilliant minds. For this purpose a grant of Rs.10,000,00 (ten lakh) from the Governor’s discretionary fund was created for six educational institutions including Gauhati Commerce College. The amount is parked in a fixed deposit account and the annual interest accruing from the same would be utilized for Gold Medal being given to the meritorious students of undergraduate and post graduate level. The award aims at encouraging higher education, acknowledging success, appreciating efforts of the student and also to motivate other students to come up and show their resolve.Principal Gauhati Commerce College Dr. Homeshwar Kalita and host of other dignitaries were present on the occasion.