Imphal: Prof. Paonam Gunindro Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Manipur University of Culture (MUC) along with Devendra Sharma, Advisor, Ministry of Culture and two others called on the Governor at Raj Bhavan Friday evening and requested her to extend support in establishing a permanent campus of the university.
Prof. Gunindro highlighted the activities of the university in nurturing the students by conducting cultural exchange programmes and workshops besides normal classes in the rented campus. He said, being one of the three cultural universities in the country, MUC has been engaged in exchanging cultural aspects with some foreign universities from Thailand and Bangladesh. An MoU was signed with a University of Thailand in February last. He requested the Governor to extend support in the development of a permanent campus of the University with a good physical infrastructure.
Governor assured the team to extend her support in the development of a permanent campus of MUC and asked them to submit a proposal for the same.
Earlier, Brigadier S.R. Sharma, Group Commander, NCC, Imphal called on Governor of Manipur Miss Anusuiya Uikey at Raj Bhavan this evening and apprised of the activities taken up for training NCC cadets in the State. Brig. Sharma highlighted various activities associated with the training of about 7,250 NCC cadets in 15 districts.
He said with the motto of unity and discipline, NCC has conducted awareness programmes across the State to instil the sense of nationalism and nation building amongst the youth in the State. He said the NCC Headquarters in Imphal has to be developed as an Academy for which proposal has already been submitted to the State government through the Education Commissioner. He requested the Governor to extend support in this regard.
The Governor while appreciating the role of NCC in nation building and social work, said, through NCC, NSS and other such platforms, the sense of nationalism can be developed amongst the youth. She asked the Group Commander to submit his proposal to the Education Minister and assured him to extend support from her side.
Ashok Prasad Sahu, Secretary, All Manipur Teli Association along with some members of the Association also called on the Governor at Raj Bhavan on the same day and submitted a memorandum requesting for her support in addressing their grievances.
Sahu informed the Governor about the grievances faced by the Teli community in many aspects of life. He requested the Governor for extending support for the development of the community. Governor while giving a patient hearing, assured them to extend her support in the best interest of the community.
Representatives of Kalyam Ashram led by Jagdamba Mall, Sampark Pramukh along with three other members also met with the Governor this evening at Raj Bhavan and apprised of the various activities taken by the Ashram for the betterment of the society.
They highlighted their initiatives on education, social & cultural awareness, health and sports through programmes of national integration. Governor appreciated their commitment towards national integration and betterment of the society.
