International students visit TU under Rotary Youth Exchange Programme

HT Correspondent
TEZPUR, Oct 13: With a two-day long visit programme, 11 students from different countries visited Tezpur University on Wednesday and Thursday, under the Rotary Youth Exchange Programme. Students aged between 15 to 19 years hailing from abroad including Japan, Spain, Brazil, France, Italy and Germany gained first-hand experience at Tezpur University. Through this exchange programme of the Rotary Club, the students also received the chance of visiting new places, exchanging creative ideas and developing long-lasting friendships.
‘Rotary International District-3240’ has been facilitating the international students under the Rotary Youth Exchange programme since 1929.
It needs to be mentioned here that Sobha Nahar and Neelesh Kumar Agarwal, members of Rotary International, have been guiding the foreign students in India that started in Pune. An interaction programme between the international students, students of Tezpur University and the university fraternity at the Council Hall of Tezpur University was organised which started with the welcome note by Prof. Manabendra Mandal, dean, Student’s Welfare while Prof. Dhruba Kumar Bhattacharrya, vice-chancellor (in-charge) addressed the gathering and felicitated the international students with a phulam gamosa. Dr. Biren Das, registrar, explained the genesis of the programme and welcomed the international students to Tezpur University.
Prof. Farheena Danta, dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, introduced the various programmes offered by the school to the visiting students. Prof. Prasanta K. Das, director, International Students Office, spoke about the various international students studying at the university.
A few visiting students shared their experiences about the university and Indian culture. They were delighted to encounter the plural cultural landscape of India and picked up a few Hindi and Assamese words on the way.
The interactive session ended with an address by Dr. Nabin Sharma, associate dean, Students Welfare and the ceremonial vote of thanks by Dr. Juri Gogoi Konwar, associate dean, Students’ Welfare. The event was hosted by Anamika Nath, a research scholar at the university. After the interactive session, the international students visited the various installations including the museums and innovation centre on the university campus. The visiting students expressed their delight at the state-of-the-art campus and facilities of Tezpur University and the congenial teacher student relationship.