HT Correspondent
Tezpur, Sept 22: Tezpur University aims to contribute to developing rural areas in the State, and the region by working closely with Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world’s largest technical professional organisation under its Smart Village (SV) initiative. In an event held on Wednesday, the IEEE Smart Village Unit of Tezpur University hosted an international meeting for implementing Smart Village goals with an aim to generate sustainability in terms of employment and income in rural areas.
The vice-chancellor of the University delivered the inaugural address, and spoke on the theme of the meeting. Dr. Rajan Kapur, senior vice-president, IEEE Smart Village, USA initiated the discussion by speaking on establishing a regional hub at Tezpur University to integrate the educational institutes in North-East India to contribute to the global goals. He introduced the initiative to the participants, and said that we need to provide solutions and not mere advice in order to develop sustainable villages. The IEEE Smart Village goals aim to create better livelihood for the underprivileged sections of the society, and by gathering global expertise, the institutes can solve problems for them. Sanjay Patki, Chair, South Asia Working Group, IEEE Smart Village, stressed on the importance of energy, education, and enterprise in creating better conditions in the villages of India.
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Prof. D. C. Baruah, IEEE SV member from Tezpur University presented the plans of the University to develop Jhawani-3 village in Sonitpur by working with the IEEE SV Group, and invited the students to participate in the initiative by applying their concepts to technological and managerial problems. The IEEE delegates for the meeting. Prof. Sashi Kottayil. Prof. Akshay Kumar Rathore, Girish Khilari and Ashok Vittal spoke on travel grants, projects and various opportunities for the students to be part of the initiative.
The meeting resolved to initiate a networking of educational institutes in the region to contribute to the goals, and work in collaboration among themselves to create smart villages in the region. Prof. Bhabesh Deka and Dr. Rupam Goswami, Tezpur University IEEE Student Branch Faculty Team, coordinated with the students to discuss their queries on the initiative and sought recommendations from the delegates.
