VP Radhakrishnan Lays Foundation for Gauhati University's Growth

The inauguration of the construction of infrastructural projects worth ₹110 crore has taken place recently at Gauhati University. This includes the construction of the academic block, a boys’ hostel and an international hostel, along with the renovation of the auditorium and the library at Gauhati University campus. While talking about it, he mentioned that Gauhati University was founded on 26 January 1948 as the first university of Northeast India and was made possible because of the efforts of many great leaders like Gopinath Bordoloi, who was awarded the Bharat Ratna.

Infrastructure Push Aims to Strengthen Campus Facilities

The Vice President highlighted the research that was being carried out by the university on the Brahmaputra Basin, endangered languages, women's studies, and sustainability issues, describing the river as an ecological and civilizational force. The Vice President also welcomed the translation of literature in Assamese and Tamil to each other as a representation of the country’s cultural oneness amidst linguistic plurality.

Books Released, Students Urged to Avoid Drugs

The Radhakrishnan authored two books on this occasion; one of them is about Bhupen Hazarika, who is an Assamese singer, whereas the second book is the updated version of the Chandrakanta Abhidhan, which is an Assamese dictionary. According to him, there is an increasing trend of women's participation in higher education, from 1.57 crore in 2014-15 to 2.24 crore in 2023-24, and this success is due to the formation of various institutions, including IITs and AIIMS, formed by the present government. He took an oath from the students against substance abuse.

-Ishita Ranjan