Assam offers chair to study Bhakti saint’s teachings at PU

Chandigarh, March 31

PU VC Prof Raj Kumar today held a meeting with Principal Secretary, Assam, Maninder Singh, where the latter offered Shrimanta Sankardeva Chair to the university.

The possibility of linking research on various saints during the Bhakti movement with the teaching of Shrimanta Sankardeva was also discussed. Digitisation of sculptures/literature related to Shrimanta Sankardeva and spreading its message through social media and technology is also on the cards.

In the field of bio-technology, mutual collaboration in the way of developing products, processes and services through exploring the flora and fauna of Assam was discussed in detail. Transfer of enabling technologies pan India industry by collaborative research projects, hand holdings, twining arrangements, student internships and faculty exchanges were also deliberated upon.

It was also deliberated that educational and practice workshops on artificial intelligence, machine learning, cyber security, biomedical, IoT and telecommunication be organized for faculty/students of various technical institutions in Assam. — TNS