An Appeal

Hello Everybody, To celebrate the auspicious memory of Dr. Madhab Chandra Bora, a well-renowned professor of Engineering, Computer Science and Business of Assam, who passed away in an accident almost two years ago, I am in the process of planning for a First World Conference at Tezpur University in mid December 2007 (tentative). Already, I have had discussions with many people here and there; the responses have been overwhelming.

At this moment, I have an impression that Tezpur University, EDC of Cotton College, AFNA (North America), ATDC of Assam, a few select Universities in the USA and India, a few NGOs like AID, C-NES, NorthEastIndia Group etc., are prepared to assist in organizing the conference. Soon, I will need a few people to co-ordinate the various activities. Also, I need help from each one of us to make it happen. We need to identify a Keynote speaker and prepare a Call for Papers from participants and presenters. Here are my thoughts on the themes the conference should focus on:

Theme 1: There is a demand for knowledge on the environment to meet both educational and professional needs. Areas in which more training is greatly needed are science and technology generally; technology assessment; environmental impact assessment; environmental management and sustainable development; environmental chemistry; environmental engineering; physical planning and the development of geographic information systems; and information and communications technology.

Theme 2: Widening access and Partnership with local communities in higher education for sustainable development among underrepresented groups and meeting the challenges of multi-cultural societies and globalization.

If anyone is interested to present papers or participate, please feel free to send me an email with your abstract. Soon, we will host the conference web site with more and updated information.

Thanks

Vavani Sarmah Philadelphia 408-891-6687(Cell)