Brahmaputra Studies Centre in GU

Update: 2010-09-15 00:00 GMT

GUWAHATI, March 30 � Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Dr Jitendra Singh today said the Central government would finance a Centre for Brahmaputra Studies in the Gauhati University (GU).

Dr Singh, who was addressing the 25th convocation of GU here, also underlined the need for setting up a centre for organic studies for the benefit of certain regions of the country, like the NE.

There was also the need to set up a department in the universities like GU for studying matters related with the topography of the NE region, he said.

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