GUWAHATI, Jan 27 - North East Graduate Congress (NEGC), a flagship programme of ERD Foundation will commence in the University of Science & Technology, Meghalaya (USTM) for the sixth time from February 15 to 17 next with an expected participation of more than 10,000 students from 300 colleges in the North East, a press release said.
The event will be inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Prof DP Agarwal, former Chairman, UPSC. The three day-long event will be attended by youth icons, intellectuals, academia, cultural and sports icons, politicians and motivational speakers.
The main thrust of NEGC is to facilitate the aspiring and budding youth to have direct interactive sessions with renowned academicians, educationists, industrialists and entrepreneurs of national and international repute in a single platform enabling them to shape and mould their career.
The session on Competitive Examinations will be addressed by Prof DP Agarwal, former Chairman, UPSC, while a panel discussion on �Youth, Politics and Corruption� would be addressed by Ms Ruchi Gupta, AICC Jt Secy; Vijaya Rahatkar, National President of BJP Mahila Morcha and others. A separate session will be addressed by Hardik Patel, youth leader, Kanhaiya Kumar, leader of All India Students Federation and Jignesh Mevani, a young politician from Gujarat. Reputed motivational trainer Thomas John Rose is going to address the session on personality development and soft skills.
