Tetso College welcomes 650 freshers

Minister Temjen Imna Along takes a selfie with students during the 25th Fresher’s Day of Tetso College held on August 31. (Photo Courtesy: Tetso College)
 

Dimapur, August 31 (MExN): Tetso College, Dimapur held its 25th Fresher’s Day ‘Salvete 2019’ on August 31 with Minister of Higher & Technical Education & Tribal Affairs, Temjen Imna Along as the special guest. The event was attended by members of the newly formed Private College Association Nagaland (PCAN) and other dignitaries stated a press release issued by the College. 

Minister Temjen Imna Along brought in his address requested the Freshers to each plant a tree and tag him on Instagram and also asked the teachers and seniors to help handicapped people for the Prime Minister’s Birthday. He also requested the management of Tetso College to make their campus plastic free.

This was immediately followed by a public commitment on stage from the Principal Dr PS Lorin, who received a resounding “Yes” from the Tetso community to make Tetso College campus plastic free. 

Director of Tetso College, Kvulo Lorin welcomed the students and announced that approximately 650 students from all districts of Nagaland and neighbouring states joined Tetso College this year with two rank holders, one joining BCom Accountancy & Finance and the other pursuing honours in BA English. The College has awarded scholarships worth 34 Lakhs to 60 students this year including need-based scholarships.

SP Francis , Vice President of Private College Association Nagaland (PCAN) brought greetings from PCAN and also announced the conduct of an inter-college sports meet to be held in the late part of January. 

The event was hosted by Akumnaro Ozukum of BA 5th Semester and invocation by Ahile Seb, President of EU. Performances included Million Dreams by Nokmachiba, B.A. 1st Sem and an instrumental piece titled Wind of Change. Yavisau Ekaterina Sekhose of MA 1st Semester (Eng) delivered the speech on behalf of the Freshers.