Tezpur University adjudged year's best Central university

Tezpur, February 29 (PTI):  Tezpur University in Assam has been adjudged as the best Central University in the country this year by the Ministry of Human Resources Development.

  According to Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, this will provide a big push to the university, as well as to the state's education sector. It had been Gogoi who had persuaded Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister, to set up two Central universities in the state, at Tezpur, and at Silchar. This made him even more glad of the university's win of the prestigious award, he said in a February 27 statement, according to PTI. "It is rare to find two Central Varsities in any state. I am grateful to Rajivji for heeding to my plea for two Central Varsities in Assam," said Gogoi.   The Chief MInister congratulated the students of Tezpur University, along with its teaching and non-teaching staff, from both past and present and the current Vice Chancellor, Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri, for bagging the award. President Pranab Mukherjee will be presenting the award to the university on March 14. Hyderabad Central University had bagged the best Central University award last year.