Senior IPS officer from Assam designated as honorary fellow by IIT’s Center for Indian Knowledge Systems

Guwahati, Nov 17: The Center for Indian Knowledge Systems (CIKS) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati has appointed Dr Parthasarathi Mahanta a senior IPS officer from Assam as an Honorary Fellow.

Dr Mahanta will actively contribute to the institute’s prestigious initiative, the “Pandit Hemchandra Goswami Mission for Popularisation of Science and Assamese Culture.”

This mission, named in honour of the eminent Assamese polymath and cultural icon Pandit Hemchandra Goswami, aims to inspire school and college students in Assam to embrace STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education. Simultaneously, it seeks to deepen their appreciation for Assamese culture, language, and literature.

The project will organize a variety of activities, including workshops and seminars on STEM topics to ignite curiosity and innovation among young minds, cultural events and language programs to celebrate and preserve Assamese heritage and collaborative initiatives with educational institutions to bridge scientific learning and cultural understanding.

Dr. Naba Goswami, a doctor of extraordinary repute in the USA and the grandson of Pandit Hemchandra Goswami and Chairman of Pandit Hemchandra Goswami Foundation, is the founder of this project, while Prof. Uday S. Dixit, Head of the Center for Indian Knowledge Systems, serves as the Principal Investigator of the project.

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