Minister of Higher and Technical Education (H&TE), Temjen Imna Along Longkumer stated “digital transformation is the future that we all need to be prepared for”, on April 14 at NIIT Dimapur.
A press release from NIIT Dimapur head of center, Daniel Changkiri stated that, the minister said this while speaking at the 19th foundation day of NIIT Dimapur center as the chief guest. Temjen stated that Nagas needed to shed narrow-mindedness to embrace change in this ever changing world and the advancements being made through technologies. NIIT is the right platform to provide the much needed skills for the students to get national & international exposure, he said.
After exhorting the NIITians to seriously skill themselves constantly, he appreciated the NIIT team, for keeping itself updated with the latest technologies. Congratulating the NIIT Dimapur center team for its 18 years of hard work in building Nagaland, the minister asked for its expansion to other districts of Nagaland, besides opening a call center to employ the youth of Nagaland. He also advised NIIT to open a university in Nagaland for high-end technology education. Along also showed his willingness to work with NIIT for any project which could benefit the youth of Nagaland.
He also congratulated Ajay Sethi, managing director of NIIT Dimapur center for his 18 years of dedicated service in providing education for the welfare of Nagaland.
Ajay Sethi, MD, NIIT Dimapur reminisced about his team’s achievements in the last 18 years during his welcome address. “Freshest Technology First” being NIIT’s motto, NIIT Dimapur has undergone 11 curriculum changes to train approximately 25,000 NIITians of Nagaland while partnering with 16 institutions of Nagaland & employing almost all the major tribes of Nagaland & major communities of India at one or the other time, the release added.
Speaking on the occasion, Om Prakash Sethi, president, Marwari Samaj cited various ways through which Jain Samaj contributed for the welfare of Nagas in general. Abea Mero, an entrepreneur & social worker, besides being the vice-president of NDPP, said that employed or unemployed, self-employment was the need of the hour because government jobs were saturated. Principal of S. D. Jain Hr. Sec. School, Reji Abraham shared his pleasant experiences when he used to study at NIIT Dimapur 15 years ago.
GNIITian Myingthunglo Y. Ezung, fresher Mazir Abdin Talukdar & Meriseno Kannao, and faculty members also spoke on the occasion. Mughato Swu offered the vote of thanks.