NEC inks pact with IIFT
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Shillong, May 22 2019:
The
North Eastern Council (NEC)
will now be developed into a
state of the art resource centre
and to go about this, the
Council has signed a
Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with
the Indian Institute of Foreign
Trade (IIFT), New Delhi.
The MoU was signed by
NEC Secretary, Ram
Muivah and Prof K
Rangarajan on behalf of
IIFT at presence of officials from NEC and IIFT, Kolkata.
The collaboration will enable the setting up of the Centre
for North Eastern Studies (CeNEST) at the IIFT Kolkata
Campus in a partnership model between the NEC and IIFT.
The Centre will facilitate the North Eastern States in policy
making, strategic planning and effective implementation of
various trade promotion schemes; undertake research and
analysis on issues relating to international trade and business,
capacity building and serve as a knowledge partner.
This will help the States in exploiting the potentials of
exports of the products from the region and promote innovations
in business.
The newly developed website of (CeNEST) was also officially
inaugurated and launched by Ram Muivah on the
occasion.