National seminar on Ethnography, Historiography & NE held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 26 2017:
A two-day National seminar on Ethnography, Historiography & North East India was inaugurated today in the Committee Room of Vice-Chancellor's Secretariat, Manipur University .
The seminar is jointly organised by the Asiatic Society, Kolkata and the Department of History, Manipur University.
Prof Adya Prasad Pandey, Vice- Chancellor, MU; Dr Satyabrata Chakarabarti, general secretary, the Asiatic Society, Kolkata and Prof N Lokendra Singh, Dean, School of Social Sciences, MU graced the inaugural function as chief guest, guest of honour and president respectively .
Speaking at the occasion, Prof Pandey maintained that Manipur is well known for its ancient, medieval and modern history in the book of world history .
He asserted that historians, scholars and teachers should work together to protect, preserve and popularise the cultural heritage of Manipur .
Many parts of the country and the world are not aware of the historical events, achievement, ancient architecture, historical monuments and cultural richness of Manipur .
He observed that such kind of seminars would send some historical messages to the community, society and the Nation as a whole .
Dr Chakarbarti narrated the historical background, past glory of the Asiatic Society, which was originated during the British regime .
He stated that Asiatic Society, Kolkata is one of the oldest functional societies in the country .
Deliberating on the socio-economic and political scenario of North East India, Prof Lokendra stated that since the last many decades academicians especially from the North East region have been re-evaluating and reassessing the historical artefacts of the region which is a good sign for further research on the subject .
The function began with welcome speech given by Prof L Kunjeswori Devi, Head, Department of History, MU followed by presentation of the theme of the seminar by Dr H Sudhir Kumar Singh .
The seminar concluded with vote of thanks proposed by S Tezbanta, Research Scholar, Department of History, MU.