IGNTU-RCMSU puts their grievances to MP Thangso Baite

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KANGPOKPI | Nov 4

Member of parliament, Thangso Baite was apprised about the various challenges faced by the university since its inception in 2009, yesterday at the fresher’s meet of the university in the state.

The MP was attending the fresher’s meet organised by the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University-Regional Campus Manipur Students’ Union ((IGNTU-RCMSU)) as chief guest at the varsity library hall at Makhan village, Kangpokpi district. While, director of Indira Gandhi National Tribal University-Regional Campus Manipur, Ramjeevan Singh Thakur and associate professor and HOD of Pol. Science department, Ngalengnam were guest of honour and president respectively.

The main programme of the event was introduction of fresher, followed by performance of various cultural dance and music and a feast. Lunkholen Baite of Political Science department and Lhingneineng of Computer department were declared Mr and Miss Fresher’s 2017.

During the programme, IGNTU-RCMSU submitted a memorandum to the MP to address their grievances in the interest of the tribal students of the state in particular and the student community as whole. The memorandum was duly signed by the president of student body, Haokhomang Chongloi and general Secretary, Waingir Chothe and it highlighted that the tribal students in the state saw the light of the day after years of demand for establishment of a tribal university when Indira Gandhi National Tribal University-Regional Campus Manipur was established in 2009.

It said that though the demand could not be met in the form of full-fledged autonomous university, the government finally considered by way of regional campus Manipur which is the extension of Indira Gandhi National Tribal University based in Madhya Pradesh. It started its beginning by renting structures at Adimjati Complex until it was shifted to the present university campus at Makhan in Kangpokpi district in March.

It continued that the university regional campus Manipur is run by Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Madhya Pradesh through a temporary director appointed on deputation from time to time with lots of infrastructural deficits.

In the memorandum, the student union has demanded for appointment of full-time director for the regional campus Manipur with greater financial autonomy. It also mentioned about the inconvenience of distance in relying on the head office even for a petty issue every now and then. Other demands included construction of hostels and staff quarters, opening of new departments and appointment of full staffs and reservation policy.

While conveying the failure of several representations submitted to the authority concerned in the past, the student body has appealed the MP to look into the pressing demands and address the infrastructural deficits of the university at the earliest.