The Hindu : City hospitality bowls over North East students

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Monday, Jan 19, 2004

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Andhra Pradesh

City hospitality bowls over North East students

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, JAN. 18. A team of students from the North Eastern States were full of praise for the city and the hospitality extended by the families here.

As many as 40 students from Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya and also Sikkim and Darjeeling came to the city as part of the Students' Experience in Inter-State Living project (SEIL) for a three-day tour on Thursday. Students who have been staying with some select families in various parts of the city visited Osmania Univeristy on Saturday.

The Registrar, Mutha Reddi, felicitated the visiting students. Responding to the felicitations, students Anishrai (Sikkim) and Dicky (Mizoram) said that Hyderabad was a beautiful city and they were happy to visit the historic university.

The North Eastern States' students wanted universities from this part of the country to extend higher education to them through various means and they hoped Osmania University would take the lead.

Ms. Dicky said that their hosts had been affectionate and that they were able to forge bonds with people here though they were geographically far away from the city. She said that they would share their experience with people back home.

Mr.Mutha Reddi emphasised that SEIL project was a tool for national integration. When students developed proper understanding of different cultures in the country, they would play a meaningful role in shaping the future of the nation.

The function was presided over by Students Affairs Dean, Shankar. SEIL coordinator Uppal Choudhary, the ABVP field coordinator, P.Chandrasekhar, State Coordinator V.Narendar, faculty members and student leaders spoke.

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