Grand rally marks the inauguration of Silver Jubilee Celebration of Ramanuj Gupta Jr College

way2barak, Nov.13: A grand rally on Sunday morning was taken out from Ramanuj Gupta Junior College (RGJC), Silchar to mark the formal inauguration of the year long Silver Jubilee Celebration of this premier educational institution of not only Silchar or Barak Valley but of entire Assam. The Flags of Ramanuj Gupta Memorial Charitable Trust and its flagship institution “Ramanuj Gupta Junior College” (presently Ramanuj Gupta Senior Secondary School), Ramanuj Vidyamandir and Ramanuj Gupta Degree College were unfurled by Rudra Narayan Gupta, Purnadip Chanda, Diptiman Biswas respectively in the presence of teachers, students, staff, guardians.

The rally began at 7 AM on Sunday from the college premises and went at Rangirkhari point. There the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was garlanded by Rudra Narayan Gupta in presence of the teachers and students. From there, the rally went through the heart of the town and culminated at DSA Silchar. Eminent citizens, alumni, students of Ramanuj Gupta Junior College, Ramanuj Gupta Degree College, Ramanuj Vidyamandir, present and former teachers, staff, family members of Late Ramanuj Gupta and other well-wishers participated in the grand rally. Around 1,500 persons took part in the Silver Jubilee Rally. At DSA ground, dozens of balloons were released and the sky gave a colourful look.

Rudra Narayan Gupta, President of Ramanuj Gupta Memorial Charitable Trust said, “The inaugural rally on 13 November will be followed by a grand ceremony at Rajiv Bhawan on 14 November. The programme will begin at 2 PM and will comprise of felicitation of past and present teachers of RGJC, guardians whose wards studied in the 1st batch, students who carved a niche for the institution and others who stood like a rock behind the founder Dr Rahul Gupta during the established of the college. This session will be graced by Parimal Suklabaidya, Minister of Transport, Excise & Fisheries, Government of Assam and Silchar MP Dr Rajdeep Roy. The stage will be dedicated in the fond memory of Late Biswajit Ghosh, the mathematics wizard who lost his life a few months ago in a road mishap.”

Rudra Gupta further stated that, “The journey which began in 1998 with just 30 students (1st batch) is now marching ahead in its truest stride. It’s Ramanuj Gupta Junior College, which as a pioneer in the private sector of 10+2 studies in Barak Valley introduced the concept of Students uniform for the 1st time. Also, it is Ramanuj College, thar for the first time introduced the concept of weekly test, which is one of the key to the success of the Institution. As of now, since the foundation of the college, a total of 46 students have secured rank in the HS Final Examination conducted by Assam higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC). Further, 3 students till now has secured the 1st position in the state. They are: Rajdeep Das (1st rank in Science), Samkhya Chakraborty (1st Rank in Science) and Jugal Kishore Rathi (1st Rank in Commerce). In the last 24 years, around 10,000 students successfully passed out from this institution. From our database we have unearthed that till now, around 1000 students have been employed in many places as Engineers; we have around 300 doctors now who are Ramnujanians and also a huge number of students employed in administrative jobs around the world.”

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