Cotton College to Cotton University, Prestigious Institution in Guwahati: Journey Completed more than a Century

This message is from Sri M.P. Bezbaruah, IAS (R) , 1964 batch alumnus of Cotton College, who was in very important positions in India and abroad.

Dear Shri Chatterjee,
Thank you for introducing Cotton College, my alma mater with history and facts. Cotton College brings back sweet memories of times so long ago!
And how time flies. Only the other day I had attended the Centenary celebration of the college. Everything about Cotton College –the Sudmerson Hall, the Principal’s
Residence, the now demolished Administrative Block— has illustrious history. When Harvard University, also my Alma Mater, celebrated its 350 years in 1986
it had fireworks emblazoning its logo in the sky. Time magazine wrote -Harvard can afford to do that because it rightly belongs there.
I had written that Cotton College also can write its glorious history in the educational sky of India.
regards,
Bezbaruah

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Published by Dr. Shankar Chatterjee

This is Dr Shankar Chatterjee, retired on superannuation from the post of Professor & Head (CPME) from NIRD&PR, an organization of Govt. of India. I have published 32 books (individual and joint) and around 500 plus research papers, articles, letters. In addition, more than 1000 comments/views uploaded in the Digital column of different leading newspapers such as The Times of India, The Hindu etc. I have travelled across India for research studies and for other academic works, also visited Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Eritrea, Italy, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, Namibia, Sri Lanka etc. as resource person. And for other purposes, I was in Austria, Germany, England, China, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Vatican City, Egypt, Yemen, Qatar, etc. In Rome, FAO, my research paper was appreciated and then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Sri Rajsekhar Reddy Sir called me and greeted me. I have represented Assam State Hockey Team in All India Junior National Hockey and acted in a Telugu cinema. In January 2019, I have received Life Time Achievement Award under the banner of International Academic Excellence Awards -2019, from EAST (Environmental Advisory for Sustainable Trust), Tamil Nadu, India.