Assam Stanford University ties up

Updated on: Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, while inaugurating the Institute of Research and Documentation of Indigenous Studies (IRDIS), said that “Assam has tied up with Stanford University in the US for documenting the rich culture, traditional knowledge, customs and indigenous practices of various communities in the state.” He further stated that "the institute has been conceived to carry out research and documentation on indigenous practices of ethnic and indigenous communities in the state. The tribal and indigenous communities of Assam are very rich in culture, customs, traditional knowledge and practices,”

Gogoi added, “All this needs to be researched and documented for posterity of the communities and IRDIS will go into multidisciplinary research in collaboration with Stanford University on documentation of the diverse ethnic and indigenous communities of the state, which will, in turn, empower the communities socially, economically and culturally."

IRDIS and the Stanford University would work in close partnership for designing and implementing multidisciplinary research and documentation projects for the empowerment of the communities, and for preservation of their traditional and indigenous knowledge and practices.

Assam Stanford University ties up

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