Staff Reporter
ITANAGAR, 21 Jul: Social Justice & Empowerment and Tribal Affairs (SJETA) Secretary Abu Tayeng, along with SJETA Director Yumlam Kaha and other officials, on Friday visited the department’s under-construction Tribal Research Institute (TRI) and directorate office in Senki Park here.
The TRI is funded by the tribal affairs ministry.
The site engineers briefed the secretary on the project and the progress made so far.
Speaking to the media later, Tayeng expressed hope that the construction of the institute and the office would be completed soon.
Once it starts functioning, the TRI will carry out various activities, such as research studies, evaluation studies, training progra-mmes, seminars and workshops, besides organising tribal festivals, conducting baseline surveys, issuing publications, making documentaries, and conducting exchange programmes.
As part of the process to establish the institute, the SJETA had signed a memorandum of understanding with Rajiv Gandhi University in September 2019.
