{"id":281187,"date":"2026-04-15T00:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=281187"},"modified":"2026-04-15T00:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:45:15","slug":"book-on-ne-india-launched-to-commemorate-dr-ambedkar-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/book-on-ne-india-launched-to-commemorate-dr-ambedkar-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Book on NE India launched to commemorate Dr Ambedkar anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>RONO HILLS, 14 Apr:<\/strong> The Rajiv Gandhi University Research Scholars Forum (RGURSF) on Tuesday launched a book titled Northeast IndiaBeyond: Past, Present and Future &#8211; a compilation of scholarly works presented during the international seminar held in November last year at RGU.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event was organised to commemorate the 135th birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar, the principal architect of the Constitution of India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The book has been edited by Dr Lokpa Tamang, Linko Niya, Mridupaban Saikia, Nana Nabom, Annu Tamang, Pema Dorjee Sharjo,and Likha Tadh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Tamang stated that 198 submissions were received, out of which 28 papers were carefully selected for inclusion in the book. The book is now available for purchase through Amazon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">RGU Joint Registrar Dr David Pertin described the initiative as a progressive step towards achieving higher academic goals, and referred to research scholars as the &#8220;minds of minds,&#8221; encouraging them to pursue more rigorous and impactful research.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that the commemoration of one of the principal architects of the Constitution was not only an academic and literary milestone &#8220;but also a vital contribution to future scholars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Assistant Professor Dr Arvind Kumar Pal highlighted the academic principle of &#8220;publish or perish,&#8221; emphasising the importance of contributing to and expanding existing knowledge. He further stressed the need for increased research in Northeast India to document the region&#8217;s unexplored dimensions and bring its unknown aspects into the realm of the known.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">RGURSF president Tagru Talu described the occasion as a celebration ofknowledge and scholarly achievement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RONO HILLS, 14 Apr: The Rajiv Gandhi University Research Scholars Forum (RGURSF) on Tuesday launched a book titled Northeast IndiaBeyond: Past, Present and Future &#8211; a compilation of scholarly works presented during the international seminar held in November last year at RGU. The event was organised to commemorate the 135th birth anniversary of Dr BR [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-281187","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281204,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281187\/revisions\/281204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}