Presidency College Motbung celebrates 40th Foundation Day

KANGPOKPI, February 23, 2013: Presidency College Motbung today celebrated its 40^th Foundation day at its Jubilee Hall, Motbung.

The celebration function was organized by The Students’ Union Presidency College, Motbung.

Ngamthang Haokip, Minister IFCD/Printing & Stationery, Govt.of Manipur, Shri. Kh. Divendra Singh, MLA 16-Sekmai AC and Smt. Dr. T. Gangte, Principal Presidency College Motbung attended the celebration function as Chief Guest, Guest of Honour and Functional President respectively.

Representatives of Motbung Village Authority, KSO-SH, TSA-SH and some renowned Kuki artiste also attended the function.

Addressing a welcome note, Shri. Haopu, Asst.Professor of the College mentioned that the current Manipur Assembly Secretariat Speaker Shri. Th.Lokeshore Singh and his wife Smt. Nivedeta, Under Secretary, Manipur Secretariat is the product of the College. They are History honour during their College time.

Ngamthang Haokip, Minister IFCD/Printing & Stationery, Govt.of Manipur while speaking on the sideline of the celebration said that, Presidency College was established particularly for all communities in Sadar Hills with lots of difficulties and hardships. I am very much delighted that today the College could celebrate 40 years of its existence. In this special occasion I would like to appeal to the Students’ Union to initiate effective steps for better improve and development of the College. I ask the Students’ Union to look after the attendance of both the students as well as the teaching staffs for bringing quality education.

The Minister also said that, most of students and their parents assume the College just for passing graduation; this must be stop at any cost by the Students’ Union and the teaching staffs.

The Students’ Union also should look after any sanctioned scheme or amount for the College development. They should check whether the scheme or the amount sanctioned by the government meant for the College is utilized accordingly and satisfactorily, added the Minister.

The IFCD/Printing and Stationery Minister assured the Students’ Union to fulfill their demands made in the memorandum submitted to him after concerning with the concern Minister.

Mentioned may be made that, The Students’ Union urges the Minister to constructs 10 separate toilet each for both boys and girls. They also ask the Minister to provide 3^rd and 6^th Semester text book. The Students’ Union also reminds the previous memorandum submitted to the Minister for construction of new classroom for the student community in the College.

While speaking at the celebration occasion, Kh. Devendra Singh, MLA 16-Sekmai AC expresses his heartfelt gratitude to the College students, teaching and non-teaching staffs in celebrating 40^th Foundation Day of the College.

There are many good students, well-known individual in national and international level that the College produced during this 40 years. I am really surprise to learn to that two of the students were also awarded in this auspicious occasion for bringing laurels to the College in National and International in the field of Sports, added the MLA.

The MLA also assured to donate 2 computers set as per the Students’ Union request made in the memorandum submitted to him.

While observing the College the MLA felt unhappy to find that the College got only 2 toilets which not sufficient enough for the students. He was also unhappy to find that the classroom which was constructed when the College was established remain unchanged till today and its deteriorating and it will be unusable within 1/2 years. In this regard, the MLA assure that, along with the IFCD/Printing and Stationery Minister, they will put up the matter to the concern Minister and help in any possibility at the earliest in the interest of the student communities of the College.

Smt. Dr. T.Gangte, Principal of the College said while speaking at the function that, Presidency College Motbung is the only government college in Sadar Hills where all communities belonging to Kuki, Nagas, Nepalese and Meeteis come together and study.

While elaborating the College objectives Dr. Gangte said that the College teaching faculties do their best to show the students the rapid political and technological changes around the world with post new challenges and at the same time to generate new opportunity for the next generation and do the best for the students to prepared more dynamic and unpredictable future and highly competitive.

Dr. T. Gangte further said that, in spite of lacks of infrastructure, the faculties of this College are no less than other government College in the State. We do our best to bring good students in spite of people from Imphal areas think that this College could never produce good students, added Dr.Gangte.

J.K. Biswas, Associate Professor while briefing the history of the College said that, Shri. Henkholen Sitlhou with the help of Shri.Seikholam and Shri.Lunneh, chief of Motbung Village, Shri. Letpao, Shri. Thongkhochon and some intellectual of the areas have started the foundation of establishing the College in the year 1970 particularly for the communities residing in Sadar Hills for higher education. They took three years to set up the College. After rounds and rounds of talks ultimately the College was established officially in the year 1973. Since there is no university at that time, the College was affiliated to Gauhati University. After Manipur University came into existence, the affiliation was transferred to Manipur University and the Govt. of Manipur took the College in the last part of the year 1978.

The College is marching ahead with much difficulties but produced uncountable good students and officers in different field today. Many well known bank officers, military officer, civil service officer and the some of the present lecturers, professors of the College are the product of this College, added Biswas.

The Students’ Union awarded B.A. 5^th Semester student Gurumayum Sonia who got Bronze Medal in Inter College Fencing Championship 2013 at Punjab, Kh.Sonia (Gold Medalist) in International Fencing Championships 2012 at Bangkok, Thailand, Miss Lungmonkim who was crowned Miss Kut 2011 and Miss M.Gracy Kimhoithem who is the current Miss Kut for bringing laurels to the College.