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Less than a week after Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma accused the University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM) of engaging in a "flood jihad," the university was listed among the top 200 universities in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024 rankings. The university is the only private university from the Northeast to make it to the list.
On Tuesday (August 13) afternoon, the university administration hosted a brief celebration in its 5000-seat auditorium. The university founder and chancellor Mahbubul Hoque addressed the gathered students, faculty, and staff, and remarked on the timing of the good news.
“Sometimes when your eyes burn, doesn’t it feel good when water is put on it?” Hoque said during his speech, reported The Indian Express.
“I am away from all politics. I am aware that I look like a religious man, but I am very much away from all religious activities. I only see the students’ faces… The students make this institution. I never thought that we would be facing such negativity at any point of our journey,” Hogue added.
On August 9, Assam chief minister during a press conference in state capital Guwahati said that the private university is engaging in a "flood jihad" by demolishing hills on its campus to construct new buildings. He blamed that this activity has contributed to the large-scale waterlogging in Guwahati.
On Tuesday (August 13) afternoon, the university administration hosted a brief celebration in its 5000-seat auditorium. The university founder and chancellor Mahbubul Hoque addressed the gathered students, faculty, and staff, and remarked on the timing of the good news.
“Sometimes when your eyes burn, doesn’t it feel good when water is put on it?” Hoque said during his speech, reported The Indian Express.
“I am away from all politics. I am aware that I look like a religious man, but I am very much away from all religious activities. I only see the students’ faces… The students make this institution. I never thought that we would be facing such negativity at any point of our journey,” Hogue added.
On August 9, Assam chief minister during a press conference in state capital Guwahati said that the private university is engaging in a "flood jihad" by demolishing hills on its campus to construct new buildings. He blamed that this activity has contributed to the large-scale waterlogging in Guwahati.
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