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Sikkim University turned two on the 2nd of July 2009. Sikkim University in
commemoration of the 2nd Foundation Day organized a plethora of socio!cultural
and educational programmes beginning in the month of July and culminating on
the 14th of August, 2009.
The celebrations began with an Inter College Debate on 27th July, 2009, which was held at Sikkim Government College, Tadong and Shri G. S. Lama, President Sikkim Akademi was the Chief Guest at the function. Enthusiastic students from different affiliated colleges of Sikkim University took part in the competition and debated if “Economic Development is more important than protection of the Environment’. The heat of the debate was an ideal start to set the momentum for the festivities that followed. The festive season continued with the SPIC MACAY programme on 2nd August, 2009. read more + |
The Department of Horticulture and Floriculture Management was established in
August 2009. It is one of the programs in the School of Sustainable Development
and Livelihood Management at Sikkim University.
The Department is the first of its kind in the region and specializes in diverse fields including Horticulture and Floriculture practices, Biotechnology, Agriculture economics, Statistics, Management practices, Intellectual Property Rights, Organic farming, Agroforestry etc. The main focus of the Department will be to provide integrated graduate and post-graduate program in Horticulture and Masters program in Floriculture Business Management. The department has initiated the integrated program in its first academic session and this will be upgraded in the subsequent years. read more +
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Just a year back I had completed my graduation in Sociology from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. Although, I was pursuing my post graduation in Sociology from Calcutta University, I was completely lost and perplexed after disqualifying in my entrance exams for Jawaharlal Nehru University. My hope of getting higher education from a Central University had come to an end.
Fortunately, one day in the month of September 2008, a propitious star shone upon me, when the Telegraph newspaper highlighted the establishment of Sikkim Central University and introduction of its initial courses. My dream of attaining higher education in a central university was rejuvenated. Further, the visions of Hon’ble Vice Chancellor motivated me to come to Sikkim University. I moved away from the hot and hectic metropolitan to the chummy, cooler climes of Sikkim and joined Sikkim University in the Department of Social Systems and Anthropology as a pilot batch student. Thus, making and marking a new hallmark in the history of the nation. My real journey of higher education began from then onwards. read more +
