have a regional committee to monitor and advise the UGC on issues to develop higher education in North-Eastern Region. Private initiatives in higher education, vocationalization and technology-empowered teaching and learning in the context of the North-Eastern States were the themes of the seminar.
Dr. D.K. Basu,Vice Chancellor, Tripura University; Prof. Subhash Saha, Vice Chancellor, Assam University; Prof. Atul Sarma, Vice Chancellor, Arunachal University; Prof. N. Vijoy Singh, Vice Chancellor, Manipur University; Dr. Kulendu Pathak, Vice Chancellor, Dibrugarh University; Prof. G.D. Sarma, Vice Chancellor, 

Nagaland University; Dr. G.N. Talukdar, Vice Chancellor, Guwahati University; Dr. Prabin Chandra Sarma, Former Principal, Pandu College, Guwahati; Dr. D.K. Chakraborty, Retd. Prof. I.I.T. Bombay, Guwahati; Dr. Dayananda Pathak, Principal, Pragjyotish College, Guwahati; Dr. Bijoy Krishna Deb Sarma, Former Director, CDC, NEHU, Shillong; Dr. S.K. Saikia, Head, Dept. of Entrepreneurship, Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship, Guwahati and Dr. K.D. Krori, Former Principal, Cotton College, Guwahati were among the experts and resource persons who participated in the seminar. The conference was ably assisted by a local organizing 

Committee consisting of Dr. N.M. Chaudhury, Former Vice Chancellor, Gawahati University; Dr. D. Pathak, Principal, Pragijyotish College, Guwahati; Dr. Rekha Deka, Principal, B. Borooah College; Mr. A. Bora, Principal, K.R.B. Girls College; Mr. M. Hazarika, Lecturer, Cotton College; Mr. R. Rajbongshi, Lecturer, Arya Vidyapeeth College; Mr. S.C. Ray, Education Officer, UGC, NERO and Dr. Roy Chowdhury, Former Joint Secretary, UGC, NERO. About 250 participants including the principals and teachers from the colleges in north-eastern region attended the seminar. 

Scheme of Professors of Eminence

              new scheme- 'Professors of 
              Eminence' is being  launched
              from    2004-2005  with  the
objective of recognizing outstanding professors in the higher education system in the country and encourage academic excellence. The recognition will be on the basis of their proven competence in teaching, research and educational management. Directly recruited professors with 10 years regular service, having Ph.D or equivalent, and 28 years of service as a teacher in the university or in an equivalent position, are eligible for consideration. Those who are selected under this scheme will be placed in a super time scale of pay of Rs. 22000-24500 and admissible allowances.
No permanent position or post shall be created for the 

purpose of recognizing Professor of Eminence in the institutions. They shall continue to perform such duties relating to teaching and research as assigned by the respective Institutes. Higher scale of pay under this scheme shall be personal to the individual concerned. The incremental cost associated with the position of Professor of Eminence shall be borne by the institution where the Professor of Eminence is serving.
The professors shall be considered under the scheme from all the universities eligible to receive financial assistance from UGC (excluding Agricultural Universities and Agricultural/Medical/ Veterinary Science Colleges) and fully centrally funded Deemed to be universities and premier non-technical 

institutions of National Importance. After screening the nominations of the eligible scholars with the help of a committee the universities shall send their recommendations to the UGC. The UGC shall forward the recommendations of the selection committee to the Government. Final selection would be made by a High Powered Committee to be chaired by Hon'ble HRM.

A parallel scheme is also operative in premier technical institutions of National Importance: IITs, IIMs, NITs, IISc (Bangalore), ISM (Dhanbad), NITIE (Mumbai), IIIT (Gwalior) and other centrally funded Technical Deemed Universities through All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE).