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CM inaugurates Meghalaya’s first engineering college


Shillong, January 17,2023: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Monday inaugurated the State’s first Engineering College – Shillong Government College of Engineering in presence of Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui.

            The prestigious project was undertaken by Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) and constructed at the cost of ₹ 26 cr.  The college is located on a campus area of about 7.8 acres, within the campus of Shillong Polytechnic (16.11 acres) at Mawlai Kynton Massar, East Khasi Hills District.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that the focus of the Government has been the youth for the past five years and with that in mind the Government has initiated a slew of programme.

He said that Government has surveyed and interacted with over 90,000 youth and has come up with a road map to channelize their potentials. He further informed that different programmes related to entrepreneurship, sports and music that are being initiated by the Government has been drawn from such studies.

“Youth is an asset and power we have, if we use their energy in right manner, we can ensure that Meghalaya can be the best State in the country, as the youth will play an important role in driving the future of our State,” the Chief Minister added.

The Chief Minister also elaborated on the robust upgradation of education scenario by introducing programme and integrating it will health and mental well-being of a child.

He said that if we plan to upscale learning at the age of 20s, we will not be able to get the best, hence, the Government has initiated programmes that ensure proper nutrition of a child and early education in a systematic manner.

He further informed that Government will continue to focus on human capital development as an investment for Meghalaya’s growth. He also announced that this Government was committed for having the first State University – Captain Williamson Sangma State University, which was recently inaugurated at Balalgre, near Tura.

The Engineering College cater to Degree course of three Technical Branches i.e. Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Mining Engineering with intake capacity of 30 for each branch.

The Government has created 55 (Fifty Five) posts which includes 36 (Thirty Six) Teaching and 19 (Nineteen) Non-Teaching posts. Shillong Govt. College of Engineering (SGCE), Shillong has applied for grant of permission and affiliation from NEHU to start the College, which is under process.

During the Academic year 2022-23, Shillong Govt. College of Engineering (SGCE), Shillong had made an online application for Approval from AICTE for starting the Technical Courses, wherein the portal generated certain deficiencies that are being addressed prior to applying for the next approval process, for the Academic year 2023-24.

Initiatives : Agriculture

Launch of “Restart Meghalaya Mission’ on 15th August 2020

The Mission comprise of a series of interventions to support farmers and entrepreneurs by enabling them to build growth-promoting basic infrastructure and services. Under this Mission, 1917iTEAMS – the IT Platform aimed at enabling farmers access to agricultural information, crop advisories and markets will be expanded logistically through induction of another 100 vehicles.

Creation of the Directorate of Food Processing on May 2018

With the objective of seizing opportunities in the sector and the untapped food processing potential of the state for uplifting the livelihoods of farmers and value chain actors, the Government of Meghalaya created the Directorate of Food Processing (DFP) as a one-stop agency to handle all matters relating to food processing in the state and to deal with all central government Ministries and Agencies (viz. Ministries of Agriculture, and Food Processing, SFAC, NCDC, NABARD, etc.) in all matters pertaining to the development of agricultural food processing sector.

First Ever Farmer’s Parliament held on 4th - 5th December 2018

The parliament was organised by the state department of agriculture in collaboration with Meghalaya Basin Development Authority (MBDA) and the Hill Farmers' Union (HFU). As a step toward the promotion of new technologies, HFU with the support of Meghalaya government, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence App for farmers — called Nongrep (nongrep in Khasi language means farmer) with its software partner Impetus Solutions from Hyderabad — as a social innovation project. This app will address matters of farm aggregations, soil health and disease identification, crop yield, farm produce pickups, market linkage and retail sellers app.

Launch of the Farmer’s Portal on 7th May 2018

The Meghalaya Famers’ Portal (www.megfarmers.gov.in) of the Department of Agriculture is a platform for farmers to seek any information related to agriculture. Detailed information on farmers’ insurance, agricultural storage, crops, extension activities, seeds, pesticides, farm machineries, etc. is provided. Details of fertilizers, market prices, package and practices, programmes, welfare schemes are also given.

Awards & Recognitions
  • Meghalaya has been selected for the Commendation award in 'Total foodgrains Category-III' for 2017-18. The award consists of a citation and an amount of Rs. 1 crore.
  • Meghalaya Agriculture Department and the MIE Meghalaya Team won the '7th eNabling North East (eNorth East) Award 2019-20' in the 'Agriculture & Rural Development' category for 1917 iTEAMS project which is a project in collaboration with Digital India.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi awarded Meghalaya on May 2018 the Krishi Commendation Award for the year 2015-16, in recognition of the commendable foodgrains production achieved by the State.
  • Meghalaya has been adjudged the Most Improved Small State in the category of Agriculture and received the India Today – "The State of the States” Award on 23rd November 2018.