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Guest House
The University has three Guest Houses, viz. at Shillong, Guwahati Airport & Tura Campus. The management of NEHU Guest House at the Headquarter has yet again shouldered by the University from 1.5.07. The affairs of the Guest House is monitored by a duly constituted Guest House Management Committee which is under the Chairmanship of Prof. D. R. Syiemlieh and 4 (four) other regular members; viz. Prof. Ramesh Sharma, Prof. N. Saha, Dr. Lucy T. Zehol & Shri H.O. Jana (Asstt. Registrar, Estate) as Convenor. |
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With the extension of the Guest House, to-day there are 32 guest rooms of which 6 AC rooms are in the Annexe as VIP cluster exclusively for high profile dignitaries visiting the University from time to time. The University is capable of accommodating more than 50 delegates at a time. The University proudly notes that many dignitaries including the Chancellor of the University and four Vice Chancellors of different Universities have stayed in the Guest House other than the dignitaries of the University Court, Academic Council, and Executive Council & Selection Committees during the preceding financial year. The Guest House had also hosted a number of banquets and parties apart from outdoor catering for meetings. During the period under report, different academic departments of the University had organized as many as 25 National and International level Seminars, besides Orientation Courses as well as Refresher Courses conducted by the UGC-Academic Staff College. NEHU Guest House at Shillong has been the venue for most of these Seminars in view of its multiple advantages, such as accommodation, catering and the convenience of having a Mini Conference Room and an Auditorium with a sitting capacity of 40 and 130 delegates respectively. The Guest House had accommodated foreign delegates from France, Germany, Bhutan & Bangladesh, who have visited the University. The NEHU Guest House at Shillong presently functions with 9 staff besides an Administrative Assistant to oversee the overall functioning of the Guest House. The Security and cleanliness of the Guest House is on contract with private agencies for better service output. During the financial year 2007-08, the Guest House at Shillong had been able to make itself self-sustaining and improvement in the infrastructure from its own resources for providing better facilities and comfort to the guests of the University. The Guest House at Guwahati Airport was made functional by the University in February, 2006 with 6 rooms. Now, there are 9 AC rooms, 2 non AC rooms and a mini AC Conference Room for 18 delegates. The Guest House is self-sustained. Primarily, the Guest House caters to the need of NEHU officials who pass through Guwahati, being the corridor between other parts of the country. The Guest House also caters to the need and extends common conferencing facilities not only to all other Central Universities of North-East, but also to the Govt. of Meghalaya, Nagaland & Arunachal Pradesh besides RIIMS, AMC, DRL. Also, the Guest House caters to the needs of the air passengers in the wake of cancellation of flights on request by the Airport Authority of India. During the period under report, a number of foreign guests were also provided accommodation in the Guest House. The management of the Guest House is taken care by Shri Michael George, Section Officer posted at the Airport. The Guest House at Tura Campus functions from a hired building and it is capable of accommodating 12 guests at a time. It has 3 AC Guest rooms, 1 room with Cooler and 1 non AC room. As the University is having an MBA program in the Campus, the Guest faculties from abroad are provided accommodation in the Guest House. With the hospitality, courtesy and politeness, the Guest Houses are looking forward to welcoming many more delegates in the years to come and many more Seminars/Workshops to take place in NEHU Guest Houses. |
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