CTAE just happened to me. Perhaps it was destiny that pulled me to this picturesque College of Technology & Engineering, Udaipur in the year 1974. I had got my admission into two more engineering colleges, one in Jorhat Engineering College and the other in the Regional Engineering College Srinagar, but somehow I got my admission into CTAE first. My father without any delay made me take the flight available enroute to Udaipur from Guwahati with a halt at Delhi for the overnight. It was destiny that bestowed upon me this beautiful location, where I pursued my B.E. studies in agricultural engineering. Since my college days I had been keeping in touch with Udaipur where some of my friends from the memorable days reside. I make it a point to visit Udaipur whenever I get time with my family. I visit some of my close friends. These meetings bring back fond memories, which I still nurse. Those were the years in CTAE where I was being groomed up to become an engineer.
I work in the Irrigation Department here in Assam. I feel I am lucky to have been inducted into the Irrigation Department, since the nature of job is commensurate with the studies I have done in CTAE. I am a bit puzzled at noticing that our counterparts are not being inducted to the irrigation/water resources departments in the state of Rajasthan. This is a gross violation of trained man power that is going waste. I feel civil engineers are to be blamed for suppressing a discipline of study like agricultural engineering. Agricultural engineers can be the best of water resources managers and water management experts. The irony of the whole thing is that whatever is taught in CTAE with respect to agricultural engineering is applicable in irrigation department.
I did my professional training leading to a master of engineering in Hydrology at Roorkee University now renamed as IIT, Roorkee. During my thesis interview the experts developed a good rapport with me when I told them that I had passed from CTAE .
While in the irrigation department I have had the opportunity of doing an advanced course on deputation on Integrated River Basin Planning and Management, sponsored by CWC with a study tour to some of the important river basins in the US.
These have been some of the good experiences, but the experience of studying in CTAE still haunts me and lingers in my mind. Perhaps the beautiful location of the college, dedicated staffs manning the college and my dear friends have left an imprint on my mind that would be ever cherished .CTAE would be always be on a corner of my heart.
I work in the Irrigation Department here in Assam. I feel I am lucky to have been inducted into the Irrigation Department, since the nature of job is commensurate with the studies I have done in CTAE. I am a bit puzzled at noticing that our counterparts are not being inducted to the irrigation/water resources departments in the state of Rajasthan. This is a gross violation of trained man power that is going waste. I feel civil engineers are to be blamed for suppressing a discipline of study like agricultural engineering. Agricultural engineers can be the best of water resources managers and water management experts. The irony of the whole thing is that whatever is taught in CTAE with respect to agricultural engineering is applicable in irrigation department.
I did my professional training leading to a master of engineering in Hydrology at Roorkee University now renamed as IIT, Roorkee. During my thesis interview the experts developed a good rapport with me when I told them that I had passed from CTAE .
While in the irrigation department I have had the opportunity of doing an advanced course on deputation on Integrated River Basin Planning and Management, sponsored by CWC with a study tour to some of the important river basins in the US.
These have been some of the good experiences, but the experience of studying in CTAE still haunts me and lingers in my mind. Perhaps the beautiful location of the college, dedicated staffs manning the college and my dear friends have left an imprint on my mind that would be ever cherished .CTAE would be always be on a corner of my heart.
AJOY MEDHI.,B.E.,M.E.,Dip IRBPM
House # 17, Santipur, Ashram Road
Guwahati-781009, Assam, India
Mobile 94355-46653
Mail id ajoy_781009@yahoo.com
House # 17, Santipur, Ashram Road
Guwahati-781009, Assam, India
Mobile 94355-46653
Mail id ajoy_781009@yahoo.com
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