NSUD celebrates impressive Golden Jubilee 8 awarded, Monalisa Changkija awarded for Literature Dimapur, October 20: The Naga Students Union Delhi celebrated its Golden Jubilee on October 18 last on the theme, “themotto@50: Pause, Rewind and Play” at New Delhi. Dr Aryo Shishak, the first president of NSUD (1963-1964) and retired Surgeon, graced the occasion as Chief Guest. In his special Golden Jubilee address, Dr. Aryo Shishak, shared the story behind the formation of the NSUD in 1963, and how God has rewarded them for their faithfulness with the completion of 50 years of the NSUD’s existence. He encouraged Nagas to have a vision and with sincerity make Nagaland a land of opportunity. In order to be successful, he said, courage, dreams and determination were essential and to never give up because neither is success final, nor is failure fatal. He also encouraged young Nagas to look beyond Government service and emphasized on the need to venture out beyond writing competitive exams. As an 80- year old man, he stated, that he was proud of having achieved senior citizenship, experience, maturity and the ability to remain ‘young at heart.’ In his presidential address, Lhusisato Iralu reminisced about the long and exciting journey that NSUD had travelled these past 50 years, and that the 50th anniversary celebration was not just about the mere existence of a union, but more importantly, about the unity that the NSUD has always sought to represent, and the unity that it has enjoyed these past 5 decades. “Fifty years of completion of the NSUD is no doubt an incredible achievement and a milestone, and therefore an opportune moment for us to reflect upon our past mistakes and flaws, and learning from them,” he said. He reiterated the NSUD’s ardent desire would remain the oneness of the Nagas, and impressed upon the need for Nagas to be honest and transparent with each other, and that “we must endeavour to be the best we can be, and be the change we desire to see.” President of Naga Students Federation (NSF), Tongpang Ozukum, in his address stated that the NSUD’s Golden Jubilee was significant because it was formed in 1963, a period when the Nagas hardly ventured out of their own cocoon. He acknowledged that what NSUD is today is because of the hard work, sacrifice and far- sightedness of the former leaders. The NSF President also made a passionate appeal to the Ao Students’ Union and NSUD to set aside their differences and urged the ASUD to return to the NSUD fold. He emphatically stated the need for Nagas to forgive each other, to reconcile and live together as one people. On the occasion, the NSUD also presented ‘Inspiration Awards’ for Literature, Music, Academic, Entrepreneur, Administration, Missionary, Medical and Social Upliftment, as a mark of recognition of the recipients’ achievement in their respective fields. The award recipients in the various categories were (i) Monalisa Changkija, Editor, Nagaland Page for Literature, (ii) Obed Zeme for Music, (iii) Zaren Odyuo for Enterpreneur, (iv) Keduovino Keditsu for Medical, (v) Prof. Darlando Khathing, Vice- Chancellor of Jharkhand University for Academic (vi) Luckson Seltun, for Missionary, (vii) Armstrong Pame for Administration and (viii) Tuisem Shishak for Social Upliftment. A video highlight of the 2-day ‘Indigenous Delight’ was also shown. Theophilus Rangmathat, Member of the Event Planning Committee, delivered the Vote of thanks and Seltun Luckson, Home Missionary, and recipient of the Inspiration Award for the ‘Missionary Category’ closed the programme with the Benediction.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 07:34:32 +0000
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