 ug begins planning to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of dr cheddi jagan ug begins planning to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of dr cheddi jagan ug begins planning to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of dr cheddi jagan webmaster wed 1242018 351 the university of guyana ug has commenced planning to commemorate the birth centennial of the late president dr cheddi b jagan in march this year the commemoration envisages a series of academic activities to honour the cofounder of guyana s premiere tertiary institution which was established in 1963 vicechancellor professor ivelaw lloyd griffith recently convened the inaugural meeting of the twelvemember broadbased planning committee tasked to recommend a comprehensive set of commemoration events under the chairmanship of dr nigel gravesande university registrar who is an historian the committee includes professor paloma mohamed deputy vicechancellor for philanthropy alumni and civic engagement professor subramanian gomalthinayagam director of the berbice campus and mr tota mangar former deputy vicechancellor and a respected historian also part of the planning committee are ms indra chandrapaul of the cheddi jagan research centre ms gwyneth george university librarian ms emily king director of the national library ms paulette paul ug s public relations officer dr cheddi joey jagan jr dr nigel westmaas associate professor of africana studies at hamilton college in new york mr kadasi ceres of ug s faculty of social sciences and assistant registrar june ann garnett who is secretary to the planning committee according to vicechancellor griffith this commemoration is intended to be consonant with universities do facilitate discourse on significant personalities policies programmes and events analysing relevant aspects some of which might be contentious at the inaugural planning committee meeting the vicechancellor stressed that the commemoration will not be a partisan pursuit nor will it facilitate such the committee is expected to organise a series of exhibitions on the life and works of the late president hold symposia at both campuses and install a commemorative plaque at the cheddi jagan lecture theatre on the turkeyen campus the opportunity will be taken to raise funds to renovate the lecture theatre and to increase awareness about dr jagan among the younger generation  ug in brief with a current enrollment of some 8000 students the university of guyana ug has graduated more than 20000 students who have gone on to successful careers locally regionally and internationally the university is also a major contributor to the national economy and to business and industry established in 1963 on a parttime basis with shared space at queens college ug moved to its own campus at turkeyen in 1970 and expanded in 2000 with the addition of the tain campus it now offers more than 60 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes including engineering environmental studies forestry urban planning and management business entrepreneurship tourism studies education creative arts economics law medicine optometry and nursing several online programmes are available and ug also offers extramural classes at four locations through its institute of distance and continuing education idce the ug also offers the opportunity for student engagement in debating sports and cultural religious and professional activities public relations division january 23 2018 dr cheddi b jagan 