Chennai Chakma Students' Association Freshers Meet celebrated at Chennai

Dangu Dilip Kanti Chakma, Chief Guest of the function.

Chennai: The Chennai Chakma Students' Association (CCSA) on 5th October, 2014 celebrated their freshers’ meet program at Karishmaa Hall, Choolaimedu, Chennai. Around 40-50 students participated.  The attendees includes guests, employees, members and well-wishers.

Dangu Dipak Chakma, IRTS (Civil Services) who was scheduled to attend the meet was unable to attend the program.

Dangu Dilip Kanti Chakma, President of Chakma Law Forum (CLF) and Social Activist attended the meet as the Chief Guest. He thanked the CCSA to have him as the Chief Guest on this auspicious occassion, which was his first time as a guest.

He spoke about the need of Unity and Integrity of Students community in Chennai. He reminded them that students are the back bone of the society and urged the students to work together for the society.

The cultural evening saw a number of popular and entertaining cultural performances from the students, including traditional songs and dances reminiscing about the traditional Chakma way of life.

The program began at 9:00 am and continued till 6:00 pm.

In this special occasion, several other burning issues were highlited including MZP's attempt to remove Chakmas from Category-I in Mizoram State Technical Entrance Exam (STEE).

CCSA was founded in 2011 with members from different states of the country like Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Mizoram, West Bengal and Bangladesh.

CCSA is an effective platform for addressing some of the common challenges faced by the students studying in Chennai who often find it difficult to adjust in terms of their choices of subjects, careers as well as financial crises and many other challenges usually faced by people from the northeastern states.

CCSA seeks to empower every student, and has conducted numerous youth camps, blood donation camps, career counseling, etc.