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Swamiji - Sumanasananda Secretary of the Ramakrishna Mission at Cherrapunjee

Swamiji - Sumanasananda Secretary  of the Ramakrishna Mission at Cherrapunjee with Mr. Ranjan Chatterjee of the Planning Commission, at the North East Summit in New Delhi in January 2012

NE opens doors to private varsities

IIM Shillong Innovating to lead.

With Mani Shankar Aiyar, then Minister DONER,  in January 2010 at the 5th North East Business Summit in Kolkata

Assam Rifles ! Bhut Jolokia chili - Naga Jolokia - recipies

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The Bhut Jolokia chili pepper as it is commonly known—also known variously by other names in its native region, sometimes Naga Jolokia—is a chili pepper previously recognized by Guinness World Records as the hottest pepper in the world. The pepper is typically called the ghost chili or ghost pepper by U.S. Media. The Bhut Jolokia is an interspecific hybrid cultivated in the Assam region of North Eastern India and parts of neighbouring Bangladesh. It grows in the Indian states of Assam, Nagaland and Manipur. It can also be found in rural Sri Lanka where it is known as Nai Mirris (cobra chili). There was initially some confusion and disagreement about whether the Bhut was a Capsicum frutescens or a Capsicum chinense pepper, but DNA tests showed it to be an interspecies hybrid, mostly chinense with some frutescens genes. In 2007, Guinness World Records certified the Bhut Jolokia as the world's hottest chili pepper, 401.5 times hotter than Tabasco sauce. Since then, the Infinity chilli, Naga Viper pepper, and the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper have surpassed the Bhut Jolokia's Scoville rating.

Some sauce recipies we have tried and replaced the Latino chilli's and peppers with the Bhut Jolokia chili. The chillies are available in many places but one is the basti area at Ulubari in Guwahati.

Belizian Style Habanero Hot Sauce

• 1 small onion -- chopped
• 2 cloves garlic -- chopped
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 cup carrots -- chopped
• 2 cups water
• 3 Habanero chilies (3 or 4) -- minced
• 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 3 tablespoons white vinegar
• 1 teaspoon salt
  

Saute onion in oil until soft. Add carrots and water.Bring to boil,reduce heat,and simmer until the carrots are soft. Remove from heat . Add chilies,lime juice and salt to the carrot mixture. Place in processor and puree until smooth.Pour into sterilized jars and seal.

 

Bufalo Chipotle Sauce

• 1 1/3 cups dark corn syrup
• 1 1/3 cups coffee -- strong
• 1 cup catsup
• 1 cup cider vinegar
• 1 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 4 tablespoons corn oil
• 6 tablespoons chili powder
• 3 tablespoons prepared mustard
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 cans chipotle peppers -- en adobo
  

Blenderize thoroughly. Bring to boil and simmer until desired thickness. Good shrimping sauce.

Also see link for more on the Bhut Jalokia, recipes and pepper warnings.

CII NSDC Meet at Guwahati January 23-24, 2012

Meet lays stress on training
Telegraph Calcutta
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

Guwahati, Jan. 23: The National Skill Development Corporation today said youths of the region need to be given the opportunity to develop skills for employment to stop migration in search of jobs.

At a conclave on skill development in the Northeast here today, the corporation pointed out that between 2011 and 2021 over 14 million people would be potentially available for migration.
The region will generate employment for 2.6 million persons while the supply of human resources will be 16.8 million, leaving an excess supply of 14.2 million persons.

“This necessitates the need for skill intervention to focus on development opportunities to create local demand,” said Dilip Chenoy, the CEO and managing director of the NSDC, a public-private partnership created by the ministry of finance.

In 2007-08, about 3,75,311 persons migrated from the Northeast to other states, the majority of whom were from Assam, followed by Sikkim and Tripura.

The last decade registered the largest migration from the region for jobs and higher education.
“Our interaction with the industry reveals that only five per cent of the people who go out for higher studies, return to the Northeast,” Chenoy said.

Confirming the need for skill development, labour and employment minister Prithibi Majhi said Honda had wanted 500 youths from the region but the state could provide only 100.

The corporation said people from the Northeast were able to find jobs in call centres/helplines with their politeness and aptitude for service and arts.

These traits could prove useful in animation, web design and gaming also.

The corporation has identified 10 sectors that could attract migration from the region — beauty and wellness, hospitality, IT/ITES, retail, restaurants, music, sports, fashion, flight attendants, ground staff at airports, nursing and care for the elderly.

Chenoy emphasised the need for skill development opportunities in sectors such as agriculture, fishery and animal husbandry, handloom and handicrafts, construction, horticulture and fruit processing and hospitality to create local employment or livelihood opportunities.

DoNER secretary Jayati Chandra said investments in the Northeast were not being translated into appropriate job opportunities and efforts should be made to bridge this gap.

The Centre had spent Rs 80,000 crore in the region in the Eleventh Plan.

Majhi said 50 skill-development centres had been created and stressed the need for more public-private partnerships in vocational education.

Chief minister Tarun Gogoi said the youth should be trained according to industrial requirements.

“We should join hands with the industry because the private sector will be potential employers to the youth. It is a responsibility from both the ends to develop the region through robust skill development process.”

The North East Skills Conclave, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) at the Srimanta Sankaradev Kalakshetra auditorium, will conclude tomorrow.

The programme included a seminar and exhibition.

DoNER minister Paban Singh Ghatowar and executive director of Tata Consultancy Services S. Mahalingam attended the conclave.

Ghatowar also spoke on the need to develop skills.