as many as 850 students of the university of delhi du have left for the northeast for a research trip accompanied by almost 20 teachers they will conduct fieldwork for research on different aspects of these states the 10day visit is part of the oneofits kind gyanodaya tour where classes are conducted on the trainstarted from delhi on december 18 this is the fifth project under the gyanodaya scheme proposals pertaining to this research were invited from the different colleges of the university and 56 have been selectedeach group is headed by a teachermentor students undertook preliminary research while they were here this leg of the project in volves visiting the relevant sites explains malay neerav media coordinator du students have been divid ed into groups with all groups covering one particular state we have divided students into groups of 10 and have tried to ensure that at least one local person belonging to the particular state is part of the group adds neeravthe states covered are assam mizoram meghalaya sikkim arunachal pradesh manipur tripura and nagaland with a separate itinerary for each for each prior to the journey stu dents attended foundation courses in local dialects and languages such as nepali and assamese during the journey students will have access to li brary resources on their re turn they will submit the proj ect reports which will then be published in a book informs neerav there are plans to introduce a similar train so that students from the northeast can come to delhi to under take similar research with du playing host