A BRIEF PROFILE OF MYANMAR GEOSCIENCES SOCIETY
Name: Myanmar Geosciences Society (MGS)
Founded: December 21, 2003
Location: Registered in Yangon
Presently (2008) at Room 302,
Myanmar Engineering Society Building,
Hlaing University Campus, Kamayut,
Yangon, Myanmar
Objectives: 1. To promote development of the
Geoscience subjects,
2. To promote wider application of Geosciences for
humanitarian welfare
3. To bring the Geoscientists together for exchange of
ideas and experiences
Membership Eligibility:
Any Geoscience graduate or undergraduate student, who is
not affiliated to any political party, can apply for membership and student membership of
the MGS respectively.
Principal Tasks
- To hold Research Paper reading sessions at least
twice a year,
- To hold the Annual General Meeting together with a
Banquet around
the end of each calendar year.
- To hold occasionally Special Lectures on various
Geoscience subjects
by invited specialists, local or oversea.
- To publish journals, memoirs, monographs, and
special publications.
- To conduct short term field trips to areas of
geological dispute or for
the establishment of standard units or areas for Myanmar
Geoscientists
CURRENTLY we are trying hard to build up the
Myanmar Geosciences Society in accordance with principles
outlined in its constitution. Therefore we welcome
contributions in cash or kind, or suggestions and support to
this cause by Myanmar geologists at home and abroad. |
