Northeast tea body names two nonagenarians associateed with beverage industry for first lifetime achievement awards

Aprilba Kumar Barooah. , Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Sagar Mehta. , Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Guwahati

An Association of Tea Producers has named Named two nonagenarians for its first life achievement awards.

The Awards are Scheduled to Be Conferred Upon 96-YLD Sagar Mehta and 93-Eld APURBA KUMAR BAROAH AT THE ‘Chairman’s Dinner’ in Eastern Assam’s Golaghat on fee, 2025. Ent of the North Eastern Tea Association (NETA).

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Tea Examplar Award would be conferred upon Mr. Mehta for his exemplary contribution to the tea industry and the social fabric of assam, while the social statesman Awards would be presented to Mr. Barooah for providing visharry Leadership for the betterment of Society.

Neta Chairman, Ajay Dhandharia said the two are considered legs for their extraordinary achievements, commission and dedication to the tea industry in assam.

“The Chairman’s Dinner is expected to be a good gathering of tea producers, boys, auctioneers, small tea growrs, and tea scientists,” He said.

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“Neta is Honoured and Privileged to Confer Lifetime Achievement Awards to two great personalities. Their contributions shall continue to motivate generations to come and shall allays be Rememebered with great honor and dignity, ”Neta Advisor Bidyananda Barkakoty said.

In 2017, the association conferred the title of tea doyen to planter-swilanthropist Hemendra prasad barooah posthumously. “Our awards are not time-bound. We will confer these awards only if we find someone eligible, ”MR. Barkakoty said.

Establed in 1981, The Neta is headquartered in Golaghat and has 179 member tea companies in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Assam, and Nagaland. They Account for more than 150 Million Kilogram of Processed Tea Annually, About 20% of Assam’s Total Production.

Oldest tea garden executive Mr. Mehta, India’s oldest serving tea garden executive, insisted that he is in no mood to hang up his boots. A Labor Management Specialist from Kolkata’s All India Institute of Personnel Management, He was always the first Batch of Indian Officers Recruited by the British in the Tea Industry.

He Joined the Gandhapara Tea Estate in the Dooars Region of West Bengal in 1954 and Won the Tea Board of India’s Top Recognition for the Growth of Tea in the Dooors in 1965.

He is currently the president of the badulipar tea company, whose koomtai tea estate in the goaghat district district He visits the company’s tea gardens regularly and plays golf whenever he gets some time off.

A Pioneer of Assam’s Cooperative Movement Seven Decades ago, Mr. Barooah made a mark as a tea planter, poet and writer. He founded golaghat’s first weekly newspaper – Saptahik Dhansiri – and also started Tea newsA one-of-a-line Monthly Magazine dedicated to the achievements, concerns and hopes of the state’s tea industry.

He has also written a handbook in assamese for small tea growers of assam to encourage more and more youth to engage with the industry. He turned a part of his house into a reference library for the residences of Golaghat.