East Coast Railway (ECoR) general manager Manoj Sharma felicitated eight employees for their alertness while performing their duties. Major mishaps were avoided due to their alertness while on duty. Additional general manager of ECoR Sharad Kumar Srivastava and other senior officials were present during the felicitation programme. Sharma said that the hard work and alertness…
Bhubaneswar: The evolution of smart technology has been revolutionising life, but its long term impact has to be assessed, Prof Deepak Kumar Srivastava, vice-chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC), said on Wednesday. “Use of technology is enhancing the productivity of the human brain. The ability to think, act and analyse is being challenged by excessive…
Bhubaneswar: The International Water Association (IWA) has announced the establishment of an advisory board and task force for its Inclusive Urban Sanitation initiative, to provide guidance, feedback and direction on the initiative’s priorities, activities and performance. G Mathi Vathanan, principal secretary, Housing & Urban Development has been included as one of the Advisors of the…
Bhubaneswar: In order to promote increased community preparedness and to create a cadre of skilled manpower for disaster and pandemic management in urban Odisha, OSDMA organised a three-day capacity building orientation in collaboration with State Urban Development Agency recently, here. A team of 43 master trainers consisting of State Mission Managers, City Mission Managers and…
Bhubaneswar: A meeting to kick-start the month-long series of events in Odisha to celebrate India’s G20 Presidency was organised on Saturday atSiksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA). The programmes have been designed to make ‘Jan Bhagidari’ a strong element of India’s G20 Presidency ahead of the third Education Working Group meeting to be held in Bhubaneswar from…
Bhubaneswar: The computer centre of Utkal University was inaugurated by vice-chancellor Prof Sabita Acharya on the occasion of Utkal Divas. Dr Abhay Kumar Nayak, registrar, Dr Nigamananda Das, director CDC, Dr Manoranjan Senapati, development officer, Professor In-Charge of university’s computer Centre Dr Prafulla Kumar Behera, other teachers, staff and students were present. The computer centre…
Bhubaneswar: Eminent researcher Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda has taken over as vice-chancellor of the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University here. Prof Nanda, who was formerly dean (Research and Development) at SOA was functioning as pro-vice chancellor of the university till his appointment as vice-chancellor. A graduate from VSS University of Technology (formerly…
Cuttack: A budget of Rs 303 crore has been sanctioned for the redevelopment work of Cuttack railway station, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed. He along with his cabinet colleague Dharmendra Pradhan flagged off the inaugural run Bhadrak-Nayagarh Town-Bhadrak MEMU at Cuttack railway station on Thursday. Vaishnaw said the direct train link between Bhadrak and Nayagarh…
Bhubaneswar: Integration of multi-disciplinary expertise, observational dataset and prediction tools for early warning of drought in Odisha has been stressed by expert Prof. Binayak Mohanty, professor at Texas University, USA, who attended an international workshop organised at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) here recently. He also underlined the importance of soil moisture dynamics, temporal variability, intensity…
Bhubaneswar: A young team of surgeons at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here have successfully performed a highly complex surgery on a cancer patient which is being billed as the first of its kind in Odisha. The team performed the complex surgery on a 55-year-old man suffering from pancreatic cancer which was…
