Events
Bhubaneswar: A three-day training programme on disaster management was organised by OSDMA and H&UD department here recently, where city mission managers and community organisers from different ULBs took part. The goal was to enhance the skills of the participants to effectively handle pandemic-like situations, and implement strategies for managing key issues during disasters. The speakers…
Bhubaneswar: The prospects of a ‘Vikshit Bharat’ focusing on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) was discussed at the ‘Amrit Kal Vimarsh Vikshit Bharat@ 2047’ programme organised at the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), here recently. The resource person was Dr Krushna Chandra Gouda, senior principal scientist of CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute, Bengaluru. Prof Pradipta Kumar Nanda, vice-chancellor…
Bhubaneswar: Sumumnoya-2023, the five-day sports meet held at SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) came to an end on Monday, with ‘Nebula Nomads’ finishing as winners. The closing ceremony of the first-ever annual sports meet of SUMUM was attended by Tusharkanti Behera, Odisha’s minister of state for Home, Electronics and IT, Sports and Youth Services, who underlined…
Bhubaneswar: A five-day sports meet of SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM), titled ‘Sumumnoya’, believed to be the first of its kind organised by a corporate hospital in Odisha, kicked off here on Thursday. The meet was inaugurated by hockey Olympian and president of Hockey India Dilip Tirkey who said that it would not only keep the…
East Coast Railway has received two Efficiency Awards, in the field of Commercial and Security segment, jointly with other Zonal Railways. ECoR general manager Manoj Sharma along with principal chief commercial manager VR Lenin received Efficiency Shield for commercial and Sharma along with principal chief security commissioner Alok Bohra received the Efficiency Shield for security…
Bhubaneswar: The neglect meted out to the soil for decades has returned to haunt mankind across the world, speakers said at a programme to mark ‘World Soil Day’ here recently, while calling for urgent measures to promote soil health. The programme, organised at the Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS), SOA’s faculty of agricultural sciences, focused…
Bhubaneswar: An international conference on “Mental Health and National Education Policy 2020 and Psychology in Practice” was organised by the Department of Psychology, Utkal University here recently. Prof Sabita Acharya, vice-chancellor of Utkal University inaugurated the conference and said that with changing societal and environmental demands on attitude and knowledge of individuals in the 21st…
Bhubaneswar: The World Animal Day was organised at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) here recently. The programme was organised jointly by the Institute of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry (IVSAH), faculty of veterinary sciences of SOA, and Odisha Livestock Development Society. It was presided by the dean of the institute Prof Bramhadev…
Bhubaneswar: Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Anurag Thakur joined the ‘Mo Mati Mo Desh’ campaign here at Utkal University recently to honour the brave freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the country. Pradhan said, “Whatever I have done in my life today, I have done for the sacred soil of this Utkal University.” He…
Bhubaneswar: The 154th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi was observed at the non-violence site of Vani Vihar with the support of National Service Scheme (NSS) of Utkal University, here on Monday. On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, vice-chancellor of Utkal University Prof Sabita Acharya, warden Prof Prabodh Kumar Hota, Prof Kabir Mohan Sethi, teachers and…
