Bhubaneswar: Sayantan Das won the coveted Category-A title in the 1st SOA International Grand Masters Chess Festival which concluded at the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University here on Sunday. Kolkata-based Das, who won seven matches, drew two and lost one, scored eight points out of a possible 10 to lift the trophy and…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Tapan Badamundi was crowned Category-B champion in the 1st SOA International Grand Masters Chess Festival at the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University here on Wednesday. He scored 8.5 points out of a possible 10 to take home the trophy and a cash prize of Rs 75,000. Sudhanshu Ranjan (Bihar) and Akshat…
Bhubaneswar: Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) celebrated the 75th Republic Day on Friday with the chancellor Prof (Dr) Amit Banerjee unfurling the national flag and urging the students to contribute to the process of nation building. “The citizens of India, particularly the youth, have a vital role to play in this process and you have the…
Bhubaneswar: Nine Grand Masters and 24 International Masters from across the world will take part in the 1st SOA International Grand Masters Chess Festival at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) here, which will begin on January 28, the organizers said on Thursday. Some of the finest chess players from Denmark, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Iran, Sri Lanka, Vietnam,…
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: Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University signed an MoU with Centre for Youth and Social Development (CYSD) on Wednesday for jointly working to improve quality of life among the tribal and rural poor. As per the MoU, SOA will collaborate with CYSD to conduct joint workshops, conferences and training programmes on gender studies and communityconnect to…
Bhubaneswar: The Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) will host the first SOA International Grand Masters Chess Festival on the university campus here from January 28 to February 4, 2024. The tournament, which will have a total prize money of Rs 35 lakh, will be organised by the All Odisha Chess Association (AOCA)…
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: A three-member delegation from Cameroon, led by Dr Honore Djomo Kamga, king of Bandjoun, visited Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) deemed to be university here for two days to get a first-hand knowledge of operating a medical college with a teaching hospital. He was accompanied by Prof (Dr) Maurice Kengne Kamga, Judge of the International…
Bhubaneswar: Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here with National Institute of Technology, Warangal (NIT-W) for collaborative research and creation of new knowledge to enhance the availability of highly qualifiedmanpower in different areas of engineering and technology, science and allied areas in the country. As per…
