Trichocard

SOA agri students develop trichocard in lab

Bhubaneswar: Students of Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS), SOA’s faculty of agricultural sciences, have started developing trichocards in the laboratory, which would immensely benefit farmers save their crops from harmful pests without using pesticide. Trichogramma, primary parasitoids grown in the lab, are used to destroy the eggs of pests which are a cause of huge…

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Oral cancer awareness

IDS conducts oral cancer awareness campaign

Bhubaneswar: Faculty members and students of the Institute of Dental Sciences (IDS), SOA’s faculty of Dental Sciences, in collaboration with Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police, conducted an oral cancer awareness campaign at 15 traffic posts of Bhubaneswar city on May 31 coinciding with the World No Tobacco Day. Teams deployed at various traffic junctions distributed leaflets highlighting…

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heatwave

Heatwave to continue in interior Odisha till June 11

Bhubaneswar: The prevailing high temperature in interior Odisha and moderate temperature with high humidity in the coastal region is likely to continue till June 11 after which the temperature may fall suddenly due to the monsoon current, according to SOA’s Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) here. Intense heat with temperature hovering between 44 degree…

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7th Women Dental Meet

More women need to enter dental profession

Bhubaneswar: More women have been entering the field of dentistry in recent years but most practitioners of dental science continued to be men, Prof. Sabita Acharya, vice-chancellor of Utkal University here said on Saturday. Speaking at the 7th annual conference of the Women’s Dental Council, a wing of the Odisha state unit of Indian Dental…

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Manisha Praharaj

SOA faculty wins ‘Woman of Substance’ crown

Bhubaneswar: Manisha Praharaj, a faculty of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), has won the ‘Woman of Substance’ crown at the International Glam Icon Pageant 2022 held recently at Mumbai. Praharaj, assistant professor at the SUM Nursing College, participated in the three-day event with different sessions including talent round, photo shoot and grooming sessions before the finale…

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SUM Hospital

SUM conducts first stem cell transplantation using cryopreservation

Bhubaneswar: For the first time in Odisha, Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, faculty of medicine of SOA here, has successfully performed autologous stem cell transplantation on a lymphoma patient. The challenging procedure, often referred to as bone marrow transplantation (BMT), was done recently on a 33-year-old patient suffering from lymphoma, a type of…

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