Jagdev -"the conqueror"

Rourkela: Department of Humanities and social sciences of National Institute of Technology (NIT) organized a 14 days course on ‘Capacity Building Programme’ for the faculty members of social science on Friday.  Professor Bankim Chandra Ray, Faculty welfare dean inaugurated the event. Inaugurating the programme the dean said, “Any growth process should be the part of life and social science is that growth process which is becoming a very important part of life. I congratulate the department of humanities of NITR for organising such a wonderful programme on faculty development. Research and teaching is well connected. Without research teaching is not possible”. Programme coordinator Dr Narayan Sethi welcomed the particiapants as well as proposed the vote of thanks. Co-course director Dr Nihar Ranjan Mishra informed the participants about the glorious history of department of  Humanities and Social Sciences of NIT Rourkela. The programme is aimed at improving...

Bhubaneswar: X-SEED, the Entrepreneurship Cell of Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB), hosted its first annual National Entrepreneurship Summit- ‘Ignite 2013’ on Sunday here. The summit witnessed enthusiastic participation from students of XIMB and other local Institutes as well as Local entrepreneurs. On the occasion Prof. Rajeev Roy, an Associate Professor of Indian Institute Management (IIM), Raipur talked about Country’s need for entrepreneurs and the numerous opportunities that are about to come in students’ way in the next two decades. “We are always hearing stories of entrepreneurs with no formal education who have made it big in the world”, Roy said adding one should acquire the basics of business education and skills to think and analyse situations in a business context better. Ms. Sanghamitra Jena, Founder of Eastern Treasure India Tours and a city-based entrepreneur spoke about confidence and idea are the keys for one in making him/her as a good...

Bhubaneswar: Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) university here on Saturday opened Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS) in the university campus, the first such college in the private sector in the eastern India. This is the ninth institute under SOA university propagating professional courses with an intake capacity of 120 students. The university vice-chancellor Prof R P Mohanty and advisor to the president of SOA university Prof D P Ray were present at the inaugural function which was graced by Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) vice-chancellor Prof Manoranjan Kar, was the chief guest. Prof Kar said while 24,000 graduates in agriculture and other allied sciences were being churned out by various colleges in the country now; there would be a need for 40,000 graduates by 2020. There are 65 agricultural universities in the country at present, but the demand for agricultural science was on the rise, he added. Congratulating the students, he said they...