Stewart College holds seminar
Cuttack: The Physics Seminar Society of the Stewart Science College here, in collaboration with the Optical Society of India, held a seminar on optical physics on Thursday. The seminar included a brief talk on imaging and history of lenses by Prof Anurag Sharma from the IIT Delhi. He emphasised on the evolution of imaging and photographic process. Prof EK Sharma of Electronic Science of Delhi University also presented a talk based on optical fibre communication. The delegates were introduced by HoD (Maj) Dr KC Mishra and retired Professor Dr Iqbal Hussain. The programme was coordinated by the seminar society advisor Akhay Kumar Dash and secretary Mishal Mohanty.
OSIC donates `50l for calamity victims
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Small Industries Corporation (OSIC) on Thursday paid Rs 50 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for aid to the cyclone and flood victims. MSME Minister Damodar Rout and Secretary Panchanan Dash handed over the cheque to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat. OSIC MD Aravind Agarwal and other senior officials were present.
SAI School donates `3 lakh
Bhubaneswar: The staff and students of the SAI International School here on Friday contributed Rs 3 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for the support of the cyclone and flood-affected people of the State.
Child Club undertakes village chlorination
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to sensitise villagers, as many as 120 children under the banner of the Child Club conducted a village chlorination drive at Singada, Krushnasaranpur, Rokata and Jaripatana under Barimunda gram panchayat of Bhubaneswar block. They cleaned 40 open wells and 20 hand pumps by using bleaching powder. The programme was coordinated by Niranjan Sahoo, Ashok Gochhi and Saroj Bhoi.