7 Odisha MlAs meet Puducherry CM
Bhubaneswar: A seven-member team of MlAs from Odisha on Wednesday called on Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy at Puducherry during their visit to the Union Territory. Officials described it as a courtesy meeting. The legislators who met the Chief Minister were Pravata Kumar Tripathy, Bijay Kumar Naik, Akash Dasnayak, Priyadrashi Mishra, Priyanshu Pradhan, Kailash Chandra Kulesika and Simarani Nayak.
3-day MDP for Power Grid Corp officials concludes
Bhubaneswar: A three-day Management Development Programme (MDP) on ‘Applying Psychology to Influence and Persuade Others’, organised for executives of the Power Grid Corporation of India at the International Management Institute (IMI), Bhubaneswar here concluded on Wednesday. The programme included topics like influence and the psychology of persuasion, communication for influence and persuasion, impression management techniques for persuasion, influencing groups and shaping and managing perceptions. IMI-B Director Prof Ramesh Behl spoke on social media and its influence. Prof Bindu Chhabra was the director of the programme. Besides, Prof R Juneja, Prof Manit Mishra, Prof DD Swain and Prof Swarup K Mohanty spoke on the finer aspects of various topics.