RN Nanda is RNT chief
Bhubaneswar: Rabi Narayan Nanda is the new Chairman of the Rotary News Trust (RNT) for the year 2013-14. Nanda, the District Governor Elect of Rotary International District 3262 (Odisha), was unanimously elected to this post at the Annual Trust Board Meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday. He will take charge on July 1, 2013 concurrently with his assuming the office of the District Governor. The RNT publishes the Rotary News and Rotary Samachar. Nanda is the first from Odisha to hold the position.
SOA countrywide admission tests tomorrow
Bhubaneswar: SAAT-2013, the national-level tests for admission of students to different courses run by the eight institutes under the SOA University here will be held at 60 centres in 44 cities in the country on May 18. The tests for admission into various programmes in undergraduate and postgraduate courses will be held in 18 cities outside Odisha while the rest 26 cities and towns will be in the State, a university release said. As per the Government specifications, seats have been reserved for candidates belonging to the women, physically handicapped, ST and SC categories. The students qualifying in the examination would go through open counselling for admission. Besides, candidates having diplomas in engineering, pharmacy and hotel management can get admission through lateral entry.
DAV students hold aero-modelling, robotics show
Bhubaneswar: Students of DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur here demonstrated their skills in aero-modelling and robotics at the valedictory ceremony of the Advanced Science Camp on Thursday. A total of 19 students participated in aero-modelling and 14 in robotics with the expert guidance of Wings and Rotors, Bhubaneswar and Robotics Club and NIT, Rourkela. At the end of the six-day camp, school Chairman MM Panda felicitated the meritorious students with prizes and certificates. Among others, school Principal Dr K C Satpathy, Principal of DAV, Kalinganagar Bipin Kumar Sahoo and camp coordinator PK Sahoo were present.