Indranil takes charge as OPGC MD
Bhubaneswar: Indranil Dutta has taken over as the new Managing Director of the Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC) from April 1. Dutta replaced Sankaran Subramaniam. Earlier, Dutta had been serving as OPGC Director (Operation) April 2011. He has an illustrious career span of 26 years, during which he worked in companies like Tata Steel, Balco and AES India. He graduated from IIT, Kharagpur in 1989. Besides, Sukanta Mohapatra has taken over as OPGC Director (Operation) from April 1.
SMIT chief gets Global Edu Excellency Award
Brahmapur: President of the SMIT Group of Institutions Dr Bhagaban Gantayat was conferred with the Global Education Excellency Award-2015 at a function held in New Delhi on March 30. The award, mounted by the Prime Time Research Media, is given to those, who excel in the field of education, culture, HRD and social service. Dr Gantayat was awarded for providing proper infrastructure and quality education to students at different domains of the SMIT group of institutions. Dr Gantayat said the award has brought recognition not only for the SMIT, but also for the people of entire South Odisha in general and Ganjam district in particular.
Vedanta Jharsuguda celebrates Health Day
Jharsuguda: The Vedanta Jharsuguda unit celebrated the World Health Day on Tuesday. A sensitisation programme on ‘Food Safety’ was conducted, followed by health checkup for Parmanpur villagers with participation of Sangita Jena from Apollo Hospitals and Vedanta CMO Dr Sabita Swain. A food safety programme was also held for families of township residents and staffs of service partners.
Mahadanda Utsav held at Phulbani
Phulbani: A Mahadanda Utsav was organised by P Ramchandra Senapati with the support of the district administration and Sahara Banika Sangha here on Wednesday. A total of 34 Dandas were given consent and the participants gathered at the coronation field to perform on the occasion. Thousands of people also gathered at the place and offered prayer to Goddess Kali. Phulbani MlA, Kandhmal MP, Birmaharajpur MlA also attended the event.
Boy’s body recovered from Kolab reservoir
Jeypore: The body of a 17-year-old boy was recovered from the Kolab reservoir on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Ram Khilo, a resident of Railway Colony in Koraput. He was missing for the last three days. An ODRAF team recovered the body from a depth of 35 feet from the reservoir. Further investigation is going on to find the reason behind the death.