SBI lHO observes foundation day
Bhubaneswar: The State Bank of India (SBI), local Head Office here celebrated its 36th foundation day on Thursday. A blood donation camp was organised which was inaugurated by SBI Circle CGM KM Trivedi and where 73 persons donated blood. Besides, a lecturer series was also organised where State Additional Chief Secretary (Finance) R Balakrishnan delivered lecture on ‘Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Development in Odisha’. Utkal University Vice-Chancellor AK Das deliberated on ‘Role of Science and Technology for Development of Odisha’. Different competitions were organised among the staff members and prizes were distributed to the winners. Among others, RBI Regional Directorate PK Jena, SBI Circle GM PVSlN Murty and NABARD CGM SK Kale were present.
State Auditors threaten stir
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Subordinate Finance Service (local Fund Audit) Association has threatened to resort to peaceful demonstration and relay fasting soon in protest against the State Government’s lackadaisical attitude towards their demand. The association has been demanding creation of Audit Cadre Rule and Class II grade status to auditors at the entry level and promotion up to the level of Joint Director for audit personnel of local Fund Audit. At an emergency meeting, association president Jyotirmayee Kar demanded 50 per cent absorption of all District Audit Officer from local Fund Audit immediately. Association president Rashmi Ranjan Das and many others attended the meeting.
Parliamentary panel visits Centurion Varsity
Bhubaneswar: A 15-member team of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development visited the Centurion University campus here on Tuesday to study the skill training and development model adopted by the university in partnership with the DDU-GYK, NSDC, Ashok leyland, Godrej & Boyce, Yamaha and many other industries in the country. The team including committee chairperson Dr P Venugopal strongly commended the University for creating a unique yet replicable and scalable model of employment-linked skill development programmes. University president Prof Mukti Mishra and Gram Tarang MD AbhinavMadan were present, among others.