Jeevan Pranam replaces life certificate
Bhubaneswar: Under the new initiative Jeevan Pranam for the pensioners, submission of life certificate in November would be replaced by Jeevan Pramaan by which a pensioner has to register with the scheme and link their Aadhaar number with the pension account. Thereafter they can submit his life certificate from any part of the country without being present at the pension paying branch. To submit the digital life certificate, the pensioner has to visit the nearest SBI branch which has been designated as a Jeevan Pramaan Center, to authenticate by giving bio-metrics. Pensioner would receive a SMS after successful submission and acceptance of the life certificate, stated an SBI Press release here.
Tiger Day celebrated at DAV Pokhariput
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to rekindle the love for nature and tigers among students, the DAV Public School, Pokhariput here celebrated the International Tiger Day on Wednesday. Many educative and entertaining programmes were held to create awareness on tiger conservation and increase their habitats. The students of Classes-VI and VII held an awareness campaign in the locality under the guidance of their teacher Sakti Prasanna Mohanty. Besides, competitions on poem recitation, poster designing, elocution etc, with a theme of importance of tigers for a healthy bio-diversity were held among the participants. School Principal Madam Sujata spoke on the occasion.
Bal Sainik School holds art, science exhibition
Bhubaneswar: The Bal Sainik Public School, run under the Sainik School here, organised an art and science exhibition on Wednesday. Sainik School Principal Capt (IN) Kanchan Mukherjee joined the event as chief guest and Sangita Mukherjee as guest of honour. Bal Sainik Public School Headmistress Pramila Mishra gave a welcome address. Over 150 projects made by students from Class-I to V were on display. The exhibition was followed by a fancy dress competition among the tiny tots. The guests advised students to participate at the State-level Science exhibitions in future. School secretary Shreyash Nitin Mehta was also present.
Fashion carnival held at JD Institute
Bhubaneswar: From appliquéd Dhoti to trend setting Jacket to elegant women’s wear, collections of both men’s and women’s wear, all were put on display at a fashion carnival JD Annual Design Awards-2015, organised by the JD Institute of Fashion Technology here on Wednesday. The carnival had interior and fashion exhibitions with all the displays and the creativity were done by students of the Fashion and Interior Design Departments of the institute. Besides, a fashion show was organised, where models walked the ramp showcasing collections designed by the students. The show witnessed almost 4 collections with 21 garments, said institute’s Centre Director Vishal Subudhi.