Induction drive for new Govt engineers ends
Bhubaneswar: A two-month induction programme for the newly-appointed Assistant Executive Engineers (AEEs) of the Works Department to enrich their technical acumen concluded at the Gandhi Institute for Technology (GIFT) here on Monday. The AEEs were imparted training by a select pool of training officials. A panel of experienced and trained instructors from different departments of the State had been roped in to provide necessary impetus to the trainees. A total of 240 AEEs, including 80 women, took part in the programme. GIFT Student Welfare Dean Dr AK Swain and Principal Dr S Krishna Mohan Rao were present at the concluding ceremony.
SBI holds blood donation camp
Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the World Blood Donors’ Day on June 14, the State Bank of India, local Head Office, Bhubaneswar conducted a blood donation camp with the help of the Red Cross Blood Bank and the BMC Hospital on Monday. SBI GM AK Chowdhury inaugurated the camp, where 55 units of blood were collected from SBI staffs and their family members. A sand sculpture is being made by artist Subal Moharana in front of the local Head Office to commemorate the World Blood Donors’ Day.
‘Blood Donation on Wheel’ held in city
Bhubaneswar: On the eve of the World Blood Donors’ Day, the Ghoshajatra Committee of the Sri Jagannath Ghoshajatra, Old Town Bhubaneswar held a blood donation camp in an AC bus on Monday. The team members, youths of Old Town and some voluntary blood donors donated blood. A total of 36 units of blood were collected at the camp inaugurated by Ashok Kumar Prusty and supported by social workers Manas Ranjan Mishra, Nrusingha Charan Das, Ajay Bisoi, centurion blood donor Gopi Mohan Pattanaik, Sushanta Sahu, Panchanan Samal, Devraj Sahu,Gighnesh Kotak and Ghosajatra committee president Sakti Prashad Sahu. Blood Bank director Dr Debashis Mishra lauded the noble efforts.