Nalco CMD gets Knowledge Excellence Award
Bhubaneswar: Nalco CMD Dr Tapan Kumar Chand has called upon industry leaders, policymakers and stakeholders in the aluminium value chain to scale up production of the ‘wonder metal’ to meet its rising demand poised to reach 10 MT in the next decade. He was speaking at the 22nd international conference on “Non-Ferrous Minerals and Metals” in Ranchi. Dr Chand received the Knowledge Excellence Award for his outstanding contribution in the aluminium knowledge domain. On the occasion, a special Nalco booklet on sustainable mining titled ‘Mine with Mind’ was released.
lawyers’ Assn office-bearers elected
Brahmapur: Elections of the Chhatrapur lawyers’ Association were held at district headquarters at Chhatrapur on Friday. K Sibaram Reddy was elected as president, Jyoti Kumari VP, Shyamsundar Rao general secretary and Kishore Chandra Acharya library secretary. The new office-bearers took oath on Saturday. lawyer Ramakrushna Das was the election officer and lawyers Sahadev Panda and Manoj Padhi coordinated the elections.
Gautam Sharma new K’mal District Judge
Phulbani: Gautam Sharma joined as new Kandhamal District and Sessions Court Judge after transfer of his predecessor Janab Mohammad Azmal. Prior to this, Sharma was the Judge of Cooperative Tribunal, Cuttack.
BJP holds demo before N’para block office
Nimapara: Members of the Nimapara BJP unit on Friday held an agitation in front of the Nimapara block office opposing the block administration’s monopoly business in the PMAY scheme, disturbance in paying old age and widow pensions and irregularities in ration card distribution and on other issues. Among others, BJP Mahila Morcha State president Pravati Parida, Manas Pradhan, ZP Member Purna Chandra Ojha, Kailash Chandra Behead and Bijay Panda were present.
NGNP felicitates 45 meritorious students
Nimapara: The Nimapara-Gop Naba Nirman Parishad (NGNP) honoured 45 students who have secured A-1 grade in this year’s matriculation examination recently. The students were honoured with citations and cash prizes. Parishad president Dillip Nayak also declared to assist poor students for their future studies. Among others, Pravat Ray, Dillip Nayak, Balanga College Principal Prafulla Tripathy, Nimapara Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir Headmaster Purnachandra Panda and social activist Akshaya Nayak were present.
Van Mahotsav observed at CUO
Koraput: The Koraput Forest Division in collaboration with the Central University of Orissa (CUO), Koraput observed the 69th Van Mahotsav at the university campus in Sunabeda on Friday. University Vice-Chancellor Prof Sachidnanda Mohanty, Koraput DFO P Poornima and Assistant Conservator of Forest A Uma Mahesh attended as guests and planted seedlings through the catapult, sampling plantation along with the members present. laxmi Narayan Nayak and Raghunath Padhi were awarded with a cash prize of Rs 20,000 and the Biju Patanik Award for Forest Protection and Conservation-2018 for their outstanding work in forest conservation.
Gram Vikas gets grant for smart classrooms
Bhubaneswar: NGO Gram Vikas, has received a grant of Rs 4.8 million from the Oracle for the smart community interface in tribal areas of Odisha and smart classroom in tribal residential schools. About 7,500 persons from remote villages in Kalahandi and Ganjam villages would directly benefit from the grant. It would also help strengthen classrooms in four residential schools of Gram Vikas in tribal districts of Ganjam, Gajapati and Kalahandi districts of which 1,300 children would be benefitted.