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PNS
: The NIT Rourkela team welcomed 25 participants from Sikkim and five faculty members of NIT Sikkim for a week-long exposure tour to Odisha under the Yuva Sangam Programme.
The programme under the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) is an initiative by the Union Ministry of Education to strengthen people-to people connections, especially between youths belonging to North Eastern India and other States.
It will provide an immersive experience of various facets of life, development landmarks, recent achievements and youth connections in the host State. During their visits, the youths will have a multi dimensional exposure to five broad areas –tourism, traditions, development, technology, and people-to-people connect.
As NIT Rourkela has been chosen as the Nodal Institute for Odisha and paired with NIT Sikkim to host the programme, NIT Rourkela will organise the 5-day tour (excluding arrival and departure day). The tour plan includes visits to different academic institutions, tourist places, notable industries, etc., like Rourkela Steel Plant, Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium and Indoor Stadium, other sports facilities around the city, Hanuman Vatika, Vedvyas Temple and Vaishnodevi Temple, Jagannath Temple, IIM Sambalpur, Hirakud Dam, Samalei Mandir Self Help Group visits etc.
NIT Director Prof K Umamaheshwar Rao extended warm welcome to all the guests.