An online workshop series organised jointly by New Delhi-based intellectual forum, The Intellects and Shobhit University to guide Odisha students on higher education opportunities successfully concluded on Saturday.
The concluding ceremony, presided over by The Intellects chairman, Debendra Nath Rout, saw participation of a galaxy of personalities including journalist and legislator Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, neurosurgeon and Shiksha O Anusandhan University VC Dr Ashok Mahapatra, noted columnist and commentator Dr Bhagaban Prakash and Chancellor, Shobhit University Kunwar Shekhar Vijendra. The speakers, while praising the unique effort, said that many students, in order to fulfil the wish of their parents, study subjects other than what they really want to and thus do great injustice to
their own careers and the professions that they enter. The guests hoped the programmes like this would go a long way in fulfilling a great need of students. They thanked The Intellects for organizing this series to address a long-standing need. The series had started on July 24 and concluded on August 6. As part of the series, nine workshops were organized, which saw the participation of 27 experts and 16 guest speakers. More than 8,000 students from Odisha and outside had participated and got their doubts clarified.