A workshop was organised at New Campus, Central University of Odisha, Koraput on December 2 for disseminating the prospects and activities of the Euphrates Project of Erasmus Mundus Programme.
The programme was initiated in 2013 with the signing of an MoU between the Central University of Odisha, Koraput and the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
The third call has been declared open from November 17 last. The project is basically for the students of Natural Sciences and hence, the students of Department of Biodiversity and Conservation of Natural Resources, Mathematics and Statistics were the key stakeholders for pursuing higher education in European universities.
The meeting was presided over by Vice Chancellor Prof Sachidananda Mohanty of the university. Other dignitaries present were Prof KC Rout, Dean Academics, Dr SK Palita, Dean of School of Biodiversity and Conservation of Natural Resources, K Kosala Rao, Deputy Registrar (Academics), Jyotiska Datta and Dr Mahesh Panda, and Dr Kakoli Banerjee.
Welcome address was delivered by Dr Banerjee where she explained about the programme. The workshop ended with vote of thanks offered by Dr Banerjee.