An Odisha Knowledge Hub (OKH) lecture Series was jointly inaugurated by Finance Minister Pradip Kumar Amat, Panchayati Raj Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo, Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Minister Sanjay Kumar Dasburma and Energy and Electronics & IT Minister Pranab Prakash Das at the State Secretariat on Friday. The first lecture of the series focused on financial and health service transformations in India. Eminent thematic expert Dr Nachiket Mor presented the lecture on the topic with latest updates and emerging trends.
Chief Secretary AP Padhi, Chief Minister’s Additional Chief Secretary UN Behera, Development Commissioner R Balakrishnan along with Principal Secretaries, Secretaries, Special Secretaries and other senior officers of all departments participated in the series. The Collectors of various districts also participated in it through videoconferencing.
The Chief Secretary told the media after the lecturer that the objective of the lecture series is to bring outside expert input to the Government system. Such lectures would be organised at regular intervals. The new inputs would be customised as per the Odisha context to enhance performance level and service delivery.
The Development Commissioner said subject matters for lectures would be selected as per the priorities of the State Government. The OKH would provide a platform to facilitate knowledge sharing among multi-stakeholders and to capture the best practices for strengthening good governance in Odisha. Dr Mor said sharing of new ideas helps in initiation of innovative practices. Odisha has been a forerunner in this field. Dr Mor is on the Boards of the Reserve Bank of India, the NABARD, the Micro Units Development and the Refinance Agency (MUDRA), and the Credit Rating Information Services of India limited (CRISIl).An Odisha Knowledge Hub (OKH) lecture Series was jointly inaugurated by Finance Minister Pradip Kumar Amat, Panchayati Raj Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo, Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Minister Sanjay Kumar Dasburma and Energy and Electronics & IT Minister Pranab Prakash Das at the State Secretariat on Friday. The first lecture of the series focused on financial and health service transformations in India. Eminent thematic expert Dr Nachiket Mor presented the lecture on the topic with latest updates and emerging trends.
Chief Secretary AP Padhi, Chief Minister’s Additional Chief Secretary UN Behera, Development Commissioner R Balakrishnan along with Principal Secretaries, Secretaries, Special Secretaries and other senior officers of all departments participated in the series. The Collectors of various districts also participated in it through videoconferencing.
The Chief Secretary told the media after the lecturer that the objective of the lecture series is to bring outside expert input to the Government system. Such lectures would be organised at regular intervals. The new inputs would be customised as per the Odisha context to enhance performance level and service delivery.
The Development Commissioner said subject matters for lectures would be selected as per the priorities of the State Government. The OKH would provide a platform to facilitate knowledge sharing among multi-stakeholders and to capture the best practices for strengthening good governance in Odisha. Dr Mor said sharing of new ideas helps in initiation of innovative practices. Odisha has been a forerunner in this field. Dr Mor is on the Boards of the Reserve Bank of India, the NABARD, the Micro Units Development and the Refinance Agency (MUDRA), and the Credit Rating Information Services of India limited (CRISIl).