Navratna Company Nalco is developing a blueprint to step up premier educational institutions of Odisha to global standard.
Under this plan, Nalco top management would be interacting with selected premier institutions, to begin with those in Bhubaneswar, and identify areas of mutual cooperation and collaboration.
Nalco CMD TK Chand informed, “In fact, we already had elaborate discussions with Prof RV Rajkumar, Director and Prof PKJ Mohapatra of IIT, Bhubaneswar, on contemporary topics of mutual interest. The IIT is keen to sign an MoU with Nalco to boost exchange programmes and focus on research activities, set up incubation centres and knowledge parks, thereby increasing the employability of youngsters and improving the visibility of Odisha in national and international arena.”
Chand would visit institutes including the IIT, Bhubaneswar, XIMB, KISS & KIIT and IMIS campuses to interact with students and faculties on ways and means on cooperation and collaboration.
“Nalco has also planned to invite identified institutions to be members of various study teams, making business visits to world-class mines and industries,” Chand added.
Under an industry-institution interaction programme launched by the Nalco, Chand on Friday made his maiden visit to the KISS campus on invitation from its founder Achyuta Samanta. Impressed by the scale of educational activities undertaken by the KISS and its focus on educating tribal students, Chand said the KISS would certainly beat Chinese educational institutions in its scale of operation.
Chand, accompanied by his wife Preeti Roy Chand, who is working as Principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya, wished the students on behalf of Nalco employees and their families. Samanta described Chand as a dedicated, dynamic and hardworking top professional who has enhanced the visibility of the Nalco.