The Directorate of Census Operations in collaboration with the Humanities and Social Sciences Department of the National Institute of the Technology, Rourkela (NITR) organised a data dissemination workshop on Primary Census Abstract (PCA), Individual SC/ST, literacy and Workers on Wednesday. As chief guest, former Principal of NIT (REC) Rourkela Prof Somnath Mishra highlighted the historical background of the census and it’s rational in the current period. Former Director of the SC/ST Research and Training Institute, Bhubaneswar Prof Premanand Panda was the guest of honour.
Deputy Director of Census Prarakar Barad presented the PCA- 2011. A session on ‘literacy by Gender and SC/ST’ was presented by assistant professor HS Dr Jalandhar Pradhan.Students, faculties and staff of the NITR participated in the workshop along with representatives from various Government and NGOs in and around Rourkela.