Vedanta Aluminium limited (VAl) organized a day-long workshop for the intellectuals and professional staff members. The theme for the workshop was “How Odisha can fast track industrialisaion for development of the State.” Chief Guest for the occasion was Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) –Dhenkanal Director Dr Mrinal Chatterjee.
“Despite deposits of vast mineral resources, Odisha continues to remain backward even after five decades of independence. Development of the State can be made by utillising such resources through industrialization which can mitigate the poverty and various problems like migration,” said Chatterjee.
Others on the dais were plant Head Bimalananda Senapati, Dr ex-Professor Akhaya Nanda, VP Finance Jalaj Malpani and Corporate Head Arun Bhatt.
Senapati said, “Vedanta, as a responsible corporate, has been partnering with the community for the development of the region. It has to be noted that it runs at a capacity of 25 per cent and struggling for continuous bauxite linkage since last 10 years.” He hoped that the crisis could be got over ahead.
In this workshop key opinion makers like Sridhar Pesnia, Ajay Mishra, Rama Chandra Behera, Bhabani Nial, Shukla Chakraborty-Principal (DAVVIS), Bijit Nayak-Principal lanjigarh SC & ST College, Uma Kar, Chandradwaja Pesnia, Rajendra Pratap Singhdeo, Subash Majhi, among others participated.