An ‘Odisha Technological Conclave’ was organised by the Ever Green Forum on the Engineers’ Day here. Minister of Women and Child Welfare and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Prafulla Samal inaugurated it on Monday.
Principal GM, BSNL Er Avinna Kumar Pahi, Odisha Private Engineering Schools’ Association general secretary Er Saroj Sahoo attended the event as guests of honour.
A panel discussion was organised on the theme ‘Technology and Development’. A souvenir was released and a model exhibition for students also held.
Prof (Dr) Sunil Kumar Sarangi, former Director of NIT Rourkela, was awarded with “Life Time Achievement Award”, while CV Raman College of Engineering College was awarded with “Best Technical Institute Award.”
Er Prafulla Kumar Mallick, RCCF, Koraput Circle, Dr Asoke Kumar Rath, former scientist, ISRO, Dr BS Patro, former dean, CET, Er Umakanta Sahoo, Senior GM, OPTCL, Dr Bimal Sarangi, Principal, REC were awarded with Odisha Technocrat Award while Er Manas Ranjan Sahoo, Additional RTO, Barbil, Er Prasanta Kumar Prusty, Deputy Manager, OPTCL, Er Sunil Panigrahi, Skill Coordinator, GEC were awarded with Odisha Young Technocrat Award.
Dr Debahuti Mishra, Dr Sakuntala Mahapatara and Dr Sachi Nandan Mohanty were awarded with Best Researcher Award while Prof Bikash Pattanaik and Prof Jnana Ranjan Nayak were awarded with Best principal award for diploma education. Dr Sagar Mishra, Binaya Panigrahi, Dr Nilima Shukla, Dr Satyabrata Dash, Prasanna Dixit were awarded with Best Teacher Award.