The World Bank is looking ahead to interact with students of more number of higher educational institutions of Chhattisgarh.
Sharing details about the plan, World Bank’s Information Specialist based in New Delhi, Sunita Malhotra who was at Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla University, Raipur (PRSU) on Thursday for delivering a day-long speech at a ‘Workshop on Open Data Development Initiatives of World Bank’ told The Pioneer : “In the present scenario, we are usually invited by Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla University and Indian Institute of Management, Raipur (IIM) regarding various kinds of workshops. This time, we explained Ph.D., M.Phil, Post Graduate and Under Graduate students about the research, job opportunities and mobile applications put on the World Bank website.”
“We want other colleges or universities of this State to invite us for the similar purpose,” she said.
As many as 289 participants from various colleges and universities across the State participated in the workshop. The programme was organised with the joint collaboration of World Bank and Pandit Sundarlal Sharma library of PRSU.
Some of the M.Phil Mass Communication and M.Phil Media Studies students of Kushabhau Thakre University of Journalism and Mass Communication, Raipur approached Malhotra for visiting their university with this vision wherein she expressed her desire to definitely make a visit.
According to her, she was expected to visit IIM Raipur tomorrow for an interaction but could not make it this time. “I would probably visit IIM Raipur next week or in the month of March,” she said.
Malhotra explained the role of World Bank towards India and other countries. The latest methods of data analysis were highlighted along with the schemes of World Bank and Indian Government functioning at present.
Meanwhile, Dr S Sengupta, the Head of Pandit Sundarlal Sharma library informed that World Bank’s workshops benefit them as PRSU is among the 19 World Bank Depository libraries in India. “Such kind of seminars should be organised periodically as it is important to regularly update the knowledge of a student or researcher,” he maintained.