Workshop on technological roadmap for coal sector
CMPDI, under the aegis of Ministry of Coal, GOI organised a one Day workshop on TECHNOLOGICAL ROADMAP FOR COAL SECTOR on Tuesday at CMPDIL, Ranchi. The objective behind this workshop is to embark on the path of “Technological Transformation '' in the coal mining sector in India to meet the ever increasing energy demand due to the rapidly growing economy. Chief Guest, Binay Dayal. Director (Technical), CIL, stressed on digitalisation of different activities of the Coal Mining Sector to achieve efficiency, increased productivity and for enhancement of safety. Manoj Kumar, CMD, CMPDI inaugurated the workshop and emphasised on how technology transformation will have a significant impact on Mining operations including safety in coming years. Anandji Prasad, Advisor (Projects), MoC expressed his views on the necessity of the technical transformation in Coal Mining industry and appreciated the efforts of CMPDI in organising this workshop. Dayal and Prasad addressed the delegates virtually. Functional Directors of CMPDI were also present on the occasion. In the workshop, 24 technical papers on New Technologies in Exploration, Underground Coal Mining, Coal Transportation, Geospatial Technologies and Mine Communication were presented.
BBMKU suspends all exams till January 31
The BBMKU authorities have decided to postpone all examinations till January 31 owing to Covid guidelines. The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by divisional commissioner - cum- acting VC Kamal John Lakra here today. The examinations include the professional examinations of MBBS too. However no fresh dates were announced for postponed examinations. Senior university officials including acting registrar, examination controller, deans of different facilities besides others were present during the meeting.