Visit of NMA Chairperson to MSCBU

 

Chairman of the National Monument Authority of India and former Vice Chancellor of MSCB University Prof. Kishor Kumar Basa visited the University and had an interaction sessions with the students on Wednesday, 21 December 2022. The event was presided by the Registrar Mr. Sahadev Samadhia.  In his address, Prof. Basa reminisced his past and advised everyone to collectively work towards the upcoming NAAC accreditation. He also spoke about various steps taken by GoI towards preservation of various monuments of Odisha as well as India. He looked forward for effective participation of MSCB University in national level institutes like NMA. Asst. Professor of Zoology Dr. Cuckoo Mahapatra gave the welcome address wherein Head of the Department of Anthropology & Tribal Studies Dr. Basanta Kumar Mohanta rendered the vote of thanks. The interaction session was coordinated by the teachers of Department of Anthropology & Tribal Studies Dr. Monali Goswami, Dr. Laxman Sahu, Dr. Priyanka Das and Dr. Bhubaneswar Sabar.  

Birthday Celebration of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo

 

Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo's birthday was celebrated in the University on 17th December 2022. Vice Chancellor in-Charge Prof. Santosh Kumar Tripathy was the Chief Guest on the occasion. The event began with garlanding the statue of revered Maharaja by Prof. Tripathy. Later, a meeting was held at the 200-seated conference hall which was presided by the Registrar Shri Sahadev Samadhia. Speaking on the occasion, Chairman, PG Council Prof. Pramod Kumar Satapathy paid homage to Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo by detailing the events of Maharaja's life from his birth to death. Chief Guest Prof. Tripathy described the rule of Maharaja as the golden period of Mayurbhanj and hailed it as an establishment of true democracy. Comptroller of Finance Shri Manas Kumar Patra called everyone to imbibe the spirit of Maharaja's working culture and apply in our working life so as to face the challenges of NAAC accreditation in the future. Later, Controller of Examinations, Prof. Laxmidhar Giri rendered the vote of thanks. The meeting was attended by all the teaching & non-teaching staff and students of the University.

IDP-OHEPEE Sponsored International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioinformatics : Perspectives and Challenges - 8th-9th December 2022

 

A two-day international conference organized by the Department of Biotechnology at Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University has been inaugurated on Thursday, 8th December 2022. The conference, titled "Biotechnology and Bioinformatics: Perspectives and Challenges", was inaugurated by Vice-Chancellor in-Charge Prof. M. Himabindu. Prof. Krishnandu Acharya, Professor of Botany, University of Calcutta was the keynote speaker for the inaugural session. In this conference sponsored by the Institutional Development Plan of the Department of Higher Education, Government of Odisha, the convenor and Head of the Department, Prof. Hrudaynath Thatoi, gave a welcome speech and  expressed his gratitude to the Department of Higher Education, Government of Odisha. Associate Professor of Biotechnology Dr. Biswajit Rath introduced the guests. Professor M. Himabindu In her speech, expressed the opinion that such a program would help in raising the standards of the University. Prof. Kishore Kumar Basa, former Vice-Chancellor of the University and Chairman of National Monument Authority of India joined online as a special guest and spoke on the topic. Co-convenor and Reader of Computer Application Dr. Sujata Dash gave details of the various activities of the two-day conference. The keynote speaker Prof. Krishnandu Acharya in his speech highlighted the need of biotechnology and bioinformatics in today's era and opined that this science will be very helpful in changing our economic situation, development of health, development of agriculture, sustainable food balance etc. Asst. Professor of Biotechnology Dr. Santosh Kumar Sahu and Dr. Gunanidhi Dhangdamajhi participated in the discussion and spoke about how biotechnology is controlling our daily lives. The abstract book of the conference was unveiled on the occasion. Also, the book "Bioresources Utilization and Management" written by the Prof. Hrudaynath Thatoi was unveiled by the guests. At the end of the programme, the organizing secretary of the conference and Associate Professor of Biotechnology Dr. Sukant Kumar Nayak rendered the vote of thanks.

In this conference, Professor Keshav Chandra Mandal of Vidyasagar University, Midnapur and Mr. Samir Kumar Singhdev, Assistant Manager of Torrent Life Science Research Pharmacy Company of Gujarat participated in the discussion. Various projects and posters were exhibited by students and researchers in this conference.