Students of Ravenshaw University are hopeful of getting more space and better facilities on the campus. They are demanding speedy construction of hostels, academic blocks and Wi-fi facilities. The demand for adequate classrooms and necessary infrastructure has again gained momentum prompting chief secretary Gokul Chandra Pati to take stock of the situation. On May 31, Pati reviewed the existing infrastructure and the progress of various ongoing and pending projects. He also held discussion with the students’ union leaders, employees and officials of the varsity. Authorities have been asked to prepare a detailed plan for the overall development of the campus. Various agencies have also been asked to complete the restoration of sanitary problems on the campus at the earliest.
Anti-tobacco campaign
Institute of Dental Sciences (IDS), on behalf of Siksha-O-Anusandhan (SOA) University, conducted an anti-tobacco awareness programme at Biju Patnaik International Airport and Bhubaneswar railway station to observe World No Tobacco Day on May 31. It was organised with the support of SOA University founder president Manoj Ranjan Nayak and dean Neeta Mohanty.
The students had cleverly interlaced an entire street play with an educational talk. This left the audience spellbound from start to end. The programme was a great success.
Radhaprasanna Dalai and Harshita Mishra organised the entire event with the support of the teaching staff of Community Dentistry, IDS, and an enthusiastic batch of interns. Mishra gave a separate educational speech at the Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) camp in Bhubaneswar. “Leave Tobacco, before Life leaves you” — was the main slogan of the event.
Homeopathy meet
About a hundred homeopaths and students of homeopathy from Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha took part in a seminar, which was held at a hotel in Sambalpur on June 2.
The three-day meet began on May 29. Eminent homeopathic physician from Hyderabad Sreekhar Manu attended the seminar and spoke on homeopathic cures for several diseases. Manu also said cancer, mental illness, and other diseases could be cured with homeopathic treatment.
Alumni of the Sambalpur Government Homeopathy College such as Srikumar Patra, Jagruti Patra, Surendra Dehury, Sumendu Debata and the current students helped to organise the event.
“The seminar provided us with the opportunity to listen to Sreekhar Manu. We learned a lot about homeopathic treatment,” said Dushmant Yadav, a student of the college.
Legal service
Addressing students of Siksha-O-Anusandhan (SOA) University on May 28 through the community radio of the varsity, Sashikanta Mishra, member secretary of the Odisha State Legal Services Authority (OSLSA), said the Lok Adalat, an alternative dispute resolution system, had been of immense help to clear case backlog. The free legal aid has also come as a boon to the poor. Mishra also said the National Legal Services Authority, constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, aimed to provide free legal services to the weaker section of the society and organise Lok Adalats for amicable settlement of disputes, thereby lessening the burden on courts.
His talk on legal aid for the people was broadcast on Voice of SOA Community (90.4FM) radio channel. The talk also featured OSLSA deputy secretary of Biswajit Mohanty and Cuttack legal services authority secretary Soumyak Patra. Bhubaneswar legal services authority secretary Sweta Mishra was also present at the meet. The students learned about the alternate dispute resolution systems, which is currently operational in the country. They also learned how such initiatives would solve problems without moving the court.
Girls outdo boys
Girls have outshone boys in the Plus Three results of the North Odisha University that was published on Sunday. Out of the 20 top slots in different subjects, girls have secured 12 positions. The overall pass percentage is 75 and around 638 students have cleared the exams with first-class honours marks and distinctions. The toppers are Sayana Ghosh of Betnati college in arts, Dhiraj Sahu of Ananadapur College in science, and Sasmita Giri of Anandapur College in commerce subjects.
Cycle rally
The cycle rally of students representing the Nikhila Utkal Odia Honours students’ union of Visva-Bharati University in Bengal that had started on May 16 ended on May 31 at Satyabadi in Puri.
The students from the neighbouring state had started the rally demanding appointment of only Odia graduates as Odia language teachers in schools. The team was welcomed by several organisations and they also held events to promote their message. On May 29, the team held meets at several places in Bhubaneswar and met the governor and chief secretary to press for their demands.
They also demanded that there should be 20 per cent reservation of seats for Odia graduates in BEd courses. Large number of spectators had gathered at their event and praised their efforts of holding a cycle rally for over 700km in such scorching days for a noble cause.
MPC College results
The Plus Three results of Maharaja Purna Chandra Autonomous College were declared last week. While the overall pass percentage is 92.83 per cent, the pass percentage of girls' is 90.02 per cent. In the science stream, the success per cent is 95 while in arts and commerce, the percentages are 89.29 and 94.78 percentages respectively. The best graduates are Sasmita Mohapatra, Smrutiranjan Patra and Priyabrata Satpathy in the stream of science, arts and commerce respectively.
