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All the employees of the Odisha Government will be trained on disaster and pandemic management

Bhubaneswar:26/6/23: All the employees of the Odisha Government will be trained on disaster and pandemic management.

As per a historic decision of the State Council of Ministers, starting from Chief Secretary to Group D employees, all will be imparted training in disaster and pandemic management.

Pursuant to this decision, courses on disaster and pandemic management are being developed. The course prescribed for all Group-D level employees will be increased continuously and Group-A level employees will also complete all the courses.

A tripartite MoU has been signed between the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority, Odisha State Open University, Sambalpur and Higher Education Department to offer the disaster management training course.

Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Pramila Mallik, Higher Education Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Additional Chief Secretary and SRC Satyabrata Sahu, Secretary-cum-Commissioner of Higher Education Department Aravind Agarwal, Director of I&PR Department Saroj Kumar Samal and Vice Chancellor of Odisha State Open University, Sambalpur Prof. Arka Kumar Das Mohapatra were present on the occasion.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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