Bhubaneswar, July 26: With changes happening at a rapid pace, continuous learning and skilling is the new norm, Ranjan Bhowmick, Chief Executive Officer of Skill Development Institute (SDI) here, said on Friday.
“As per the need of the hour, formal education has to be integrated with skilling which has become imperative,” Bhowmick said while speaking at the valedictory function of the five-day ‘Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Innovation and Entrepreneurship’ which was held at the Institute of Business and Computer Studies (IBCS), faculty of management sciences of SOA Deemed to be University here.
Bhowmick, who was the chief guest on the occasion, said the SDI, an outcome oriented institute, was skilling the youth and enhancing livelihood. It was running multiple short term courses and around 92 per cent of the SDI trainees were getting placement, he said.
Dr. Namrata Mishra, Chief Executive Officer of Bhubaneswar City Knowledge Innovation Cluster (BCKIC), who was the guest of honour, said the time had become ripe for making students future ready.
Describing the faculty members as the change makers, she said young researchers were accepting entrepreneurship in a big way. The Odisha based start-ups were also doing well, she said.
The program was also addressed by Prof. Bibhuti Bhushan Pradhan, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Registrar and Prof. Prasanta Kumar Patra, Pro-Vice Chancellor of SOA, Prof. Ayasa Kanta Mohanty, Dean of IBCS, Prof. Jyoti Ranjan Das, Dean (Students’ Welfare), Prof. Manoranjan Dash, Associate Dean, IBCS and Dr. Neha Gupta, Co-PI of the FDP, spoke.
Twenty one experts from various domains addressed more than 50 participants from different educational institutions of Odisha who attended the FDP.
