Kalinga Institute of Nursing Sciences (KINS), a constituent of KIIT-DU organised a seminar on breast cancer awareness on October 11 with a topic “Prevention, Early Detection and Comprehensive Care of Breast Cancer”. The aim of the programme was to create more and more awareness on breast cancer in the society.

Prof. Asokan R,HOD, Medical Surgical Nursing, (in-charge, R&D), KINS, KIIT–DU welcomed Dr. Sukdev Nayak, Prof. Anaesthesiology, Pain Relief and Palliative Medicine, IMS & SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar.

Dr. Nayak highlighted the causes, signs and symptoms, stages of breast cancer, breast self-examination (BSE), treatment, prevention, early detection, regular check-up and palliative care. “Cancer is a disease in which cells grow abnormally and form tumours. If left untreated the tumours can spread throughout the body and become fatal,’’ the expert said.

He specially focused on prevention of breast cancer and emphasized on BSE as a golden way to prevent breast cancer. He also mentioned palliative care and explained the importance of communication skills, listening, assessment of symptoms, dealing with distress, spirituality and team work.

All the faculty members of KINS, MSc. nursing first year and GNM nursing second year students attended. The programme was a great learning platform for all faculties and students on spreading awareness on prevention of breast cancer. Vote of thanks was proposed by Chandan Pradhan Associate Professor KINS.

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Kalinga Institute of Nursing Sciences (KINS), a constituent of KIIT-DU organised a seminar on “Research design” on August 31, 2023 comprising B.Sc. Nursing third-year students.

The seminar started with a welcome address by Jayashree Pradhan,Tutor, KINS. Speaking on the topic “Steps of research process”, Prof.Kalyani Rath, Vice-Principal of KINS highlighted the basics of research and phases of quantitative and qualitative analysis.

This was followed by a talk on “Research approach and design” byProf. Asokan R, R&D in-charge and HoD of Medical Surgical Nursing Dept, KINS by citing various examples.

Associate Prof. V. Sivasankari, HoD, Mental Health Nursing, KINS delivered a talk on “Writing problem statements and objectives” in detail. The informative session was attended by B.Sc. Nursing third year students and faculty members of KINS.

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The Department of Economics, School of Social, Financial & Human Sciences (KSFH), KIIT Deemed to be University, organized a seminar on ‘Gender in Economics’ on 25^th August, 2023. Prof. Tara Nair, an eminent economist currently heading the Work Fair & Free Foundation, Bangalore, graced the seminar as the Speaker. Prof Keshab Das, Dean, KSFH chaired the seminar and welcomed the speaker and the participants.

Using socio-cultural traits of gender, Prof. Nair explained the concepts of a household, labour markets, and the macroeconomic policies to highlight low female labour-force participation rate in the country. The seminar witnessed encouraging participation from students and faculties across the disciplines, and was organized under the leadership of Prof. (Dr.) Jayant Kumar Parida, Director, KSFH.  Prof. Nair also interacted with the faculty members of the School.

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On 30^th June 2023, KIIT School of Social, Financial & Human Sciences (KSFH) organized a Regional Seminar on Capital Market and the Role of SEBI. Shri Ashwin Bhatia, Whole Time Member of the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI), joined the seminar as the resource person and provided guidance to the aspiring investors in their investment journey. He emphasized the importance of making appropriate investments at an early stage, drawing from his personal experiences, and highlighted key precautions for the young minds to be aware of.

The seminar was graced by Prof. (Dr.) Sasmita Samanta, Vice Chancellor, KIIT Deemed University, who congratulated KSFH for organizing the event. Prof. (Dr.) Jayanta Kumar Parida, Director, KSFH, delivered the welcome address, while Shri Moloy Biswas, Regional Head, CDSL, concluded the seminar with closing remarks. Shri G Ram Mohan Rao, CGM-RD, ERO Kolkata, provided an overview of SEBI’s activities in the eastern region, and Shri Pratyush Sengupta, BSE IPF, introduced the guests and gave a brief overview of the program.

Over 300 students from fifteen colleges and universities in Bhubaneswar participated in the program.

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In a free-market economy characterized by profit maximization, the role of the state in protecting citizens’ inalienable rights becomes increasingly important. While the market economy has contributed significantly to employment opportunities, economic growth, increased GDP and revenue generation in India, its effectiveness in terms of poverty alleviation and equitable income distribution remains debatable. Thus, the concept of “public welfare” and “welfare policies” take on new meaning in India.

Against this backdrop, the KIIT School of Social Financial and Human Sciences (KSFH) organized a one-day seminar on 31^st March, 2023, titled “Prioritizing Welfare in a Market-Driven Economy”. The seminar aimed to reflect on a critical question: Where should welfare be located in an economy driven solely by profit maximization?

In his welcome address, Prof. Jayanta Kumar Parida, Director, KSFH, emphasized the seminar’s relevance and highlighted the school’s rigorous teaching, learning, and research culture, which contributes to social science research.

Shri Panchanan Kanungo, Former Finance Minister, Govt. of Odisha, attended the event as the Chief Guest and discussed the various economic epochs India has experienced, with a focus on welfare activities during each epoch.

Prof. Sasmita Samanta, Vice-Chancellor, KIIT Deemed to be University, delivered the Presidential address, focusing on the importance of sustainable growth in every sector of the economy. She congratulated the School for organizing the seminar and extended her best wishes for its success.

Prof H K Pradhan, Professor, XLRI, Jamshedpur, and Prof. R K Singh, BHU, Varanasi, were the Guests of Honor. Professor Pradhan discussed the need for Access to Finance to create jobs and emphasized the right ecosystem for financial inclusion, which should be achieved through proper institutional development and policy making.

Prof. R.K.Singh questioned the free market economy’s framework and performance during the pandemic, stressing the importance of People, Profit, and Planet for sustainable development. Dr. Pinanki Nandan Patnaik, the seminar’s coordinator, discussed the historical trajectory of welfare in the Indian political economy. Dr. Debasis Pahi, the seminar’s coordinator, conveyed the vote of thanks.

The second part of the conference was a panel discussion, moderated by Prof. Mitali Chinnara from Utkal University, who invited panelists to suggest welfare measures in a market-driven economy. Prof. K C Samal, NCDS, Bhubaneswar, highlighted the market-driven economy’s role in increasing economic disparities and suggested a basic needs approach and social security approach for ensuring welfare. Prof S.N. Mishra, KSOM, KIIT-DU, emphasized the lack of regulatory mechanisms hindering welfare and highlighted that a country with a strong faith in a market economy is not necessarily anti-welfare. Rather, the problem lies in welfare measures being used for populism and political gain.

Prof T.K Pany, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, spoke about the philanthropic attitude of people and community involvement at the grassroots level. Prof Brahmananda Sathapathy, an eminent Professor of Political Science, KISS University, Bhubaneswar, enlightened the audience about neo-liberalism and political freebies. Prof P.K. Hota, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, opined that self-employment and entrepreneurship play key roles in ensuring welfare and suggested a shift in focus from a consumer-based economy to a producer-based economy.

The last leg of the Seminar featured research paper presentations by participants from various corners of the country.  More than 250 papers were received of which 84 were shortlisted. These papers were presented by participants across four technical sessions, running simultaneously in hybrid mode.

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Faculties of Kalinga Institute of Nursing Sciences (KINS) attended a national seminar on “Recent innovations in public health research: Opportunities and challenges’’ organised by Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Medical Sciences, Rourkela  on March 11. KINS faculties Soumya Sonalika, Assistant Professor Department of Community Health Nursing and Prof. Asokan R, HOD of Medical Surgical Nursing, joined the session as resource persons.

Soumya Sonalika in her talk discussed about sub-theme-“Obesity and its management’’. Now-a-days obesity acts as a link to many chronic, untreatable and fatal ailments. She highlighted the points regarding incidence and prevalence, signs, symptoms, complications and factors contributing to obesity, patho-physiology, screening obese persons and focussed on preventive measures and its management, which is very essential as it affects people of all ages in all parts of our country and world and one of a leading causes behind cardiovascular disorders.

In his talk Prof. Asokan R spoke about sub-theme ‘Epidemiology’. It is a corner stone of public health and shapes policy, decisions and evidenced-based practice by identifying risk factors for disease and targets for preventive health care.

More than 5oo participants attended from various nursing colleges and hospitals of Odisha. The programme culminated with applauses and appreciation from the organizers and participants.

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With the aim to upgrade the knowledge of nursing students regarding nursing care Kalinga Institute of Nursing Sciences (KINS), a constituent of KIIT-DU, organised a day-long seminar on `Nursing Process’onMarch 4, at KIDS auditorium.

Sarting the session with a keynote address, Prof. (Dr.) Niyati Das, Principal, KINS highlighted the overall nursing process and encouraged the first year nursing students to apply the same in their clinical setting for quality nursing care.

The first talk on “Introduction to nursing process” was presented by Subhashree Mohapatra, Tutor, KINS. She focused on overview of nursing process, it’s purposes, components and characteristics.

In her talk on “Nursing Assessment”Jayashree Pradhan, Tutor, KINS discussed the meaning of assessment, data collection procedure and physical assessment. Debajani Sahoo Assistant Professor KINS presented her talk on “Nursing Diagnosis”. The next talk on “Planning”was presented by Devasmita Sahoo, Tutor, KINS. Karisma Tripathy, Tutor, KINS delivered her talk on “Implementation” and focused on the intervention part of nursing process in which she highlighted on the purposes, characteristics, types, process and skills required for a nurse to perform the task .

The last session “Evaluation” was taken by Anita Panigrahi, in which she emphasized the objectives of evaluation in nursing process. It was a very interactive session where the speakers clarified all the queries of the students by quoting suitable examples, followed by which a post test session was done to evaluate the effectiveness of the seminar. All students of M.Sc, B.Sc Nursing, GNM and faculty members of KINS attended.

The seminar was coordinated by the seminar organizing committee of KINS and anchored by Smrutirekha Sahoo, Tutor, KINS. Vote of thanks was proposed by Sasmita Rout., Assistant Professor, KINS. Around 180 participants participated.

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Experts from the field of library science converged at the KIIT Deemed-to-be-University-organised seminar here on Sunday to discuss thread-bare the open source movement. Vice Chancellor of the University Prof. Sasmita Samanta emphasised the introduction of information analytics and data science into the syllabus to expand and broaden the opportunities for students of library science.

Addressing the seminar titled “Open Source Movement: What Next”, Prof. Samanta favoured increased use of modern-day technology such as AI and data science to give a fresh impetus to the library movement. She said the KIIT Central library embodies the best of library science and reflects the global perspective.

“I am attending this event with people who are committed to protecting, preserving and disseminating knowledge. You are key stakeholders acting as a bridge between the generations, she said welcoming the library scientists.

The seminar aims to provide useful information on open source software, journals and databases among library professionals to help the researchers and teachers openly and freely to carry out research without any monetary investment, said Director of the KIIT Central Library Bijayalaxmi Rautaray.

She praised the efforts of the Founder of KIIT and KISS Dr. Achyuta Samanta for not only creating a world-class library but also being a great source of inspiration for the growth of library professionals to support teaching and research.

The speakers at the seminar spoke eloquently about the KIIT Central Library, commending it for its infrastructure and its objectives.

“We don’t have our future without a library. KIIT is an institution which believes that despite the overwhelming dominance of electronics in every field, the libraries movement should go on unhindered,” said the HoD of PG Dept of Library Science at Sambalpur University Prof. Bulu Maharana. A library is a great place to innovate, think and collaborate, he underscored.

Prof. Partha Sarathi Mukhopadhyay of the University of Kalyani; Prof.  Bhaskar Mukherjee, Banaras of Hindu University and Dr. Akhtar Parvez of Maulana Azad National Urdu University addressed different dimensions of the open access movement. Around 500 participants from different parts of the county participated in the national seminar.  

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As a curtain raiser to the celebration of International Year of Millet 2023 (IYoM 2023), the School of Comparative Indic Studies and Tribal Science and the Centre for Indigenous Science and Technology, KISS-DU jointly organized one-day national seminar on ‘Millets: Miracle Foods for Future’ in hybrid mode on 19^th December, 2022. Dr. M Muthamilarasan, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad was the Keynote Speaker and Dr. Seema Pradhan, Scientist C, and Dr. Namisha Sharma, Scientist B, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneshwar were invited as the distinguished speakers.

In his welcome address, Professor Deepak Kumar Behera, Vice-Chancellor, KISS-DU, highlighted awareness and importance of the millets. Millets have been the staple food of the tribes of Odisha, and have diversity in distribution throughout the state. Due to lack of awareness of their advantages and evolving dietary practices, they have mostly been absent from staple crops. Many government and non-government organizations have put a lot of effort in recent years to popularise millets as a healthy food option, particularly to provide food security for everyone. He also marked that the resolution designating 2023 as the International Year of Millets invites all stakeholders to support initiatives aimed at increasing public awareness, framing and shaping policies with respect to health and nutritional benefits of millet’s consumption, their suitability for cultivation under challenging and changing climatic conditions, and also shaping policy attention to improve value chain efficiencies. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): primarily SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 3 (Excellent Health and Well-being), SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) SDG 12 (Sustainable Consumption and Production), SDG 13 (Climate Action) and SDG 17 (Global Partnership) are being worked toward by supporting millets in their comeback.

Dr. Vimal Kumar Pandey, Associate Professor, KISS-DU introduced Dr. Muthamilarasan as an eminent and much-decorated researcher in the field of millet, stress biology and genomics, with more than 100 publications and 4000 citations; a Fulbright Fellow and INSA Young Scientist Medal winner. He also introduced Dr. Seema Pradhan and Dr. Namisha Sharma as erudite scientists awarded by DST, INSA, who joined the seminar as distinguished speakers.

In his Keynote Address, entitled ‘Millets for Future’, Dr. Muthamilarasan shared with the audience that one in 10 of 8 billion humans goes to bed on an empty stomach. Every 10 seconds, a child dies out of hunger. 25% of all children suffer from malnutrition, especially in the first five years of life. He explained that India now leads the world in child stunting and child wasting of growth. Out of the 11 lakh 28 thousand vascular plants, approximately 7000 crops were used by humans throughout history, but today, less than 50% of staple foods consist of 3 main food crops – rice. wheat and maize, and 12 other plant crops that, along with 5 animal species, account for 75% of the world’s food. With a total of 15 crops feeding 8 billion people, and given that climate change often affects these crops, the scenario is grim and not sustainable. It takes 110 days for paddy to mature, 2500-9000 litres of water are required per kilogram of polished rice. The solution may thus be either mainstreaming underutilized crops or using biotechnology to improve traits. Compared to rice, millets require very little water, are disease-, salinity- and drought-resistant. Indian Institute of Millet Research has recently come up, but minor millets have been largely ignored. Before the Green Revolution, millets were major crops; however, the area under cultivation has sharply come down, while profits do not go to the farmer. The origin of shifting to a completely rice-based diet and the origin of higher incidence of metabolic diseases in India is coincidental. Millets, unlike rice, have a low glycemic index, while being high in energy, fibre, minerals including calcium, and vitamins. Gut microbiota slowly digest the complex starches found in millets to ensure a sustained release of glucose instead of a sugar rush.

Dr. Muthamilasaran described one of his research findings carried out during the pandemic, countries affected by lack of rice exports suffered from acute hunger. He also presented a roadmap for the cultivation of millets in hunger hotspots, and then appropriate upscaling, downstream processing, genetic improvement and enhanced supply. He showed how the rising tide of suicides among farmers could be stemmed by adding millets as an alternate crop. Climate change would ultimately result in a loss of yield as well as diversity of crops, and thus it is imperative that we shift gradually to millets as the food of the future.

Speaking on little millets as a climate resilient crop for the future, Dr. Seema Pradhan emphasized the diversity and importance of millets. She revealed that specific genes were upregulated and downregulated in millets when exposed to drought and salinity stress. Speaking in turn, Dr. Namisha Sharma described how biotechnology could be used to improve food crop strains, using genes from millets to induce resistance to drought, heat, and salinity. The deliberation was followed by a question answer session. Among others, Professor Emeriti, KISS-DU – Dr. Siba Prasad Adhikary, Dr. Atanu Kumar Pati, Dr. N. Nagaraju, Dr. B. B. Mishra, Dr. Nirmal Chandra Dash shared their erudite thoughts on the topic.

Dr. Priyoneel Basu, Director (Research), KISS-DU delivered the concluding remarks, while Dr. Rashmi Mohapatra, Dean, School of Comparative Indic Studies and Tribal Science, KISS-DU offered the vote of thanks.  

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The Centre for Studies in Business and Corporate Law (KCBCL), under the aegis of the Department of Business Law and Corporate Governance of KIIT Law School conducted a Seminar on the topic ‘Stock Market and Investment’ on 22^nd November 2022. It was graced by Mr. Krishna Rath, SEBI Registered Investment Adviser, IIM (Indore), Associate Fellow LOMA (USA).

The Event commenced with a brief introduction of the Speaker by Ms. Aporva Sekhar, Student Coordinator, KCBCL followed by Prof. (Dr.) Bhavani Prasad Panda, Director, KLS and Chairperson of KCBCL delivering the welcome address.

The speaker initiated the Seminar by emphasizing on the saying of Warren Buffet “Never invest in a business you can’t understand.” to give a basic explanation highlighting the importance of checking and studying the parameter on selection of companies before investing in the stock market. He went on to elucidate on IPO (Initial Public Offering) and Offer for Sale components for raising finance. The speaker held a brief discussion on Financial Institutional Investors and carried forward the session with the discussion on mutual fund, ETFS, ELSS and derivatives and explained the importance of investing in them.

The speaker then explained the primary objective of investing in the equity market. He presented statistics to show how 10cr+ investors had a Nifty return of 11.2% for over 25 years which has been witnessed by 5000+ companies with a market cap of $3.4 trillion. He further explained the features of Capital Appreciation, better liquidity, beating inflation and strong regulatory environment. Adding up on his elaboration, he further discussed on how the Indian economy can surpass Chinese and American, if it shifts its focus from service based industry to manufacturing industry.

The speaker elucidated on the Equity Stock Selection process, where he briefly discussed on Fundamental Analysis and Technical Analysis. Explaining the former one, he said it focuses on three aspects like Economy, Industry and Company. For an illustration of Industry, he discussed about real estate, healthcare, consumer goods and steel production. While speaking on Technical analysis he discussed on diversification. The speaker also advised to invest in real estate, fixed products, PPF, FD and SSY, apart from just Equity.

The speaker concluded the session by presenting a case study on the companies of Relaxo Footwear and Titan; further he cited the root cause of the huge sale of Relaxo lies in the distribution channel process which further facilitates the revenue collection process.

The valuable insight that was granted into this concept encouraged and stimulated the knowledge of the participants to gain more clarity and understanding of the concept. As many as 120 participants attended the seminar.

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