The second year M.Sc. Nursing students from Kalinga Institute of Nursing Sciences (KINS), a constituent under KIIT-DU, organised a comprehensive Disaster Nursing Management Workshop to equip nursing professionals with crucial skills and knowledge in disaster management.

The workshop started with a welcome address by Prof. Dr. Niyati Das, Principal, KINS as she emphasised the crucial role of nursing professionals in disaster preparedness and management. Guest speaker Sukant Sethi, Director Fire Services KIIT-KISS addressed the gathering with his expertise in disaster preparedness.

The workshop comprised of group activities focusing on the preparedness and management of cyclone, earthquake, industrial accidents and hazards and fire. Participants engaged in role plays, hands-on training, and mock drills to simulate real-life disaster scenarios.

The cyclone preparedness group showcased evacuation techniques, shelter management, and first aid specific to cyclones. The earthquake management group practiced search and rescue operations, triage, and medical care for victims. The industrial safety workshop highlighted hazard identification, PPE usage, and emergency protocols in industrial settings. The session involving fire preparedness covered fire extinguisher usage, evacuation procedures, and burn wound management.

Throughout the workshops, the participants were actively engaged in hands-on demonstrations, simulations and brainstorming activities. This event helped them gain knowledge and skills about disaster preparedness and management.

The program concluded on a high note with a vote of thanks by Associate Prof. Soumya Sonalika of KINS. The Disaster Management Workshop left a lasting impact on nursing professionals, equipping them to manage disasters in their roles effectively. The event’s collaborative and interactive approach fostered a proactive attitude towards disaster response and management.

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A Workshop on ‘Blockchain Technology and Law @ Cyber Law’ was conducted jointly by KiiT Kareer School and Asian School of Cyber Laws for B.Tech, Law and MBA students. The workshop aimed at making students aware and understand Blockchain/Cyber Security and careers associated with these fields. The session covered Blockchain and Crypto Law, Online Gaming Law, Electronic Signature Law, Cyber Crime Law and law relating to digital evidence, Intellectual Property Law, Law relating to distributed ledger technology, cryptocurrency, etc. 

Speaking at the workshop, Mr. Gokul Narayan, Chief Operations Officer of Asian School of Cyber Laws and a Mediator with the CAMP Arbitration and Mediation Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, stated that the pandemic resulted in evolving the digital technologies such as Cloud and Data Science thereby increasing the need for cyber security manifold. In view of the rising cyber crimes, he urged emergency to create awareness among students to tackle the unforeseen challenges of cybercrime as well as to strengthen cyber security.

Mr. Rohas Nagpal, Co-founder of Asian School of Cyber Laws & Chief Blockchain Architect of the Hybrid Finance (HyFi) Blockchain explained the students about importance of Blockchain and Crypto Law,  Online Gaming Law, process to file cyber crime cases and laws relating to cryptocurrency. Mr. Nagpal is a consultant for the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub for preparing a White Paper on Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) and Central Bank Digital Currency.

In his vote of thanks, Prof. Priyadarshi Biswal, Dean, Kareer School said, cyber security is mandatory for the career in every field and walks of life. Around 600 students attended the session along with faculty members and other senior functionaries.

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The second advanced trauma care CME-cum-workshop, based on theme “Upgrading skill and improving outcome’’ in trauma patients was conducted at KAABEEL Simulation Centre of Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), a constituent of KIIT Deemed-to-be-University,  by Department of Critical Care Medicine.

The two-day-long CME-cum-workshop on May 13 and 14 was attended by 100 delegates from diverse specialities such as anesthesiology, surgery, orthopedics and emergency medicine. The programme was inaugurated by KIMS Principal Prof. Ambika Prasad Mohanty , Medical Superitendent Prof .Ramachandra Das , HoD Critical Care Medicine Dr. Sujit Pradhan and Chief Guest Prof. Dr. Ajay Bahl, Director Emergency Services Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi. One of the highlights of the workshop was to give real-life case scenarios to delegates for hands on practice. This programme aimed to enhance skill of health care personnel in Odisha to provide state-of-art trauma care facilities and save more lives. Dr. Devi Prasad Dash was the course director and Dr Sansay Mohapatra was the workshop coordinator for this programme.

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In an aim to reduce the number of road fatalities caused by accidents, KIIT-DU organized a First Aid Training programme for Youth Red Cross (YRC) KIIT volunteers on April 23, 2024. Approximately 70 YRC volunteers participated in the training, where they were instructed on various skills by Mr. Laxman Swain, Junior Red Cross Officer and Lecturer in First Aid. The training included demonstrations on how to manage unconscious victims, bleeding, fractures, heart attacks, strokes, heat strokes, snake bites, and other emergency situations.

During the workshop, the volunteers took an oath to provide emergency services whenever and wherever needed. The training instilled confidence in the volunteers to effectively handle such situations. Dr. Chitralekha Jena, YRC Counsellor at KIIT-DU, coordinated the programme, while YRC volunteers Somil Shaurya, Anuska Chakraborty, Aashish Kumar, and Krishnam Sinha played key roles in organizing and ensuring the success of the workshop.

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A two-day Patent Workshop was organised by the Bhubaneswar City Knowledge Innovation Cluster (BCKIC) foundation, an initiative by the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, in partnership with the Science and Technology Department, Government of Odisha and in association with KIIT Deemed to be University, at KIIT-School of Biotechnology auditorium on 21^st and 22^nd March, 2023.

The session was designed for students, academicians, research scholars and entrepreneurs with hands-on training on Patent searching, Drafting, Filing and prosecution. The workshop started with an inaugural session. Dr. Vishakha Raina, Professor in School of Biotechnology, KIIT University welcomed the guest on the occasion and gave the gist of the aims and objectives of the workshop with the details on the lined up technical sessions.

Dr. Srinivas Patnaik, Associate Professor and Dean in School of Biotechnology, KIIT University gave the opening remark and emphasised the importance of Intellectual Property. The Chief Guest, Ms. Puja Mishra, Joint Secretary, Science and Technology Department, Government of Odisha applauded the efforts, enthusiasm and participation and also urged the participants to avail the opportunities provided to them by the Science and Technology Department, Government of Odisha. Mr. Laxminarayan Padhi, Senior Scientist at Science & Technology Department, Government of Odisha was also present in the session.

This workshop was the part of an initiative by the Science and Technology Department, Government of Odisha in collaboration with BCKIC Foundation in its mission to create awareness about Intellectual Property Rights in the state of Odisha.

Ms. Sambhabi Patnaik, Faculty, KIIT Law School; Dr. T. Pavan Kumar, Sr. Scientist, CSIR-IMMT; Mr. Aurobinda Panda, Founder and Managing Partner of LexProtector; Smrita Pathak, Assistant Manager-IP, BCKIC Foundation; and Dr. Amaresh Panda, Lead, Technology Transfer Office, KIIT-TBI were the guest speakers for the workshop, who conducted session on various aspects of Patents.

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The School of Mechanical Engineering and Central Research Facility (CRF) of KIIT Deemed to be University in association with Gleeble User Forum of India organized a National Workshop on “Physical Simulation of Thermal-Mechanical Processing of Materials” from March 16–18, 2023. Eminent academicians, scholars, dignitaries from business, and participants from around the world attended the workshop.

Speaking at the inaugural session, Prof. Sasmita Samanta, Vice-Chancellor, KIIT-DU said that academic research and innovations should be humanitarian. KIIT has maintained this focus since inception and, as a result, it has a tremendous positive impact on millions of people throughout the world, she stated.   

Dr. Balamurali Krishnan, Director of DMRL Hyderabad appreciated the event as it brought together the brightest minds in steel manufacturing and research. Dr. Fulvio Siciliano, Chief Scientist, Dynamic Systems Inc., USA expressed his satisfaction at the enthusiasm and energy of the academic community at KIIT. Dr. Dhiren Panda, Executive Vice President (R&D), JSW Steels Ltd. said that the future of Indian steel is bright.

Earlier, in his welcome address, Dr. B. C. Routara, Dean, School of Mechanical Engineering highlighting the school level and university level facilities. Convener of the conference, Dr. Shanta Chakraborty elaborated on salient features of GUWI-2023. Prof. J. R. Mohanty, Registrar, KIIT-DU briefed about the vision of the Founder of KIIT & KISS in creating a state of the art facility like Gleeble at KIIT and also the milestones the institute could achieve in such a small time. Prof. Sudesna Roy, Associate Professor of SME proposed the vote of thanks.

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The Department of Pain Medicine at the Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) successfully completed 9th batch of Comprehensive Pain and Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (CPMU) hands-on workshop) at KIMS Superspecialty Hospital with three delegates (Dr. Akansha Bansal from Vadodara, Dr. Priya Nair from Bangalore and Dr. Sadeep Joshi from Maldives).

This unique program gives insight into clinical methods in pain medicine, physical examination, sonographic scanning, learning protocolized musculoskeletal ultrasound scanning of shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, cervical and lumbar spine, gluteal scan and peripheral nerves. The CPMU covered lectures, scanning volunteer in a step-wise manner till delegates are satisfied, scan patients in OPD, see pathological findings and observe procedures performed under ultrasound guidance.

During the workshop, the experts performed a wide variety of interventional pain management procedures including wrist Carpal Tunnel Hydrodissection, Four Plantar Fascia injections, One Baxter Nerve Hydrodissection, PRP in Tennis Elbow, Great Auricular Nerve Hydrodissection, Dorsal Scapular Nerve Hydrodissection at Scapula, Rotator cuff interval hydrodilation in Frozen shoulder, Subacromial bursa injection, SI joint injections with Prolotherapy, Piriformis injection, LFCN Hydrodissection in Meralgia Paresthetica, Tibialis Posterior injection in a patient with Tenosynovitis, GH joint injection, GH Joint Posterior approach hydrodilation, Superficial personal nerve Hydrodissection with Prolotherapy, Greater Trochanteric bursa injection, Knee Joint PRP and more.

The delegates were extremely satisfied with the training they received and were thankful to the authorities of KIMS Hospital for the facilities and hospitality. They have also recommended the course to their friends and colleagues.

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Doctors, paramedics and frontline health workers met at Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS-Bhubaneswar) and deliberated on how Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) could help in bringing down neonatal mortality rate (NMR) in India and there could be more sensitization among the people involved in health sector.

Health and Family Welfare Department Government of Odisha, National Health Mission, Unicef, Norway India Partnership Initiative (NIPI), Canadian Neonatal Network (CNN), KMC Foundation, National Neonatology Forum, Indian Academy of Paediatrics and  AIIMS Bhubaneswar were partners in the event. While it was conducted in phases, from 19th January to 24th, the last but the concluding one, for two days, was held in KIMS.

At the KIMS conference experts including doctors from Paediatrics, Gynaecology, nursing and front-line health workers participated from West Bengal, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha, organised under the leadership of KIMS neonatologist Dr Santosh Kumar Panda.

Dr Panda said the KMC concept was originated in Bogota of Columbia in 1978 and KIMS has adopted it since 2012. As the kangaroo infant stays connected to its mother and goes out of the pouch once its growth period is over, through KMC low birth weight (LBW, birth weight of neonate less than 2500gram) babies can also be kept to the chest of mothers to keep them warm and provision of exclusive breast milk feasible for the infant. Mothers should provide KMC at home, It also helps in the survival of LBW infants in resource-limited settings.

Principal Prof Ambika Prasad Mohanty inaugurated the two-day session at KIMS. Prof Nalini Singhal from CNN, Managing Trustee of KMC Foundation Prof Sashi Vani, Nodal Officer NHM Prof Shyama Kanungo, NHM Odisha Consultant Dr Aditya Mohapatra and Prof Manas Ranjan Behera HOD Pediatrics joined the deliberations.

On this occasion, Dr Panda also informed that KMC is routinely integrated in care of LBW neonates in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Paediatric Dept in KIMS Hospital. More than 3,000 LBW babies have received KMC at the Paediatric Department of KIMS, Bhubaneswar.

At the conference workshop, while participating in the discussion, experts were of the opinion that with more and more sensitization on KMC concept across the state in PHC, CHC and block-level hospitals, Odisha can fight the NMR, which is currently 28. While the national average is 23, Odisha is second in the table just after Madhya Pradesh, which has NMR at 31, per 1,000 live births.

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Varicose veins, also known as varicosities, occur when one’s veins become enlarged, dilated, and overfilled with blood. Varicose veins typically appear swollen and raised, and have a bluish-purple or red color which often turn out to be  painful. Veins have one-way valves that prevent blood from flowing backward. When these valves fail, blood begins to be collected in the veins rather than continuing toward the heart. The veins then become enlarged. Varicose veins often affect the legs. Being the farthest from the heart, the gravity of the veins makes it harder for the blood to flow upward.

The Department of Radio Diagnosis, KIMS organized a CME and Workshop on “Endo-vascular and Surgical Management of Varicose Veins—Recent Trends”, which was participated by Faculty members and Post Graduates from all fields of Medicine. Dr. Subrat Kumar Jena, Chief of Surgery and Director Ashwini Group of Hospitals having immense experience in Reconstructive Surgery, was the Guest of honour on the occasion. Interventional Radiologists Dr. Santosh Patil from Apollo Hospital, Pune and Dr Kannan Gunasekaran from Coimbatore led the hand-on-workshop.

The Officiating Principal, Medical Superintendent and the Chief Guest Inaugurated the event. Dr. Col. Kamal Sen, Head of the Department, spearheaded the academic event along with Dr.Basanta Manjari Swain, Organizing Chairperson; and Dr Tapas Sahu organizing Joint Secretary. Dr Swain Das led the live workshop which was transmitted from the Cath. Lab. The Odisha Council of Medical Registration allotted 4 CME credit points.

The panel discussion witnessed debates on the advantages and disadvantages of management strategies available. It was noted that Radiofrequency ablation and endogenous Venacele were the modality of choice in the modern days, being a day care procedure, without recurrence of the disease, was a major achievement. However, the skill of interventional Radiologist and the availability of associated equipment and Catheters are mandatory, as the panelists opined. The experts analyzed how the cost to the poverty stricken patients can be drastically brought down when the procedure is made available under the BSKY Scheme of the Government. Large strata of the society especially the Farmers, the IT Professionals, Traffic police personnel who face this professional hazard will be enormously benefitted, added the experts.

More than 250 participated in both the  CME and Workshop. The delegates included Post Graduates & Senior Faculty members of Radiology from KIMS Bhubaneswar; SCB Medical College, Cuttack; MKCG Medical College, Berhampur; and  VSS Medical College Burla. Besides, there were delegates from the Diagnostic Centers at Bhubaneswar & Cuttack. They joined as speakers and moderators.

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School of Mechanical Engineering, KIIT-DU conducted a study tour of the 5^th semester B. Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) students to the Carriage Repair Workshop of East Coast Railway at Mancheswar, Bhubaneswar on 19^th November 2022. They visited various sections of the workshop like carriage fitting shop, bogie shop, periodic overhauling (POH) shop, and corrosion shop, and were briefed by the trained personnel on works being carried out. The study tour was coordinated by Dr. Amlana Panda, Assistant Professor.

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