N E W S L E T T E R ssu VOLUME 3 / ISSUE INSIGHT1 / JAN-MAR 2019

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“Happiness is living in the moment with joy, awareness and compassion; being free from within, feeling at home with everyone without barriers.” -Sri Sri Ravi Shankar From the Editor’s Desk Inside...

“Little January Spotlight 02 Tapped at my door today. And said, “Put on your winter wraps, And come outdoors to play.” Master of Business Administration 04 Little January Is always full of fun; Department of Performing Arts 13 Until the set of sun. Little January Will stay a month with me Department of Sanskrit 19 And we will have such jolly times- Just come along and see.” Department of English & Foreign 23 - Winifred C. Marshall, January Languages

These lines by Winifred C. Marshall resonated Department of Journalism & Mass 25 in almost all corners of the Campus when artistes Communication from different corners of the world joined us for Cultural Ensemble of Hues – an international painting Department of Computer Science 26 symposium hosted by the Department of Visual and Performing Arts for over ten days. Adding colours and Department of Good Governance & 28 life to Ensemble was yet another edition of the Annual Public Policy Students’ Festival – Orion 2019. Filled indeed with fun and frolic, this year’s Orion was yet another feather in Department of Yogic Science 30 the cap for the University, be it the scintillating rock music by Stebin Ben or the ramp walk by the students.

There also were moments of flashback– of Circulation: Mr. Raghunath Dash how beautifully this place transformed into one of the Design & Layout: Mr. Arun Kumar Mishra happiest campuses of the country. In fact, all of this has taken quite an effort over the years and it goes without Readers are requested to email their feedback to: saying this would not have been possible without the [email protected] dynamic leadership Dr. Nand Lal provided us as the Vice-Chancellor of this esteemed University. But C Sri Sri University then, as all nice things come to an end, so has been his tenure. February 2019 saw us bidding farewell to our beloved Vice-Chancellor after an illustrious tenure at Sri Sri University.

The ‘Best of the East and Best of the West’ was once again seen when we hosted a high level Norwegian delegation to celebrate the Spirit of Sports as a Way of Life at SSU. We were also graced by the presence of H.E. Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, Former President of Tunisia as a part of this delegation. SSU MUN 2.0 virtually became an international forum in which a large number of students from different parts of the country enthusiastically participated and went back enriched. This was followed by the Indo-Canadian Leadership Dialogue at the University in which eminent Canadian educationists, communication experts and life coaches participated and gave insights into different dimensions of leadership. The enthusiastic spirit which made January so special was no less in March and we closed our first quarter with a celebration of the International Women’s Day and adding to our list of achievements, yet another award – India’s Education Excellence Award 2018.

With a colourful mélange of events for this issue, I wish you all Happy Reading.

Dr. Rakesh Tripathi Editor INSIGHT | 1 Spot Light

(January 15, 2019) Mr. Chandra Sarathi Behera, Hon’ble Minister for Sports, Youth Services, Electronics and Information Technology encouraging students to celebrate the spirit of sportsmanship through healthy competition with the beginning of sports events during Orion 2019.

(January 16, 2019) Mr. Narendra Lamba, Director - Operations, SSU, welcoming and felicitating Dr. Subrat Jena, President of Association of Plastic Surgery, and Founder, Ashwini Hospital, Cuttack as the Chief Guest during the International Symposium on Fascia, organised at SSU.

(January 19, 2019) Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President SSU addressing and felicitating SSU alumni entrepreneurs, along with Prof. Srinivas Subbarao, Dean FCMS, Prof. Barada Panigrahy and Capt. (Retd.) Chandra Sekhar Panda, Director - Student Affairs

2 | INSIGHT (January 19, 2019) Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, Our President trying out a few Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, SSU addressing the confluence strokes on the canvas during the SSU with Mr. Yusuf, Director- of artistes from fifteen different International Art Soujourn. Bihar Musuem, Patna, Ms. Shama countries. Sondhi, renowned artist and curator, and Mr. Narendra Lamba, Direcrtor - Operations, SSU

(January 20, 2019) Mr. Narendra Lamba, Director Cmde. (Retd.) Ghanashyam Poet Gaurav Tripathi - Operations, SSU felicitating Ojha, Executive Registrar, SSU mesmerising the audience with Mr. Partha Sarathi Mishra, felicitating Mr. Bishnupada his verses during the Orion 2019 Additional Secretary - Higher Sethi, Secretary - Higher celebrations. Education, Government of Education, Government of Odisha during Orion 2019. Odisha during Orion 2019.

(January 20, 2019) The galaxy of artistes during Cultural Ensemble of Hues- the eight-day International Art Symposium held at Sri Sri University. INSIGHT | 3 Faculty of Commerce & Management Studies master of business administration Workshop: Climate Change & Water Conservation

(January 05, 2019) FCMS organised a Workshop on “Climate Change and Water Conservation: Insights for Business Leaders” in association with Climate Reality Project, USA (India) and SPARSH (A CSR initiative of JK Paper Ltd.). This workshop provided a platform to discuss the challenges and solutions related to climate change and water conservation particularly for business practitioners. The main speakers on the occasion included Prof. Prafulla Kumar Dhal, GM, JK Paper Ltd. & Head CSR, Mr. Pravin Lawande, Senior Project Consultant, Ernst & Young LLP, Col. Shashi Dalvi, Climate Reality Project (USA), India.

4 | INSIGHT Workshop: Intellectual Property Right (January 28, 2019) SSU Institute Innovation Council, FCMS organised a Workshop on “Intellectual Property Right”. The main speakers on the occasion included Mr. Bijay Kumar Bhuyan, Former Head IP Cell, Tata Steel and Ex-Head IPR Cell, Startup Odisha, Dr. Rujita Shenoy, Asst. Professor, National Law University, Cuttack, Odisha

Workshop: Climate and Business (February 05, 2019) FCMS Workshop on “Climate and Business” in association with Climate Reality Project, (USA) India and SPARSH (A CSR initiative of JK Paper Ltd.) in which Mr. Aditya Pundir, Country Manager, The Climate Reality Project India, Prof. Prafulla Kumar Dhal, GM, JK Paper Ltd. & Head CSR spoke on the importance of atmosphere and the Western approach towards rivers, land and trees as capital and after the Apollo mission photo of earth, 1970, famously known as the Blue marble, how they changed their approach. Origin of “Earth Day”, also about the current emission on earth if equivalent to 4 lakhs atomic energy per day.

INSIGHT | 5 FDP : Contemporary Issues in Management Pedagogy

(February 06, 2019) FCMS organised an FDP on “Contemporary Issues in Management Pedagogy” in which Dr. Soumya Ranjan Dash, Associate Professor, IIM Indore, facilitated two technical sessions on ‘Case Writing’ and ‘How to publish high quality journal’.

National HR Conclave: People, Prospects & Paradigms (February 07, 2019) The objective of the conclave was to offer platform for the industry and academia together to share knowledge on emerging HR practices, challenge and future prospects with the theme of ‘People, Prospects and Paradigms’. The major speakers in this event includedMr. R. K. Bhusan Lawande, Founder & MD, E4 Development & Coaching Ltd,.Dr. Surendra Kumar Gakhar, Former Vice Chancellor, Ch. Bansi Lal University, Haryana, Mr. Raghunath Jally, AGM (HR) Airport Authority of India , Prof. S. Peppin, Dean Academics, Xavier School of Sustainability, Mr. Prafulla Kumar Panda, VP (HR and IR) Orissa Stevedores Ltd., Dr. Santanu Kumar Rath, Director (HR) Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd., Mr. Ranjan Kumar Maharana, Former G.M. NTPC , Mr. Bhargav Mistry, Senior Consultant, E4 Consultants Private Ltd., Dr. B. R. Sharma, Dean, FHW, Sri Sri University

6 | INSIGHT The event began with a welcome note by Prof. (Dr.) P. Srinivas Subbarao, Dean FCMS, Sri Sri University who spoke about emerging trends and applications in HR domain. Mr. R. K. Bhusan Lawande, Founder and MD, E4 Development and Coaching Ltd. stressed the need of capacity building by developing five core values, character, commitment, conviction, care and concern. Dr. Santanu Kumar Rath, Director (HR) Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd. in his address, stressed on the need of inculcating human values for developing human capital as a strategic business partner and shared views on risk mitigation and CSR. Workshop: Organic Farming

(February 08, 2019) FCMS organised One-day Natural Farming Workshop for MBA Agribusiness students, facilitated by Shri Chandrashekhar Baghel, an Art of Living farmer and organic agriculture trainer by passion. He mainly spoke on: • Elements of agriculture and its relation with nature • Low cost input production at farm level • The significance of the role of indigenous cows in organic agriculture • A business model of a Goshala • Practical demo of bio-fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides

INSIGHT | 7 National Marketing Conclave: Marketing Shift in Retail Industry

(February 15, 2019) FCMS hosted its 5th National Marketing Conclave “The Marketing Shift in Retail Industry” with the theme of “Tug of War”. Eminent Speakers on the occasion included Mr. Balraj Kar, COO, Hyperthings, Mr. Anand Mishra, Founder & CEO, Grozip, Mr. Biswajit Swain, Founder, Hastika Handicrafts Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Srustijeet Mishra, Founder, RiDik & Co-Founder, ChacTea, Dr. Anita Sabat, Director, Sabat Export Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Kar spoke about how with innovation a business can grow and become sustainable. Mr. Biswajit Swain threw light on how data analytics is used by current successful companies to get a detailed idea about their customers’ behavior pattern. Mr. Mishra shared his experience with converting his ideas into successful startups. Dr. Anita elaborated on the topic of Geographical Indicatiors (GIs) and how consumer awareness and action is needed to help boost artisans and handicrafts. 8 | INSIGHT Guest Lecture

(January 07, 2019) Mr. Bibekananda Sahoo, Regional Business Development Manager, Bharat Insecticides Ltd. Delivered a guest lecture on Pesticide Industry Management in which he gave a detailed idea about the working of pesticide manufacturing firms and their day-to-day management.

(February 14, 2019) Mr. Ranen Das, PGDM, IIMK delivered a guest lecture on New Design Technology and provided insights into patterns in life which help us develop ideas and come back with solutions that are simple and are for the betterment of society.

(February 27, 2019) Prof. Jagannath Panda, delivered a guest lecture on “Entrepreneurship” in which he spoke on the meaning of entrepreneurship, abilities of an entrepreneur, and the managerial skills required to become a successful entrepreneur.

INSIGHT | 9 (March 15, 2019) Mr. Dinesh Kashikar, Senior AoL Teacher and Yoga Instructor interacted with MBA students on “How spirituality helps in the corporate world”

(March 26, 2019) Mr. Ashish Pathak, Deputy General Manager, Ultratech Cement (Aditya Birla Group delivered a guest lecture on Career & Innovation Management during which he emphasised on innovation and branding.

(March 28, 2019) Ms. Srividya Varchaswi, Business Head, BYOGI & Export Head, Sri Sri Tattva delivered a guest lecture on “ What Recruiters expects from Fresh Management Post Graduates”. In this session, she threw light on how spiritual practices could be applied for right decision- making.

10 | INSIGHT Spot Celebrating Spirit of Sports Light

Members of the high level Norwegian delegation celebrating the spirit of sports at SSU.

(February 01, 2019) Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, SSU addressing the Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, SSU felicitating audience during ‘Celebrating the Spirit of Sports’- H. E. Dr. Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, Former the symposium on sports at the University. President of Tunisia during ‘Celebrating the Spirit of Sports’- the symposium on sports at SSU

INSIGHT | 11 (February 02, 2019) Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, SSU addressing the Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, SSU felicitating young delegates during the Second Edition of SSU Colonel Debadutta Swain, Commanding Officer, MUN. 120 Infantry Bn., Bihar who presided over SSU MUN 2.0 as the Chief Guest.

(February 02, 2019) Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, SSU with Dr. Nand Lal, Vice-Chancellor, SSU during his farewell ceremony.

(February 14, 2019) The Winning Team of SSU - Basketball Champions who came back with Mens (Gold) and Womens (Silver) in a recent basketball tournament at Centurion University Bhubaneswar.

(February 16, 2019) SSU family mourning the Pulwama martyrs 12 | INSIGHT Faculty of Indic Studies, Department of PERFORMING ARTS International Odissi Dance National Talash-4 Festival 2018

(December 26, 2018) Smt. Rashmi Rekha Das, Faculty member performed ‘Navadha Bhakti’ in the International (December 28, 2018) Odissi Dance Festival 2018 at Rabindra Mandap, Smt. Rashmi Rekha Das, Faculty member, was Bhubaneswar, organised by the Guru Kelu Charan invited as an honorary Judge in ‘National Talash-4’ Mohapatra Odissi Research Center in association festival being felicitated by the school authorities at with Government of Odisha. D.A.V Public School Kalinga Nagar, Bhubaneswar.

Kalingawan Festival (January 8-9, 2019) Ms. Pramila Doshi, student, performed at Kalingawan ,a global festival of performing arts held at Utkal Ranga Manch on in Bbsr. She was also honoured with Kala Nistha Samman during the event.

INSIGHT | 13 International Symposium: Cultural Ensemble of Hues

(January 12-19, 2019) Students of BPA- Hindustani Vocal performed Students and Faculty members of Performing along with Prof. Abhijit Apastambh, Faculty Arts performing ‘Kanchi Abhijan’ an Odia dance member, Department of Performing Arts in the drama based on Lord Jagannath in International ‘International Symposium- Cultural Ensemble of Symposium- Cultural Ensemble of Hues organised Hues’ organized by Dept. of Visual & Performing by Department of Visual Arts Arts, Sri Sri University.

18th National Barabati Festival

(January 14, 2019) Smt. Rashmi Rekha Das, Faculty member, performed at the 18th National Barabati Festival, Cuttack, Odisha, organized by Odissi Nrutya Mandal, Cuttack. She was felicitated with the National Barabati Award on the occasion.

14 | INSIGHT Orion 19

(January 18, 2019) Mr. Jitendra Kumar Das, student, was awarded 1st prize and Mr. Ashuttosh Dey, student, was awarded 2nd prize in ‘Orion’ singing competition.

Republic Day Celebration

(January 18, 2019) Students from BPA (Odissi) performed in the Inaugural Event of Orion. Paper Presentation

(January 20, 2019) (January 26, 2019) Smt. Rashmi Rekha Das, Faculty member, was invited Students of BPA Hindustani Vocal and Prof. Abhijit to present a paperation in an international conference Apastambh, Faculty member, performed on the at Ajay Binay Institute of Technology, Cuttack . occasion of Republic Day celebration at SSU.

INSIGHT | 15 The Spirit of Sports

(February 01, 2019) The students of Odissi Dance along with Mrs. Arupa Gayatri Panda, HoD and Champion Faculty Mrs. Rashmi Rekha Das performaed during celebrating the ‘Spirit of Sports’ which was graced by H. E. The Former President of Tunisia and an accompanying Norwegian delegation comprising six internationally eminent people in the field of sports & athletics.

The students of Hindustani Vocal along withProf. Mr. Tarini Prasad Das, Visiting Faculty- Mardal Abhijit Apastambh faculty member, performed and Mr. Rakesh Kumar Behera, Visiting Faculty- Ganesh Vandana in during the seminar on Tabla performed a jugalbandi during the cultural ‘Celebrating the Spirit of Sports’ programme after ‘Celebrating the Spirit of Sports’ Samarpan 2019

(February 2019) Ms. Sonali Mohapatra, student performed during ‘Samarpan 2019’ the 7th Annual Festival of Sufiana & other Devotional Music by Bhubaneswar Music Circle. 16 | INSIGHT Sri Sri Music & Dance Competition

(February 09, 2019) The VPA Department in association with Admission & Promotions Department organised Sri Sri Music & Dance competition at SSU Campus in which 70 participants from different parts of Odisha took part.

Mantramagna Festival-2019

(February 20, 2019) Ms. Arupa Gayatri Panda, Head of Department was invited by Hallisika Organisation to perform in Mantramagna Festival-2019 at Bhanja Kala Mandap, Bhubaneswar. National Dramatic Competition

(February 20, 2019) Smt. Rashmi Rekha Das, Champion Faculty, was invited as a Judge in the Bikram-Nihar Memorial National Dramatic Competition at College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, OUAT, Bhubaneswar.

INSIGHT | 17 National Music Festival

(February 26, 2019) Prof. Abhijit Apastambh, Assistant Professor (Hindustani Vocal), was felicitated by Ex-Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Ashok Chavan during the National Sangeet Shankar Darbar Music Festival, Nanded for being awarded ‘A’ Grade of All India Radio for Hindustani Vocal (Khayal) Workshop: Techniques & Abhinaya Odissi Dance

(March 16-17, 2019) Ms. Arupa Gayatri Panda, Head, conducted a two days’ workshop on techniques and abhinaya in Odissi Dance at Ekalavya Dance Academy, Narsingarh, Jharkhand on March 16-17, 2019.

18 | INSIGHT Faculty of Indic Studies, Department of SANSKRIT Alumni Talk

(January 02, 2019) The Department of Sanskrit hosted an Alumni Interaction in which Danquing Li and Tey Foong Junn, two former overseas students of the Department of Yogic Sciences who completed their Certificate Course in Sanskrit interacted with the present batch of students. Danquing Li presently teaches Sanskrit in Indo-China Yoga college of Yunnan Minzu University, China. Certificate Course: Basic Sanskrit

(January 24, 2019) Cmdr (Retd.) Ghanashyam Ojha, ER, SSU inaugurated the 3rd Certificate Course in Basic Sanskrit Learning offered by the Department of Sanskrit in the presence of students and faculty members of the Department.

INSIGHT | 19 Faculty Achievements

(February 14-15, 2019) (February 07, 16, 22, 2019) Dr. Gayatri Rath presented paper entitled Lecture series under the scheme Vedic Classes for ‘Nationalism in SrimadBhagavadGita’ in national All, sponcered by MSRVVP, Ujjain, conducted at seminar organized by Department of Sanskrit, North SJSV, Puri Odisha University, Keonjhar. (March 13, 2019) Dr. Prativa Manjari Rath chaired a session and presented the paper “Social Significance of Yajurveda Chapter XXX” in the national seminar on the theme ‘Sanskrit: scientific and social perspectives’ organized by PG dept of Sanskrit, Utkal Univerisity, Bhubaneswar. (March 13-14, 2019) Dr. Gayatri Rath participated and presented the paper entitled ‘Sanskrit and Agriculture: With Its special reference to medicinal plants’ in National Seminar on Sanskrit: Scientific and social perspectives” organized by PG department of Sanskrit, Utkal university, Bhubaneswar, under WB-OHEPEE program.

(March 19, 2019) Dr. Shilpi Mishra presented paper on ‘Kavye Aatmatatvasya Auchityam’ in the national research seminar on ‘Kavya-Tatva-Vimarshah’ in Sadashiv Campus, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Puri.

(March 27, 2019) Dr. Prativa Manjari Rath attended as Chief Guest of validectory function of UGC sponcered national seminar on ‘Tribal elements in Sanskrit literature’ organized by Sri Jagannath Sanskrit University, Puri. 20 | INSIGHT Indo-Canadian Leadership Dialogue Spot (February 18, 2019) Light

Ms. Johanne Houle, Director- Organizational Mr. Oliver Baezner, Executive Coach, Market Development, McGill University, Montreal sharing CEO Forum Chair being felicitated by her views on the challenges faced by young Cmde. (Retd.) Ghanashyam Ojha during his visit intellectuals. to SSU for the Indo-Canadian Leadership Dialogue

INSIGHT | 21 (February 19, 2019) (February 23, 2019) H. E. Mauricio Macri, President of Argentina being Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, SSU being felicitated felicitated by Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, SSU after a session for FICCI in Mumbai in the presence of Mr. Ajay Bagga, Chairman, OPC Asset Solutions.

(March 06, 2019) Members of Charchika Council- Prof. Srilakshmi Swamy, Dean- Architecture, Ms. Rupal Shah, Asst. Professor (Architecture), Dr. Sangeeta Das, Dr. Shilpi Mishra, Asst. Professor & Head (Sanskrit) interacting with the women staff members from Housekeeping and Horticulture Departments.

(March 07, 2019) Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, SSU being felicitated after her speech during a conference on Emerging Women Entrepreneurship organised by the Navi Mumbai Chamber of Commerce on the occasion of International Womens Day.

Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, SSU addressing the women participants from Prithvi, a Mumbai based organisation on the occasion of International Womens Day. 22 | INSIGHT Faculty of Languages, Department of English & Foreign Languages Literary Meet

(January 12, 2019) Ms. Ishika SinghDeo, student of B. A. (Hons.) Students from the Department during the Literary English with Mr. Ruskin Bond, the famous Indian Meet at XIMB Grounds. author who was in Bhubaneswar to participate in the Tata Steel Literary Meet. Orion 2019

Ms. Ishika SinghDeo, student of B. A. (Hons.) Mr. Anuj Kumar, student of B. A. (Hons.) English– English hosting the Solo Song Competition during during ramp walk in Orion 2019, SSU. Orion 2019.

(January 26, 2019) (February 04, 2019) Mr. Anuj Kumar, student of B. A. (Hons.) English A joint campaign by the students of Department of on the ramp during Elegancia Fashion Show at Birla Computer Science and Department of English and Global University, Bhubaneswar. Foreign Languages against Cancer on the World Cancer Day. INSIGHT | 23 Guest Lecture

(February 15, 2019) Prof. (Dr.) B. R. Sharma, Dean (Health & Wellness), SSU delivering a guest lecture on Health and Wellness in the Digital Age in the Department of English and Foreign Languages.

(March 15, 2019 ) Ms. Devanshi Kotak, student of B.A. (Hons.) English– Dr. Oksana Akulova, Assistant Professor, delivered being awarded the Bronze Medal in Shot Put at the a special lecture on ‘The Influence of Tolstoy on National Law University of Odisha, Cuttack during Gandhi’ in the Department. VIRAJ 2019, their Annual Sports Event. Spot Light

(March 08, 2019) Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, SSU receiving the India’s Education Excellence Awards 2018 on behalf of the University at Mumbai. 24 | INSIGHT Faculty of Media Studies, Department of JOURNALISM & Mass COMMUNICATION Training

(March 09, 2019) Students and faculty members from the Department attended the Google Initiative ‘Fact Checking’ training programme at Press Club , Bhubaneswar

Guest Talk: Challenges and Issues in PR Sector

(March 15, 20019) The Department organized a guest lecture on ‘Challenges in PR Crisis Management and Media Interface’ facilitated by Dr. S. N. Patnaik, Deputy General Manager (Retd.), Steel Authority of India Limited.

Workshop: Mobile Journalism

(March 25, 2019) The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication conducted a one day workshop on Mobile Journalism, facilitated by Mr. Himanshu Guru, Editor - Kalinga TV in which students were given a hands-on exposure in producing a short video report on an assigned topic. INSIGHT | 25 Faculty of Science, Department of COMPUTER SCIENCE World Cancer Day

(February 04, 2019) A presentation by Ms. Vedanshi Parija as a part of the Cancer Awareness Programme in the Department.

Safer Internet Day International Day of Women and Girl in Science

(February 05, 2019) (February 11, 2019) Presentation on Safer Internet Day by students Mr. Rajesh Pradhan, student, making a presentation of the Department promoting the 4Rs– Respect, on ‘International Day of Women and girl in Science’ Responsibility, Reasoning and Resilience in which he talked about the prevalent gender inequity in the field of software engineering and technical science. National Women’s Day

(February 13, 2019) Ms. Joshya D. Samsidhi, student, presenting on the occasion of National Women’s Day makes her point about the contribution women have made to society.

26 | INSIGHT National Science Day International Women’s Day

(February 29, 2019) (March 08, 2019) The Department observed National Science Day to Dr. Munishwar Rai, Head, sharing his views on create awareness to people about the importance of BalanceforBetter, the theme for International scientific applications in day-to-day life. Womens’ Day, organised by Charchika Forum at SSU. Spot Light

(March 27, 2019) Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, SSU delivering her keynote address at the UK India Business Council and University of East Anglia Academic Round Table on University Social Responsibility, organised at University of Hyderabad.

(March 28, 2019) Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, SSU delivering the inaugural address on ‘Making Education Future Ready- The era 4.0 imperatives at the Ed tech Higher Education Technology Conference held in Bangalore.

INSIGHT | 27 Faculty of Social Science, Department of Good Governance Guest Lecture & Public Policy

(January 07, 2019) Dr. Chandrasekhar Pran, Former National Director, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan and architect of the movement ‘Tessri Sarkar’ being felicitated by Cmde (Retd.) Ghanashyam Ojha, Executive Registrar, SSU after a guest lecture on Strengthening Grassroots Governance

(January 11, 2019) (January 12, 2019) Students from the Department of Good Governance Mr. Manojit Panda, student, was selected as the and Public Policy participating in a seminar World Convenor of World Organisation for Student and Organisation for Student and Young (WOSY) - Young (WOSY) - Odisha Chapter Odisha Chapter

(January 29-February 01, 2019) Dr. Pratima Sarangi and Dr. Aditi Tyagi presented papers in the World Congress on Disaster Management 2019 jointly organized by DMICS Hyderabad, TISS Mumbai, IIT Bombay and Govt. of Maharashtra at IIT Bombay.

28 | INSIGHT The Sacred Thread Ceremony

(February 10-13, 2019) Samuhik Upanayan Sanskar (The Sacred Thread Ceremony) conducted by Art of Living at SSU

(February 18-20, 2019) (March 25-26, 2019) Mr. Mahesh Sane, Assistant Professor, MIT, Pune Dr. Pravas Ranjan Mishra, Programme Coordinator, facilitated a session on ‘Political Strategy and Public Oxfam India, Regional Branch, Bhubaneswar Relations’ as a resource person in the Department of was invited as resource person for the Research Good Governance Methodology Workshop in the Department

INSIGHT | 29 Faculty of Health & Wellness, Department of YOGIC SCIENCE Karma Yoga

(November 06, 2018) Karma Yoga Program has been conducted with the students and faculties. Seminar

(November 12, 2018) (November 17, 2018) Dr. Prativa Shree was invited as a Guest of Honor Dr. Prativa Shree was a Member of the Expert & delivered a talk on ‘Naturopathic Management of Committee Meeting– Yoga Programmes to develop Disease’. Academic Programs in Yoga (Certificate/Diploma level) by the School of Health Sciences (SOHS), IGNOU.

Arogya Fair

(November 18, 2018) (November 23-25, 2018) Invited as the Guest of Honour for the valedictory Ms. Anusuya Parida & Mr. Soumet Das conducted function of the Seminar on Naturopathic yoga session during Arogya Fair (Ayurveda Parva) Management of Disease Prof. (Dr.) B. R. Sharma organized by Central Council for Yoga & Naturopathy delivered a speech. 30 | INSIGHT Pathotsava

(December 09, 2018) Twelve students performed Yogic postures during the Pathotsava, organized by the Directorate of Ayush, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

(December 16, 2018) (December 23, 2018) Fifteen students performed Yogic postures during Ten students performed Yogic postures during the the Pathotsava, organized by the Directorate of Pathotsava, organized by the Directorate of AYUSH, Ayush, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

(December 23, 2018) Our students successfully appeared the RPL Level- IV Examination

(December 23, 2018) (December 23, 2018) Our students were honoured for their musical yoga Being invited by the Indian Liver Patient Foundation show in State Level Program in the Annual Day Dr. Dinesh Prasad Swain spoke on ‘the role of Yoga Celebration of Indian Liver Patient Foundation for healthy liver’. (ILPF) INSIGHT | 31 National Conference:on Yoga

(December 26, 2018) (December 28-30, 2018) Hon’ble,Vice Chancellor of KKSU with two experts Dr. Dinesh Prasad Swain presented a paper on and two students of Prof. (Dr.) B.R. Sharma who ‘Role of Yoga for attaining good Health’ and chaired were awarded Ph.D in Yoga. a session, in the Conference, organizes by the Institute of Nature Cure and Yogic Science (INCYS). All India Youth Conference

(January 02, 2019) Yoga students were honoured for the rhythmic presentation of different yogic postures and in the open quiz competition five students won prize.

(January 02, 2019) Dr. Dinesh Prasad Swain was invited as the Guest of Honour and was felicitated along with Dr. Prativa Shree.

32 | INSIGHT Inaugural Ceremony of Sri Sri Yoga School

(January 21, 2019) Prof. (Dr.) B R Sharma interacting with Poojya Gurudev after the opening ceremony of Sri Sri Yoga School. International Conference

(January 21-22, 2019) (January 21-22, 2019) Dr. Dinesh Prasad Swain & Dr. Prativa Shree got Dr. Dinesh Prasad Swain was honoured with the ‘Yoga Ratna’ award in the presence of honorable FIPS by Prof. Prafulla Mishra, Chancellor, MP, Minister, Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor & RPCAU University, Bihar & the President of Indian the President of Indian Proctology Society at the Proctology Society. Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar. Republic Day Celebration 2019

(January 26, 2019) Students performing spectacular musical yoga show during Republic Day Celebrations 2019. INSIGHT | 33 Karma Yoga

(January 29, 2019) Karma Yoga Program being conducted by students in the Campus on 29 Jan 2019.

Meeting of Yoga Experts: T KDL validation

(January 30, 2019) Prof. (Dr.) B R Sharma, Dean (Health & Wellness) was invited as an Expert for the validation of Yoga Practices, Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL).

Taekwondo Championship

(January 31, 2019) Ms. Chaitanya Tripathy, B. Sc. Yoga, won Gold Medal in South-East Zone U.P. State Taekwondo Championship- 2019.

34 | INSIGHT (January 31, 2019) Prof. (Dr.) B R Sharma was invited as an expert speaker at AIIMS Bhubaneswar.

Guest Lecture Workshop

(February 03, 2019) (February 09, 2019) Mr. Girin Govind delivered a guest lecture on ‘An Workshop on ‘Urja and Jeevan Shailya’ by Vaidya Introduction to Bhagavad Gita’ Rajesh Kapoor (a practitioner of Ayurvedic Medicine and senior Art of living teacher) for Yoga students. 1st Asian International Open Yoga Sports Championship

(February 22-23, 2019) Mr. Jai Krishnan KS, BSc Yoga, was awarded the 1st prize in the First Asian International Yoga Sports Championship among thirty participants from eleven countries.

INSIGHT | 35 WHO Working Group Meeting

(February 26-28, 2019) Prof. (Dr.) B R Sharma was felicitated by the Director, World Health Organization for drafting Benchmarks for Training in Yoga’ during the WHO Working Group Meeting at Hotel Mandarin, New Delhi.

(February 27, 2019) Students from Talcher Autonomous College, Talcher during their visit to the Department of Yogic Sciences at SSU on 27 February 2019.

International Wheel Chair Day

(February 28, 2019) Dr. Dinesh Prasad Swain & Dr. Prativa Shree were felicitated for their contribution to the field of Yoga by Mr. Prafulla Samal, Hon’ble Minister, SSEPD, W&CD, MS&ME, Govt. of Odisha and Mr. Nitin Chandra, IAS, Secretary, SSEPD, Odisha.

36 | INSIGHT International Conference

(March 02-03, 2019) Dr. Dinesh Prasad Swain chaired a session on 02 March 2019 and Dr. Prativa Shree chaired the yoga session on 03 March 2019 in the International Conference on ‘Hinduism and Buddhism in Southeast Asia’ (with special reference to Rāmāyana) at Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.Dr. Dinesh Prasad Swain presented a paper on ‘Concept of Diet in Yoga’. Dr. Prativa Shree presented a paper on ‘Concept of Kundalini in Classical Yoga’.

NAAC Pre-Conference Workshop & National Conference on Yoga

(March 06, 2019) Dr B. R Sharma, Dean (Health & Wellness) with Prof. (Dr.) B. R. Sharma, Dean (Health & Wellness) NAAC Committee members was invited to participate in the event of NAAC Pre- Conference Workshop & National Conference on Yoga. INSIGHT | 37 Workshop

(March 06-07, 2019) Workshop with Ms. Karin Furtmeier, Executive Director, Yoga & Therapy Center based in Germany.

(March 10, 2019) (March 18, 21, 2019) Workshop with Prof. Dr. Ganesh Rao on ‘Dimension Dr. Dinesh Prasad Swain and Dr. Prativa Shree as of Yoga Therapy’. External Experts for M.A. (Yoga) Practical Examination at Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Academy, Bhubaneswar. Eastern India Oriental Conference Obituary

(March 30- April 01, 2019) Students from the Department presenting their papers Dr. Pooja K. Singh during the Eastern India Oriental Conference on March 30, 2019 at Gobardhana Pitha, Sri Shankaracharya The SSU family mourns the sad and sudden demise of Matha, Puri Dr. Pooja K. Singh, Asstistant Professor, FCMS. We pray for peace to the departed soul. 38 | INSIGHT