NLUO launches MBA in healthcare management

Deputy chief minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, along with National Law University Odisha (NLUO) vice-chancellor Ved Kumari, recently launched in Cuttack the university’s MBA programme in healthcare management and law. It aims to develop professionals equipped to assume leadership roles in healthcare institutions and organisations working to promote health and well-being.Addressing the gathering, Singh Deo said healthcare must be viewed as a fundamental public duty rather than a peripheral welfare activity. He added that the newly introduced MBA programme was both timely and relevant, as it seeks to bridge gaps among administration, law, healthcare delivery and policy implementation.Second convocation at DRIEMS UniversityEmphasising that education does not end with the acquisition of a degree, Governor Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati called upon students to view learning as a lifelong journey and to face failure with courage and success with humility. He was addressing the second convocation ceremony of DRIEMS University at Tangi as the chief guest recently. Eighteen students received gold medals and degrees were awarded to 698 graduates. The university conferred honorary doctorates on Padma Shri awardees Tulasi Munda and Damayanti Beshra.BJB Friends polls on March 22Elections to the office-bearers and executive committee of BJB Friends, the ex-students’ association of BJB (Autonomous) College, Bhubaneswar, will be held on March 22. The decision was taken at a general body meeting of BJB Friends held recently at the association’s office on the college campus.Symposium focus on hill cropsA two-day symposium and film exhibition titled “Crops of Life: Cereal Cultures in the Highlands of Odisha” was held at Utkal University on Feb 6 and 7, highlighting the deep link among hill crop farming, culture and community life. International anthropologists Roland Hardenberg and Peter Berger noted that hill crop cultivation helped preserve religious traditions and social cohesion despite rapid socio-economic changes.