Monthly Archives: June 2016

Vidya Shakti organized an AIDS Awareness program at the Jeet Fly Ash Unit, Bileipada, today on 30th June 2016. The fly ash brick making unit employs around 78 contractual employees belonging to neighboring villages. The Chief Guest Mr P Chattopadhyay was joined by Mr SK Mishra, Mr TP Dash, Mr BM Rao, Mr SC Ray, Mr SN Pandey, Ms Shobha Dash, Mr Trilochan Palei, Mr Rajesh Das, Mr AK Panigrahi from Tata Sponge, Ms Rosalie Mishra, Secretary (VSN), Ms Ratna Chattopadhyay, Trustee (VSN), Ms Snigdha Tripathy, Trustee (VSN), Mr N Balakrishnan, Trustee (VSN) & volunteers during the event. In his address, Mr Chattopadhyay emphasized the need to keep oneself safe from the dreaded disease through self discipline and by following a moral conduct.

Dr Arabinda Panda elaborated on dangers of HIV and prescribed measures and precautions which help avoid infection of the deadly virus. An interesting quiz among the contractual employees was conducted to test their new found knowledge, with the guests presenting several prizes to the winners. The event was hosted by Ms Jolly Pattnaik, Trustee (VSN) assisted by JFAP staff and several volunteers.

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In its mission to better equip & empower the local farmers, Vidya Shakti Niyas organized a Rice Farming Training program at Bileipada on 23rd June 2016. The program was organized at the VSN Training Hall, specially built for the purpose of conducting similar programs for benefit of the community.

Around 53 farmers from the nearby villages of Panchananpur, Chamakpur, Mutuda, Birikala & Lahanda participated in the training program, conducted by Mr B Mahanta, Agriculture Officer, Ms Mitali Naik, Asst Agriculture Officer & Mr J Sethi, Ex Agriculture Officer (Joda), along with Mr Masheswar Mahanta, an expert on high yield rice agriculture.

Also present during the occasion were Ms Madhavi Deshpande, Chairperson (VSN), Ms Rosalie Mishra, Secretary (VSN), Ms Ratna Chattopadhyay, Trustee (VSN), Mr SC Ray, Head CSR (Tata Sponge), along with various other guests.

The program covered various aspects of high yield rice farming, elaborating the best practices and use of scientific methodology. The farmers were presented with rice seed packets at the end of the program.

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