New Delhi : Odisha-based Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM) has won yet another accolade by getting honoured as an ‘Outstanding Skill University’ at the recently-concluded World Education Summit. The university, first in the country to be recognised as a Centre for Excellence by the Union Ministry of Skills Development, bagged the honour at an event held in the national capital and attended by scores of educationists as well as representatives of schools and colleges from different parts of India and abroad. Inaugurated by former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam in 2011, the World Education Summit is a coveted annual global event in its 29th edition this year. Sharing the vision behind creating a skill university over two decades ago, when skill-integration in higher education was rarely even thought upon, Centurion University Vice Chancellor Dr (Prof) Supriya Pattanayak, said, “We have always endeavoured to create a teaching pedagogy that is experiential, solving real life problems with skill-based learning and action learning. While it makes the university a sought after one, more importantly it enables the creation of an industry-ready workforce. We firmly believe in ensuring that students become an asset to whatever industry they make their career in. This award by the World Education Summit stands testament to the fact that we are making efforts in the right direction. We appreciate and thank the decision makers for this honour.” The award was accepted by Centurion University’s Pro Vice Chancellor, Dr Ajay Kumar Nayak. This comes less than a month after the skill university bagged the 18th rank in India in the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings for its effective strategies and concerted efforts in promoting Sustainable Development Goals. Prior to it, the university had etched its name in the Eligible List for Indian universities as per the University Grants Commission for academic collaboration with foreign universities. Centurion University offers courses across various fields, including allied health sciences, engineering, technology, media, communication, agriculture, management and forensic science. It has about 50 on-campus manufacturing set ups as well as advanced industry-sponsored labs to support skill-based education amongst students. Lateral entry using credit scores allows students to enrol and complete their education at their own pace. The aim is to equip students with the necessary skills to become entrepreneurs and job providers, instead of mere job seekers.

National Science Day is celebrated all over India with great enthusiasm on 28th of February every year in order to remember the great invention by the Indian physicist Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman of the Raman Effect on the same day in the year 1928. For his great success, he was awarded with Nobel Prize in the Physics in the year 1930. It was also observed by the students of Centurion University of Technology and Management on 28th of February, 2022 to mark the discovery of the Raman Effect in 1928 by Indian Physicist Sir Krishna Raman which was coordinated by students Suryakamal Biswal MSc Botany 2nd year and Ashwin Biswal MSc Math 2nd year under guidance of Dr. Subrat Kumar Sarangi faculty Mentor of science club illuminati, Dr. Rukmini Mishra, Dr. Sutar Suhash Bharat CUTM, BBSR. Every year, NSD is celebrated to widely spread a message about the Importance of science used in the daily life of the people. It is also celebrated to discuss all the issues and implement new technologies for the development in the field of science. The Honourable Vice chancler of CUTM, BBSR Prof Dr. Supriya Patnayak presided over the function and the other guest were Prof Jagannath Padhi, Dr. Yashaswi Nayak (Dean School of Applied Sciences) and Dr. Subrat Sarangi. The celebration included public speeches, posters, ppt presentations and quiz. The program started at 10 am with ppt presentation followed by poster and quiz. The anchoring for the program was done by Ankita Choudhury and Abhijit Hota. In the evening there was a validatory function in which the participants were appreciated with certificates and the winners were given the prizes. With that all the student volunteers got their certificates accordingly. All these certificates were given by our Honourable VC Dr. Supriya Patnayak and Dean of SOAS Dr. Yashaswi Nayak. At last, but not the least there was a vote of thanks and all the participates and attendees were provided with tiffin of packets. The program over at 5.30 pm and was a wonderful day celebrated on the eve of National Science Day and we all enjoyed it well. NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY CELEBRATION-2022 PARTICPATION DETAILS SOLO SONG -: PUSPASHREE DAS- 200705170063(MSC BOTANY 2nd YR) B.N. BIJAYASHREE-210705180109(MSC ZOOLOGY 1ST YR) RAGHUPATI SWAIN- 210705180101(MSC ZOOLOGY 1ST YR) ABHIJIT GANTAYAT- 210705100033(MSC CHEM 1ST YR) POETRY SROTASWINI PARIDA – 200705170069 (MSC BOTANY 2ND YR)