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Call Us 9777533653 / 9437286554 / 9861216536
SEC is dedicated to collaborate, coordinate and connect with people within the campus and beyond. It is a cumulative effort to provide empowerment to the people, student and community that could builds a better sustainable future. Our approach has evolved a sustainable design for campus operations which is logical; flexible; testable; and to provide choices for various stakeholders to practice and adopt .We along with community facilitate systemic, institution-wide integration of sustainability principles into selected campus operations – ‘water-food-energy’ nexus to start with. We promote e a system framework to evaluate the selected green campus. Our method of sustainability has integrated it our institution policy and activities. We are adopting up-to-date knowledge of both environmental problems and technical solutions, We have taken the onus to lead society toward environmentally sustainable policies and practices.
SEC has not confined it only on direct environmental aspects like paper use and waste handling, even though the main tasks of SEC, namely education, projects, research; co-operation with the surrounding villages, i.e. the indirect aspects, are likely to have a considerable environmental impact.
Sophitorium Engineering College, Baniatangi, Khurdha added one feather in its cap with the inauguration of Centre For Capacity Building In Science and Technology Customization For Tribal Developments (CCBSTTD). This Centre shall work for the upliftment of the Tribal community of the state. It shall play a major role in capacity building of the tribal people through various inputs from science and technology. This Centre is sponsored by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. The objective of this Centre is to prepare a linkage between skill development, technology and livelihood for tribals of our state.
The CCBSTTD was inaugurated on 26th Dec 2019 amidst great zest, vibrancy and elation by DrDebapriyaDutta, Adviser & Head, NRDMS Division DST, New Delhi. DrBal Krishna Dass, Chairman, Expert Committee & Professor from Delhi University, Dr S C Malik, Expert Member & Professor, Rohtak University, Dr Ashok Kumar Singh Principal Scientific Officer, NRDMS, DST,
New Delhi, DrHimansu Mohan Padhy, Chairman, Sophitorium Group of Institutions (SGI), DrPranati Mishra, Director, SGI, Faculty & Staff members, SGI, Villagers from the Belapada and Jatni, beneficiaries from tribal community were present on the occasion. The Centre with training facilities in various sectors for empowering the rural tribal people socially, economically and financially by imparting them Skill development training in various areas such as Sewing machine operation, making Handicrafts, Honey bee cultivation, Mushroom Cultivation, CFL/LED Bulb Production, Mobile repairing and job knowledge of Electrician and Plumber etc. These skill development training programs have been started functioning with its inauguration. The high level delegations visited all training centers and gave their inputs for further growth of the centre and the beneficiaries thereto as below.
Sophitorium Engineering College, Baniatangi, Khurdha added one feather in its cap with the inauguration of Centre For Capacity Building In Science and Technology Customization For Tribal Developments (CCBSTTD). This Centre shall work for the upliftment of the Tribal community of the state. It shall play a major role in capacity building of the tribal people through various inputs from science and technology. This Centre is sponsored by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. The objective of this Centre is to prepare a linkage between skill development, technology and livelihood for tribals of our state.
Handicraft Training Centre which is a beautiful consolidation of artwork such as paintings, embroidery, stitch work, fabrics and much more. The esteemed members from NRDMS , New Delhi on the occasion expressed their gratification . While conversation Dr. Dutta from DST said that programmes and Centre like this will not only develop the skills of the tribal youths of Odisha but also boost their confidence in self-sufficiency.
The team visited the Handicrafts training centre and interacted with the trainers, supervised all facilities for Pattachitra painting, Glass painting, fabric painting, Chandua making. They inspected the work sheets, training manuals and syllabus etc. prepared for the trainees. This Handicraft Centre and its training programs is a good way to enhance and enlighten the intellectual capacity of the tribal people and there is a need to conduct such training programs, which could be a bridge between local community to global market as communicated in an incisive way by Dr.Padhy. The committee further suggested to develop digital means for safe keeping the tribal culture and skills, while enhancing their skillset for better livelihood.
Honey Bees Training Centre has been started to boost honey production and encourage honeybee farmers. Focus of this Honey bee training Centre will be on roping tribal entrepreneurs in the process.
The expert committee visited the training Centre and interacted with the trainers, supervised all facilities created for honey bees cultivation and honey extraction. They examined the work sheets, training manuals and syllabus prepared for the trainees. The erudite members had given suggestion to enhance the facilities for characterization of honey for their medicinal values and other scientific analysis. The suggestions to intact the scientific purity and the medicinal properties will be the benchmark of this honey bee Centre.
The objective of Mushroom Cultivation Centre is to promote reforestation projects, promote agroforestry and help farmers move away from chemical farming towards something more organic. The theme of this Centre is to use basics of myco-permaculture to help them understand how growing mushrooms can be useful.
The existing mushroom Centre has been using organic fertilisers available to tribal farmers and also trainers help them to teach how to prepare it. The trainees in this Centre were enlightened upon the cultivation techniques of different types of mushroom while covering other aspects such as nutritional value, health benefits, management of post mushroom substrate, value addition and role of science and technology in production and marketing of mushroom.
The NRDMS expert committee emphasized upon two things such as
(1) the market linkage opportunities for self-employment of rural and tribal youth and
(2) scientific sanctity and nutrition blending on mushroom cultivation. Further they suggested the Centre to prepare the trainees to be multi skilled.
Santitary products training center has been established to produce multiple number of products like Phenyl, Shampoo, Utensil cleaning soaps, Agarbati etc. These products should be helpful for the SHGs working with the Centre.