Guest Talk on ‘Prospective Development’ at KSRM
KIIT School of Rural Management (KSRM) organized a Guest Talk on ‘Prospective & Development’ by Mr. Debaraj Behera, International Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UN and Global Food and Agriculture Practice (GFADR), The World Bank on 20th August 2022.
Addressing the MBA (RM) and PGDCD students, Mr. Behera emphasized the importance of understanding the context specific problems and working on solutions accordingly. He advocated the use of technology like using drones with thermal sensors to detect sick animals in a large herd of cattle and geo tagging. Sharing his experience of initiating and working with young professionals in livelihood missions and establishment of the academic institution, he suggested the students work in the grassroots to develop a basic understanding of the development sector.
Mr. Behera, who holds PG Diploma in Rural Management from IRMA, has designed large scale community-driven development projects of the World Bank in South East Asia and East Asia Pacific. Apart from this, he has fifteen years of implementation experience in the Ministry of Rural Development (Government of India), Department of Rural Development (Government of Bihar), NGOs, and the private sector.
About KIIT University
KIIT University (earlier Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology) is a co-educational, autonomous university located at Bhubaneswar in the Indian state of Orissa. It was one of the youngest institutions to be awarded the deemed university status in India and then the university status in 2004 and is recognised by Limca Book of Records.The University offers under-graduate and post-graduate courses in Engineering, Bio-technology, Medicine, Management, Law, Computer application, Rural management, Fashion, Film Studies, Journalism and Sculpturing. It has been ranked as 16 th in India, 5 th among private universities, and 4 th in the eastern region in the year 2009 by Times of India. It has also been ranked 18 th among private engineering institutes and 7 th in placement in 2008 by Outlook India.KIIT School of Management has been nominated as the mentor institution by AICTE for conducting faculty development programme in eastern India.
