An Odia literary book titled “Basnara Smruti” penned by Dr. Viyatprajna Acharya, Professor of Biochemistry, KIMS was unveiled by Brig. Prof. A. P. Mohanty, Principal, KIMS; Dr. S. C. Dash, Professor Emeritus; Dr. Yogesh K. Chawla, Chairman, Academics and Professor Emeritus; and Dr. S. Rath, Senior Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology in the presence of faculties of different departments of KIMS on 19th May 2022.
Published by “Paschima Publications” in March 2022, the book is an anthology of short write-ups addressing psycho-societal problems, their root cause analysis and solutions. The author has done a wonderful visual story-telling and merged different emotions amalgamating strong satire, comedy to somber introspection. Introducing her book, she said, she has tried to bridge the gap of mistrust between doctors and patients in current times through her writings and addressed the scientific significance behind rituals and some myths.
Brig. Prof. A. P. Mohanty congratulated her and wished a grand success for the book.
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.