Sambalpur: Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur (IIM Sambalpur) and the office of the Collector-cum-District Magistrate have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in the area and help in the overall development of Sambalpur.
IIM Sambalpur director Prof Mahadeo Jaiswal and district collector Subham Saxena signed the MoU on Friday, the premier institute said via a statement.
“We believe we can offer a scientific approach in areas such as supply chain, logistics, operations, and manpower management,” Prof Jaiswal quoted as saying during the occasion by news agency PTI.
“IIM Sambalpur has created task forces with our faculty and experts on efficient management of health infrastructure supply chain hospital beds, doctors, oxygen, medicine, and effective citizen engagement-social communication in the district of Sambalpur to begin with and to be rolled out nationwide based on its success,” a statement from IIM Sambalpur was quoted as saying by the news agency.
“The MoU will also focus on areas such as enabling research and solution frameworks for governance such as impact evaluation, creating a new class of applications and solutions that focus on optimising the delivery of government services in identified areas,” the statement added.
The technical areas of collaboration include the development of tourism in and around Sambalpur, public health, handloom and handicraft development, Mission Shakti, indigenous knowledge documentation among others.
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