Bhubaneswar: Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Centre for Youth and Social Development (CYSD), an organisation engaged in improving quality of life among tribal and rural poor.
The MoU, signed by SOA Vice-Chancellor Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda and CYSD co-founder Jagadananda, will see SOA and CYSD work jointly in several areas for community development.
SOA will collaborate with CYSD to conduct joint workshops, conferences and training programmes on gender studies and community connects to enhance exposure and outreach of students and research scholars, carry out agro-forestry and collective farming including watershed development and localise sustainable development goals.
SOA and CYSD will also work on integrated farming systems and conduct pilot experiments in selected backward regions of Odisha, engage the youth in development and contribute towards community-based disaster preparedness.
Joint research activities will be carried out to facilitate interactive learning and quality of education through community-based participatory research.
CYSD will host student interns to help enhance their knowledge.
SOA’s Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof. Sitikantha Mishra, Dean of the faculty of agricultural sciences Prof. Santosh Kumar Rout, Director of ITER Prof. Manas Kumar Mallick, SOA’s Chief Administrative Officer Pramod Kumar Panda, Chief Operating Officer of CYSD Haris Chandra Singh and Programme Director Basanta Nayak were present.