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OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS

and Shri SubuTabin, Director, APSDM. On the second day, meetings were held with Hon’ble Minister of

Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, Shri Tage Taki, Hon’ble Secretary Agriculture Shri
BidulTayang (IAS), Hon’ble Secretary Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri N.T. Glow (IRS), and with
Additional Director APSDM Shri Riba.

MGNF Project leadership team from IIMV visits Bihar

21 MAY
Prof. Md. Shameem Jawed (Project Director) and Mr. BNSR
Swamy Kosuru (Program Manager), who represent the
MGNF Project leadership team from IIM Visakhapatnam,

visited Patna, Bihar between 20 and 21 May 2022. This
two-day visit was for briefing various authorities about the
program progress and to propose further collaborations to
bring in expertise and knowledge for skill strengthening

at the district levels.On the first day of the visit, meetings
were held with Shri. Sandip Kumar R. Pudukalkatti, IAS,
Secretary Skill & Labour Resource department,

Ms. Ranjita, IAS, Additional CEO & Labour commissioner, Shri. Alok Kumar, IFS, Special Secretary Skill &
Labour, Govt. of Bihar, and Shri. Atul Ranjan, MD, Bihar Skill Development Mission.

On the second day, meetings were held with Shri. Nilesh Kumar Mishra, Manager Sector Skills, Ms. Bhawana
Verma, State engagement officer, NSDC, Shri. Abhishek Anand, Project lead, Bihar Vikash Mission, and Mr.
Tarun Kumar Ranjan IEC Expert, Bihar Vikash Mission.

These visits would further strengthen the ties between the institute and the state government and help
improve skill and livelihood scenario in the districts where the MGNF Fellows are placed – both as part of the
program and beyond.

AP Police conducts an awareness session on “DISHA SOS” app

8 JUNE

Shri P. Narasimha Murthy, Sub Inspector, Anandapuram
Police Station, and his team conducted an awareness
session about the importance of the “DISHA SOS” app

at the Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam
(IIMV) permanent campus, Gambheeram on June 8.
DISHA SOS is a safety app for emergency situations and

is developed by the technical services of Andhra Pradesh
Police. The staff members of IIMV were briefed about the
various features and utilities of the app by the AP Police

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