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School of Forensic Sciences committed to Sustainable Development Goal 16: “PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS”

School of Forensic Sciences under Centurion University of Technology and Management aims at creating much required experts in the field of investigative science with the application of advanced scientific techniques. The aim of the course is to develop a platform wherein various scientific means and methods are applied so that social justice can be brought about within our society.

It is not a hidden fact that the number of criminal cases over the world is on the rise and in most of these cases justice gets delayed due to lack of proper forensic proofs. One of the major causes is the shortage of an adequate number of forensic experts. School of Forensic Science is the one and only of its kind in eastern India to create young, dynamic, technically efficient experts in the field of investigative science. The School has entered into an academic collaboration with Gujarat Forensic Science University, the first and only university across the world dedicated to forensic science to provide quality education and infrastructure to its students with significant responsibility.

Objective:

Our objective is to be a distinguished School of excellence aiming to create a peaceful society by imparting need based quality forensic Science education/Training to the Prospective students and allied professionals. To make the institute an inclusive centre of excellence for forensic education, research and Training services by intensifying criminal investigation process, thereby strengthening justice delivery system. We aim to be an Institution dedicated to changing human lives with the aim of intensifying the field of investigative sciences to ensure a diminished rate of criminal record in the society by strengthening the justice delivery system leading towards to prosperity, integrity and peace.

School of Media & Communication committed to Sustainable Development Goal 4: “QUALITY EDUCATION”

The School of Media and Communications at Centurion University is being launched as a complete media school which will offer both Bachelors and Master’s Degree and Doctoral Degree programs, short term skill programs .  The school will deliver UNESCO’s “Model Curriculum for Developing Countries and Emerging Democracies”.

The students are achievers at different national and international events to earn pride and dignity for the School. Students from this school have received awards from organizations like UNESCO and UNICEF in film making. They have joined as delegates of Film division in IFFI 2018 & 2019. They have presented their research papers at 3^rd National Media Conclave and Indian social science Congress.  The school has delivered student development programs in the area of film making, Radio Jockey, Fashion Photography, VFX, Sound Engineering and Animation.  School of Media and Communication has developed four skill courses like camera Operator, Video Editor, Sound Engineer and Animator in association with Common wealth of learning. It has published research book on indigenous knowledge system, Conducted research project on Usage of Smart Phone by Tribal Youth. Students here are sent for internship to Doordarshan and National Media Houses. Recently the school has started research work in Indian Cinema. School of Media and Communication has advanced Chroma Studio,    Editing Suits, Audio Production center, AR-VR Laboratory, and Media Research Center in less than half a decade time period.

Apart from teaching, Faculty members here are recognized by national and international organizations for their contribution towards mass society. The faculty members have produced for national and international radio, television and Indian Cinema.

This school helps in the organization of different webinars, conferences, awareness programs for different schools and research centers.

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School Of Applied Sciences committed to Sustainable Development Goal 15: “LIFE ON LAND”

The School of Applied Sciences (SoAS) offers Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) program for 3 years, Master of Science (M.Sc.) program for 2 years and M. Phil for 1 years. Apart from SDG 15 the school contributes significantly to SDGs 4,7,12,13 and 14. These programs are offered from four campuses of the University, namely, Paralakhemundi, Bhubaneswar, Bolangir and Rayagada. In keeping with the skill orientation of the University, these programs are application oriented with strong skill integration.

Interdepartmental Collaborations:

Besides the programs given below, the University also offers courses in inter-disciplinary areas of CUTM+2 Science(CHSE & CBSE), Bachelor and Masters programs in Management, Computer Applications and Vocational disciplines (ITI) of the (GTET & Skill Developments).

The syllabus of the programmes are duly approved by the Academic Councils of the University under guidance and participation of academic institutions of repute such as NISER, IIT, R&D and industry partners like Infosys, TCS and the like. As a matter of policy, The syllabus are periodically reviewed and updated every three years. The review of B.Sc. Honours programmes are being undertaken this year under this policy.

Infrastructure:

The campus is equipped with state-of-art laboratories, class rooms with audio-visual aids and well-stocked libraries. There are Physics Laboratories, Chemistry Laboratories, Computing & Mathematics Laboratory dedicated for the above mentioned programs.

The Campus and water:

Our school is committed to the sustainable use of water.The university campus has massive use of water at different hostels, staff quarters and office. The campus is using a total of 279000 lit/day, which is a big amount cannot be ignored. Hence water treatment is matter of
concern. Looking towards requirement of water for human, animal and agriculture use, the university has set its own Sewage Treatment Tank (STP) inside the campus.

Looking towards the massive use of water, water treatment plant is required in the campus. In case of water crisis the treatment water can be used for gardening farming purposes. Centurion campus has a very big garden of about 5 acres which needs lot of water and the water from the treatment plant can be used for gardening. Our campus borrows water from a very far place which is highly expensive. During rainy season a large amount of water wasted by flowing through drainage which can be used by the campus through treatment process. Since there is B.Sc. Agriculture in the college the treatment water can be used by the students for plantation. Many new buildings are being constructed inside the campus which needs a large amount of water for curing the bricks and watering the foundation, wall and slab. To certain extent the treated water can meet the demand of construction works. During summer the water supply to the hostel is just time to time and not regular so treatment plant is highly essential to this site. Thousands of gallons of water is used by the students, staff and mess members lot of water is wasted through drains so, constructing a treatment is very important. The drain water is deposited in the tank but of no use after the tank is filled the water is removed and wasted. Since there is a hill nearby our site there comes a large amount of surface runoff water which
can be treated for our domestic use. To avoid further future a problem regarding water a waste water treatment plant is definitely required.
It is essential to access the quality of the waste water coming from the university campus. The following are the conventional test to be carried out in establishing the water quality. The recorded data of different tests of waste water are described in the figures 1, 2 & 3 below.

Sewage treatment plant:

Looking towards the growing environmental pollution, the quality of water has become both public health and agriculture concern. Hence waste water needs to be decontaminated, especially domestic sewage. In the past, domestic waste water treatment was mainly confined to organic carbon removal. Recently, increasing pollution in the waste water leads to developing and implementing new treatment techniques to control nitrogen and other priority pollutants. Pollution in its broadest sense includes all changes that curtail natural utility and exert deleterious effect on life. The crisis triggered by the rapidly growing population and industrialization with the resultant degradation of the environment causes a great threat to the quality of life. Degradation of water quality is the unfavourable alteration of the physical, chemical and biological properties of water that prevents domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational and other beneficial uses of water. Sewage and sewage effluents are the major sources of water pollution. Sewage is mainly composed of human faecal material, domestic wastes including washwater and industrial wastes. Sewage Treatment Plant is a facility designed to receive the waste from domestic, commercial and industrial sources and to remove materials that damage water quality and compromise public health and safety when discharged into water receiving systems. It includes physical, chemical, and biological processes to remove various contaminants depending
on its constituents. Using advanced technology it is now possible to re-use sewage effluent for drinking water.

Plant capacity:
• Maximum daily demand = 180 lit/day
• Average water supply per day = 180 x 1550 =279000 lit = 279cu.m
• Average sewage generated per day = 85% of supplied water
= 0.85 x 279=223 m3
• Average sewage generated per hour=223/24=9.29 cu.m/hr
• Peak factor = 3
• Design flow capacity (maximum) = 9.29 x 3=27.85 cu.m/hr

Layout of STP

Celebration of World Water Day:
A Quiz and Poster Presentation competition was held.

Green initiative within as well as outside the campus:

Reports addressing various sustainability goals:

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School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences committed to Sustainable Development Goal 3: “GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING”

The School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences aims at skill based education with a curriculum designed to prepare diploma holders, graduates and postgraduates in Pharmacy for lifelong learning and leadership capabilities. The School looks forward in developing a disease free Nation by initiating an integrative module of academics and research. The Unique model of integrating of Pharmacy with Life Sciences at Centurion University has a visionary of optimizing the pharmacy protocols in the field of Life Sciences creating a broad platform to enhance academic research and scientific development. The module includes topics in Life Sciences like Computational Biology (Bioinformatics), Biotechnology, Microbiology, Botany, Zoology, Environmental Science and other allied sciences. The School had a dedicated team of Intellectuals from all fields of science along with the Pharmacists working towards academics through research and development. The School is committed to producing pharmacists for the 21st century with significant responsibility for managing drug therapy, counselling patients on proper use of medications, and monitoring drug therapy outcomes.

Objectives:

• To craft an internationally competitive & research focused institute, open to the needs of the people, while distributing superlative edification and knowledge.
• To place it in the forefront of research and development, invention, knowledge transfer and human resource development in the global academic field and industry.
• Enhancing Student research in academics with dissertation and small tenured projects in Pharmacy and Life Sciences.
• Managing Govt. and Non Govt. projects by the students with Pharmacy skills contributing towards a healthy State and Nation.
• Setting a benchmark in the State for the design and development of Novel therapeutic agents through Computer Aided Drug Design from natural extracts and synthetic chemical compositions and development of Novel drug delivery system.

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School Of Vocational Education and Training committed to Sustainable Development Goal 4: “QUALITY EDUCATION”

Centurion University of Technology and Management is pioneering the concept of a School of Vocational Training in India with an overall objective of building human resource capability, resulting in employability as well as entrepreneurship development across disadvantaged areas of the world. Apart from SDG 4 the school contributes significantly to SDG 6,7,9,14 and 15. Centurion University has been providing various short and medium term vocational training and skill building programmes in collaboration with various Departments of the Government of Odisha, the Government of India and other like-minded organisations. The programmes under the School of Vocational Training are offered across six locations in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

Skill Building At SoVET:

The SoVET currently operates six Skill Development Centres, SDC’s at Odisha (Jatni, Paralakhemundi, Rayagada and Bolangir) and Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam). The objective of these centres is to reach out and make the unemployed youth suitable for industrial employment as well as gainful self employment through high quality technical training.

The SDC’s provide world class training facilities in terms of state of the art workshops equipped with high-end machines like CNC, PLC, Lathe, Milling etc.; a fully fledged technical library, classrooms,dormitories etc . Centurion also has partnerships with industry bodies like IIW (Indian Institute of Welding), CISCO and industry bodies like NSIC (Ministry of MSME), which provide trainees with relevant exposure and globally recognised certifications.

Objective:

Provide thorough technical training, build cognitive and practical abilities and develop social and behavioral traits of candidates to make them employment ready in specific industry fields.

Philosophy:

• Region, industry and candidate centric customised training certifications recognised by local and global industry delivered through short and medium term residential programs
• Technical Skills will be trade specific and will include a final module of on the job training in live production environment
• Soft Skills consist of communication, presentation, self management and team building
• Life skills will also be imparted such as entrepreneurship, financial planning for self and family; and stress management through Yoga and Meditation.

Key programs:

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)

SoVET will also partner with Gram Tarang Employability Training Services, which has been selected for a partnership with NSDC targeting school dropouts and unemployed graduates at the bottom of the pyramid for skill up gradation and employability training. Under this first of its kind Public Private Partnership (PPP) project, about 21,000 unskilled and semi-skilled youth will be trained in different technical trades across the state, which will facilitate development and upgradation of the skilled workforce. It will help in developing the skills of potential candidates in the unorganised sector of East India.

Special Project under SGSY, STEP-UP Component of SJSRY (Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana/ Sahari Swarozgar Yojana)

SoVET will be the certification partner of Panchayati Raj Dept, Govt of Odisha, Ministry of Rural Development Govt. of India and Housing and Urban Development Dept. Govt. of Odisha to conduct short term skill building programmess resulting in employment for rural and urban poor (BPL card holders) and MGNREGA beneficiaries across trades like Welder, Fitter, Electrician, Sewing Machine Operator, Retail etc. and will be training over 10,000 beneficiaries over the next three years.

High End Technical Skills

Modeled on the Central Training and Tool Room , SoVET will run a series of certification and diploma programs on the technical side for candidates ranging from School Dropouts to Degree Engineering. The progams will focus on giving hands on training to the candidates across disciplines like Turning and Milling (Conventional and CNC), CNC Programming, CAD-CAM, AutoCAD, CATIA, ProE, Tool and Die Making, Industry Automation, Automobile Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Hardware and Networking, BPO etc.

Community educational events are regularly held at the University;

1. Odisha skill competition: The Odisha skill competition which acts as a qualifier for India skills was hosted by the university in association with Odisha Skill Development Authority (OSDA).  The competition was attended by students from different institutions, across different skills like wood works, automobile technology, health and social care and 3D game art.
2. Community action learning: The University aims to reach out to the community; a novel way of doing it is to integrate the classroom teaching with relevant needs of the community. A wide variety of problems are addressed for example,

A. To save the loss of human life and also to protect stray animal a Radium geo tagged collar was designed for stray dogs.

B. Towards eco-friendliness and to prevent use of plastics, biodegradable bamboo bottles and crafts were manufactured.

C. Free repair and maintenance of electrical home appliances.

D. Free Automobile Maintenance

Reports addressing various sustainability goals:

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School Of Management committed to Sustainable Development Goal 5: “GENDER EQUALITY”

The School of Management of the University evolved from the Centurion School of Rural Enterprise Management (CSREM). Since inception, nearly a decade ago, its flagship program has been Master of Business Administration (MBA) that focuses on social entrepreneurship. Apart from SDG 5 the school contributes significantly to SDGs 1,4,8,10 and 11. It has carved a niche for itself in offering high quality Management education in eastern India. It differentiates itself from other Management Schools by offering industry oriented meaningful education with a humane face. The key strength of the School is its experienced and enthusiastic faculty, committed top management, flexible curriculum, experiential learning, digital course content, strong linkage with industry, academia, civil society and government, skill integration and outreach programmes

Objective:

• To promote employability of graduates
• To encourage and support graduate to become entrepreneurs
• To enable higher education and research

Supporting Startups:

As a part of the “Make in India” initiative school of management supports a number of startups.

https://centurionuniv.edu.in/category/cutm-start-up/

Awareness program:

Agri Clinic and Agri-Business Centre (training program)

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, in association with NABARD has launched Agri-clinic and Agri-business centre training programme to promote best practices in farming to farmers across the country. Farmers from the community, students of the University and those from other Universities were trained in the areas of entrepreneurship, business management and skill improvement. This programme aims to tap the expertise available in the large pool of agriculture graduates with an objective to support and setup their own Agri-Clinic or Agri-Business Centre and offer professional extension services to innumerable farmers.

A. Empowerment of women
In 2020, the University and FICCI FLO, the women’s wing of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), Bhubaneswar has signed a MOU to work together for empowering women entrepreneurs in Odisha by mentoring women led startups, incubating ideas, supporting in the initiation of enterprises, acknowledging women achievers and enhancing the competence of women entrepreneurs. The University also signed MoU with the Entrepreneurship cell, IIT Kharagpur for Entrepreneurship Awareness drive.

In 2019, the University signed a MoU with Banking Finance and Insurance Institute of Nepal (BFIN), Nepal. The purpose of this MoU is to underpin the development of a long-term partnership between BFIN and the University for conducting and coordinating in the areas of training, education, research and consultancy Services, Information Technology and other allied services offered by both Institutions.

In 2020, The Vice Chancellor was nominated as a member of the National Higher Education Council of the Women`s Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (WICCI). The purpose was to foster leadership among women. Several events have been conducted notably. Sessions on, the National Education Policy, Sustainable Development Goals and a meeting of Women Vice Chancellors has been conducted successfully.

Women’s Mentoring Program

The Women’s Mentoring Program is open to diploma, undergraduate and graduate students of the University. During the course of their studies, the mentees are paired with a female mentor in their personal and professional fields of interest. Mentors and mentees decide on the format of their mentoring relationship and the time commitment they wish to make. All are required to meet at least once in a fortnight and during the mentor appreciation event. All the mentors have undergone mandatory All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Universal Human Value program.

Basic guidelines for mentors

The mentor must:

1. Have full knowledge of the University, its mission and vision.
2. Keep abreast with the University rules, both academic and services.
3. Grasp the Institutional values and understand the University culture.
4. Bear in mind that each Department and programme has its own culture, requirement for a degree / certificate and career trajectories. One may need to develop a resource network and take help of peer mentoring, both at faculty and students’ levels.
5. Provide students with frank, helpful and timely feedback on their work.
6. Temper criticism with praise when it is deserved and hold students to high standards to help them improve.
7. Not assume that students who fall behind in work lack commitment. Instead, they must try to assess with the students what is going on and offer ways to help.
8. Know the benefit of early intervention and address quickly any issues related to students’ ability to complete his / her programme.
9. Avoid offering a goal but help students work towards it.
10. Be flexible and consider mentoring as an opportunity to help shaping a student’s life beyond the designated class hours.

The University has endeavoured to encourage women`s application in subject areas where they are underrepresented by the following approaches:

1. Counselling by experts: In India, there is always a centrism for the technical and non-technical courses. It has been observed that few of the courses are mostly selected by men than women which had caused no good parity of gender in such courses. The University endeavours to alter such mind-set of women students through dedicated counselling by admission experts.
2. Special scholarship: All the girl students studying unconventional courses are provided with additional benefits like percent waiver in tuition fee, one time grant at the discretion of the Vice Chancellor, etc.

Increase in rate of women’s application

The endeavours of the University have resulted in increase in rate of application by 13% in the year 2020-2021 in comparison with the previous year. In a forward attempt, special focus has been given to graduate programs such as Bachelors: agriculture, sciences, business administration and forensic science, and it has yielded good results. Similar attention has been paid to undergraduate programs in sciences, pharmacy, business administration, computer application and allied health sciences to encourage more female applicants.

The aforementioned actions have yielded stupendous result in graduate programs such as Masters: agriculture, business administration and forensic sciences where the women application rate rose by 212%, 222% and 79% respectively for the year 2020-21 in comparison with the previous year. Profound increase in women application rate was seen for undergraduate programs like business administration,  commerce and media studies where it proliferated by 63%, 566% and 100% for the year 2020-21 in comparison to the previous year.

Adopted Villages

The University strives toward development and wellness of local communities. It has adopted 5 villages in Gajapati District of Odisha which are Engersingh, Badigam, Barlanda, Jhampiguda and Routpur. It conducts participatory development programmes in these villages and also aims to promote a good and healthy life style among the people. During the cyclone Titli it aided the restoration of water and sanitation facility and reconstruction of ravaged infrastructure. The University with members of the community campaigned in the target villages on achieving sustainable development goals such as good health and wellbeing, sanitation, orientation to hand washing and related practices, and, setting up of dustbin/compost pits.

As part of the curriculum all students of Centurion University of Technology and Management is required   participate in the Culture, Sports, and Responsibility  (CSR)  program  during  their  studies  at the University. The program gives students an opportunity to learn from the experience of doing real tasks beyond the classroom, related to Culture (student life/creative pursuits), Sports (activities for Physical Fitness) and Responsibility (activities for the benefit of the community or the environment).

Reports addressing various sustainability goals:

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School of Fisheries committed to Sustainable Development Goal 14: “Life Below Water”

CUTM is the first private university in Odisha which was established through the CUTM Act 4 of the Odisha State Legislative Assembly in 2010. In due course, it has got recognition as Grade-A University by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Ministry of HRD (Annex 1) and 12 B status by UGC (Annex 2). Apart from SDG 14 the school contributes significantly to SDGs 1,2,4,12 and 13. The objectives of CUTM are shaping lives, empowering communities and co-creating wealth and livelihood opportunities in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts of South Odisha and North Coastal Andhra Pradesh. Teaching, training, consulting and research activities of the university are geared towards employability enhancement, employment generation through entrepreneurship development and preparing graduates for higher education. The University offers its education, training and other services through different Schools. CUTM has five campuses at Paralakhemundi, Bhubaneswar, Bolangir, Rayagada and Chatrapur It has more than 9,000 students in Under-graduate and post-graduate programs. It imparts employable skills to over 20,000 students annually in vocational programs.

The school of Fisheries is the only private institution in the fisheries sector in the State of Odisha imparting an undergraduate professional degree programme, Bachelor of Fisheries Science (B.F.Sc). The degree program started in the year 2017. The school is located at Parlakhemundi, Odisha.

Highlights:

The curriculum of the course is consistent with that of the other fisheries colleges in India, it is based on the recommendation of the Dean’s Committee Report organized by ICAR based on the needs of the fisheries industry of the country. Currently the school is offering various courses related Fisheries which are taught in 5 departments. A total of 180 credit hours are presently offered to the students, out of which 140 credits hours is covered from 1 st to 6 th Semester the remaining 0 + 20 credit hour and 0 + 20 credit hours are offered to students during the 7 th and 8 th semesters under Experiential Learning and In-plant Training respectively. The school also invites visiting faculties from research institutes, academics and industries in order to familiarize the students to the latest developments in the field of fisheries.

A number of courses are being offered to its students as per the ICAR 5th Dean committee syllabus of ICAR, New Delhi. Although most of the courses in the syllabus deal with the aspect of protection, conservation and sustainable use of aquatic resources, the courses of which mostly accords to the SDGs are listed below:

1. Aquaculture in Reservoirs
2. Soil and Water Chemistry
3. Limnology
4. Aquatic Ecology, Biodiversity and Disaster Management
5. Fishery Oceanography
6. Aquatic Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians
7. Aquatic Pollution
8. Fisheries Policy and Law
9. Fish Population Dynamics and Stock Assessment

The school also fosters farmers training and participation through organizing conferences and workshops, where the sustainable use of natural resources like promotion of zero water culture, Biofloc culture (http://courseware.cutm.ac.in/wp-ontent/uploads/2020/06/C18.pdf), Organic aquaculture, use of herbal medicines and avoidance of antibiotics are promoted. The school organizes different training programs and presentations by eminent experts.

The school had organized a three day All India Training and Demonstration Programme on “Healthy Shrimp and GIFT Tilapia Culture Using Biofloc Technology” at Centurion university campus, Bahanaga, Gopalpur, Balasore in association with National Fisheries Development Board, Hyderabad and Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu on 27.08.2018 – 29.08.2018.

Dr. Latha Shenoy P.S. (Retd.), FRM Division, ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai, a well-known scientist in the field of fisheries resource management in India has delivered her lecture on the topic Current Status and Road to Sustainable Marine Fisheries Development in India. She started the
lecture by highlighting the important role of fisheries in the Indian economy and marine fisheries resource potential in India. She provided details about the issues in marine fisheries, such as about 60% of global fish stocks are fully fished, 30% is overfished and 10%
is underfished. She also spoke about overfishing (biological overfishing, growth overfishing, recruitment overfishing, ecosystem overfishing), destructive fishing, bycatch/discards, climate change impact, etc.

The school arranges different awareness programs:

Organizing kisan mela and training programs for local farmers about fisheries and aquaculture

Kisan Mela

Kisan Mela was organised by School of Fisheries, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Paralakhemundi,Odisha on 3rd March 2020 as a part of Gajajyoti festival. Farmers were invited to visit the Kisan mela stall from all the schools. Kisan mela was conducted to provide latest agricultural information, and guide/motivate farmers to adopt new scientific and profitable practices. Kisan mela started with a tableau by different schools and followed by inauguration of Kisan Mela 2020 by Prof. D.N. Rao, Vice-President, Centurion University of Technology and Management.

School of Fisheries highlighted the theme Way Towards Blue Economy and Food Security which emphasized the need for increasing fish productivity. Models of cage culture, carp polyculture, fish specimens, fishing boats, aquariums, fishery byproducts were exhibited, alongwith a live model of the aquaponics unit (see the pictures alongside). Around 500 farmers visited the stalls and got information regarding modern fish culture techniques such as aquaponics, biofloc, cage farming, fish hatchery, etc. The aquaponics unit also exhibited in the stall, which attracted many farmers and it helped them to adopt to that technology as it is a profitable practice. It enabled our faculty and students to interact with farmers and address their problems. The Kisan mela proved to be a great success for the farmers of Gajapati district.

Farmers training -ATMA
School of Fisheries also organised a farmer training along with Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), in the field of aquaculture and fish processing from 20 – 25th September 2021. Around 75 farmers attended the training. Training was conducted over two
days. The first day sessions were on aquaculture topics such as ornamental fish culture, carp culture, hands on training on aquarium fabrication, pre-stocking and post-stocking management in fish culture. Farmers visited our wet lab units where ornamental fishes, food
fishes such as Tilapia, Amur carp are reared in glass and cemented tanks respectively. On the second day, farmers were allotted to the fish processing unit, where they experienced hands on training on the preparation of fish pickle, shrimp pickle and fishery value added products.
ATMA farmers training was successfully completed with a positive feedback from the participants. The training helped farmers to know about the opportunities in the field of fisheries and aquaculture for livelihood generation, which is an untapped sector at Parlakhemundi.

Webinars and presentations :

The school organizes webinars and presentations on a regular basis.

A National webinar was conducted on Casting into the Future of Fisheries and Aquaculture on 22nd and 23rd June 2021, organised by the School of Fisheries, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Paralakhemundi, Odisha.

Educational programs for the regional communities:

Like any other responsible institution, Centurion University of Technology and Management works to raise its voice against unsustainable fishing practice. The School of Fisheries promotes educational outreach activities through its research outlook and awareness programs, and by directly contacting the fisherman communities.
The school has conducted a sample survey among the fishermen with questionnaires related to fishing and aquaculture practices and found that the local fishermen are least concerned with the sustainable harvesting of fishes from nature. Taking the survey report into account, the school formulated action plans for educating the fishermen about the sustainable use of resources through student involvement. The students of the school directly meet the local fish farmers and encourages them for best fishery management.

Our students educate the local Bhavanapadu fisherman communities through organizing camps along with interaction with them. They educate the fisherman about good practices such as negative impacts of overfishing, unregulated fishing, destructive fishing ,blast fishing, bottom trawling, and cyanide fishing. Further-more a faculty- fish farmer interaction session was planned in which many questions mostly related to value adding of low value fishes and close season was answered extensively.

Our students and faculty, during the visit to Bhitarkanika aware the locals especially youth and fisherman about the importance and conservation of mangroves and their biodiversity.

Cleaning initiatives:

The school has taken initiative for weed clearance of the Ramsagar reservoir with student involvement every month. Further cast nets are also operated to remove any alien species in the water body The school has also conducted a biodiversity study for the reservoir to find the fish diversity of the area.

Ranching fish seeds at Ramsagar reservoirs:

Ranching, also called as artificial recruitment, is a type of conservation practice which involves the culture of fish (young ones) in a controlled laboratory condition. Once the fish attains a certain size, they are released in the pond/reservoir for stock improvement, enhancing production, conservation of resources and also for the ecological balance. Artificially recruited population or ranching seeds permits to raise the population in the natural environment without spending much energy, feed or labor. In our fish rearing unit (CUTM, Paralakhemundi), we have reared the fingerlings of catla (Catla catla), rohu (Labeo rohita) and amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus) for the seed ranching program in Ramsagar reservoir.

Fish samples were collected from different stations in the reservoir during the study period 2018-2019. With the help of local fishermen using different types of non-destructive fishing gears like cast net and gill nets, a total number of 29 species of which majority of the species are from the family Cyprinidae, followed by Channidae and Cobitidae were found in this reservoir.

Development of sustainable fisheries and Aquaculture technology:

1. Captive breeding of Indigenous fishes, particularly major carps species
2. Fish waste utilization (Production of fish Silage)
3. Others: Consumption of nutritionally important Fish, Limiting the Use of Plastics, Disposables and Single-Use products, reducing the chances of Ocean Acidification, Participation in a Cleanup projects or collaborating with the same, Responsible use of Fishing Line Responsibly, Marine Life Responsibly etc.
4. Collaboration with different organizations Eg. ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Joint research and publications were made with ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Captive breeding of Indian Major Carp:

Breeding fish in captivity, using wild fish parents, is a widely used management practice that aims to restore wild populations of endangered species. Captive breeding and subsequent releases into the wild are among techniques used for endangered fish species conservation.
This Artificial hypophysation of carps was done at the School of Fisheries, Centurion University of Technology and Management, The number of bred species was taken as per guideline and the entire method was carried out in Cement tanks and ponds. The brood fishes of IMC (Rohu and Catla) were acclimatized in Broodfish rearing tank in Fish rearing unit, SoF. As per requirement Broodstocks were collected from Department of Fisheries and were reared in earthen ponds till maturity. The breeding program was successfully done by the students and they were able to get 10000 litres of carp eggs.

Management of Invasive species of Flora and Fauna:

The school encourages sustainable development without having any detrimental effect on the environment. For this noble cause Ramsagar reserviour was selected where the school planned for the development of this natural ecosystem.

Invasive Alien Species refers to an alien species whose introduction and/or spread threaten the biological diversity of the region/habitat. In the recent past, Invasive Alien Species have been emerging as the second biggest threat to global biodiversity after habitat destruction. Several species of alien flora and fauna have been reported from Ramsagar Reservoir. Especially, plants like Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), Giant Salvinia (Salvinia molesta), and water cabbage/ lettuce (Pistia stratioies) caused severe damage to our wetland ecosystem. In recent times the school had conducted a fish biodiversity study for Ramsagar reservoir and found that it is infested with Eichhornia aquatic weeds and some alien species of fish such as American sail fin catfish (Pterygoplichthys pardalis). Frequently the alien fishes were captured through cast net operation and were removed from the reservoir.

Fish health surveillance:

Surveillance Programme is being done by the School of Fisheries, Centurion University of Technology and Management at Nearby Ponds and Ramsagar reservoir to know the disease types of fishes throughout the year (2019-20).

Physicochemical parameters of water for Ramsagar reservoir from January 2018 to September 2021:

Prevention of use of Antibiotics and Chemical applications:

Antibiotics are drugs of natural or synthetic origin that have the capacity to kill or to inhibit the growth of micro-organisms. Antibiotics that are sufficiently non-toxic to the host are used as chemotherapeutic agents in the treatment of infectious diseases of humans, animals and plants. They have long been present in the environment and have played a crucial role in the battle between man and microbe. The fish and shrimp farmers are using different antibiotics for the prevention of different diseases in the aquatic system. But the use of antibiotics and chemicals can damage the aquatic body adversely. Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM) has taken measures for the prevention of Antibiotics and Chemical applications in ponds and reservoirs by organizing Kishan Mela and other such endeavors.

Protection of fishes and their health

A. Inhibition of Invasive fish culture:

Exotic fishes are non-native fish species occurring outside of their natural range. These exotic fish when begin to reproduce in the new environment, it is considered invasive species. Normally, invasive species include all taxa of the organism, ranging from microscopic insects to large mammals and can invade any ecosystem. According to IUCN, invasive species is an alien species that becomes established in the natural or semi-natural ecosystems or habitats causing a threat to native biological diversity.

Invasive fish species are those fish species that do not occur naturally in a specific aquatic environment and whose introduction does or is likely to cause harm to the indigenous fish species living in the aquatic system or may cause economic or environmental harm to the ecosystem. Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM) plays an important role in the prevention of culture of Invasive fish culture like tilapia, Thai-magur etc. The potential risk not only affects the quality or level of biodiversity but also the socio-economic aspects of the human community that depend on aquatic ecosystems for their livelihood. The indiscriminate and unmonitored entry and transfer of the exotic species are particularly alarming, raising several concerns including producing hybrids by crossing with indigenous fish species and thus contaminating the fish germplasm.

B. Promotion of Organic maturing:

CUTM also promotes the use of organic materials in the fish culture pond to prevent water pollution by the use of chemicals such as antibiotics. The declining fishery harvests, wild fish food-safety issues, environmental concerns, increased fish consumption, and the increasing market share of organic foods have combined to focus attention on “organic aquaculture.” Consumer demand may well drive the organic production of finfish, shellfish, and other aquatic species into the mainstream during the next decade.

Organic aquaculture has attracted the attention of researchers from several academic disciplines as well as environmental advocates and entrepreneurial innovators. A small number of “certified” and non-certified organic fish and microalgae products have made it to the retail marketplace. While the regulatory specifics still need to be addressed, this new organic market niche has significant potential for growth in the future.

Watershed Management Strategy

Overview:

M.S. Swaminathan School of Agriculture committed to Sustainable Development Goal 15: “LIFE ON LAND”

M.S. Swaminathan School of Agriculture (MSSSOA) is located in Gajapati district in South Odisha that is among poorest districts of India. The livelihood of the residents of the district is primarily based on subsistence agriculture, forest produce, wage labour and distress migration. Apart from SDG 15 the school contributes significantly to SDGs 1,2,4,12 and 13.

As identified by the Food Security Atlas of Rural Odisha (2008), the zone of acute food insecurity in the state comprises Kandhmal, Malkangiri, Rayagada and Gajapati districts of Odisha. The Atlas also suggests that for the livelihood development of hill-forest-based population, following strategic interventions will be required.

• Implementation of the Forest Rights Protection Act to provide security of tenure
• Investment to enable a shift to production of high value crops
• Expansion of irrigation in a manner appropriate to hill and plateau regions
• Improvement of rural connectivity, so as reduce transaction and transport costs and increase economic opportunities
• Shortening the chain of intermediaries and promoting value-added processing in non-timber forest products (NTFP)

Given the above context, MSSSOA has adopted the national agenda of doubling farmers’ income sustainably. It aims to develop a workforce that is exposed to domains such as precision agriculture and are able to leverage digital technology and data management to deliver transformative change in the socio-economic conditions of the farmers as well as contribute to the entire agri-value chain and research.

Centurion University has also incubated many social enterprises and outreach entities under the umbrella of Gram Tarang in the areas of employability enhancement, financial inclusion, agri-processing, last-mile supply chain and biotechnology.

MSSSOA is accredited with ICAR and has established close operational relationship with community and network of companies in agroindustry, NGOs and Government Organizations to enrich its educational offerings. It’s the top Agriculture college in Odisha as well as nationally.

Departments:

Whilst the MSSSOA has full-fledged departments for areas such as Agriculture Science, Entomology, Genertics and Plant breeding. Each of the departments is equipped with requisite facilities such as laboratories and smart classrooms, they also collaborate with other schools on campus such as Engineering & Technology to ensure holistic learning. Each department has well qualified, dedicated and experienced faculty, supplemented by industry expert and global content.

Support for Placements and Higher Studies

University has a dedicated career counselling and training cell that ensure that the students are able to individually identify and are prepared to effectively realize their career aspirations. These could range from securing a job, start their own enterprise and/or pursue higher studies. Extra classes are arranged throughout for various competitive examination such as JRF and GATE. Besides this, the students are supported to achieve English proficiency, reasoning and quantitative ability levels required irrespective of their career aspirations.

Campus:

The campus spread of 150+ acres is an oasis of greenery, environmentally friendly buildings and excellent facilities to ensure it’s a ‘home away from home’. MSSSOA has also implemented a number of Natural Resource Management (NRM) practices in the campus having around 1600 mango trees and 600 teak and other plants of different varieties. These include watershed development, recharging ground water and soil nutrition management.

Campus has multiple sports facilities such as international standard basketball and tennis courts, flood lit multi-purpose playground and cricket practice pitches. Besides our dedicated hostels and mess facilities, campus also has multiple shops/marketplaces that act as excellent locations for the students to meet and socialize with their peers.

Other facilities also include dedicated banking counter, ATM as well as a dispensary (with a doctor and three paramedical staff and an ambulance).

Library:

The School has well-equipped library with broad band Wi-Fi connectivity. It provides a sound physical and digital learning environment round the clock. The learning materials are in the Printed, Audio and Visual form. The library is integrated into the University’s Management Information System (MIS). It deploys Open Access system with different work stations.

Accommodation

Being a residential program, the School encourages students and faculty to live on campus. There are dedicated hostels for boys and girls offering multiple configuration/options. About 80% students and 50% faculty and supporting staff stay on campus. There are 10 hostels (6 for boys with 304 rooms accommodating 1021 students and 4 for girls with 104 rooms accommodating 318 students).

Clubs and Extra Curricular Activities:

Besides extensive sports facilities and events, there are student run Health Club, Yoga Club, Adventure Club, Meditation Club and Karate Club under the guidance of respective faculty in-charges. The students regularly participate in cultural, NSS, NCC and other socially responsible activities.

Key Highlights

READY Program:

Student READY (Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana) programme is a new initiative of Indian Council of Agricultural Research to reorient graduates of Agriculture for ensuring and assuring employability and develop entrepreneurs for emerging knowledge intensive agriculture. This envisages the introduction of the programme in all the Agricultural Universities as an essential prerequisite for the award of degree to ensure hands on experience and practical training depending on the requirements of respective discipline and local demands.
This programme includes five components i.e.

1. Experiential Learning,
2. Rural Awareness Works Experience,
3. In-Plant Training / Agro-Industrial Attachment,
4. Hands-on training (HOT) / Skill Development Training and
5. Students Projects.

All these components are interactive and are conceptualized for building skills in project development and execution, decision-making, individual and team coordination, approach to problem solving, accounting, quality control, marketing and resolving conflicts, etc. with end to end approach.
Experiential Learning (EL) helps the student to develop competence, capability, capacity building, acquiring skills, expertise and confidence to start their own enterprise and turn “Job Creators instead of Job Seekers”. This is a step towards “Earn while Learn” concept.

The Rural Awareness Works Experience (RAWE) helps the students primarily to understand the rural situations, status of technologies adopted by farmers, prioritize the farmers’ problems and to develop skills and attitude of working with farm families for overall development in rural area.

Rural Agricultural Works Experience:

The students have conducted all RAWE related activities either in their own village or nearby village because of the COVID situation.

All the activities thoroughly monitored by Guides and Supervisor through online and online platform called learning record was developed. All the presentation and evaluation conducted by online mode. This programme undertaken by the students during the VII semester for a total duration of 20 weeks with a weightage of 0+20 credit hours in two parts viz., RAWE and AIA. It consist of general orientation and on campus training by different faculties followed by village attachment/unit attachment in University/ College/ KVK or a Research station.

The students attached with the agro-industries to get an experience of the industrial environment and working. Weightage in terms of credit hours will be given depending upon the duration of stay of students in villages/agro-industries. At the end of RAWE/AIA, the students given one week time for project report preparation, presentation and evaluation.

Sharing land with students at Bagushala farm:

The research farm named as Bagushala is situated at Seventh Mile, a location situated 10 km from the Centurion campus.

In Bagushala, the students learn farming and a lab was constructed in 2014 where the students can perform their practical related to agronomy and crop development. Here students are allotted a specific amount of land.

The students grow crops in that allotted land and learn the agricultural practices. The area of the farm is around 5 acres with sufficient supply of water to the field. For transport, a farm road has been constructed which can improve the accessibility by the locals and students. College bus, tractors and other farm machinery can be accessed easily through a wide farm road.

All the land is being used to grow crops like rice, maize, shorgham, bajra, finger millets, proso millet and horticultural species under different treatments and trials. The organic farming is one of the important trials under the land sustainability.

Through the organic farming restoration and conditioning of soil can be achieved by applying natural input to the field. The treatments with different biodegradable input in the organic farming were studied and the maximization of yield of the product was analyzed.

Forest grazing : 

The concept of forest grazing came into enforcement looking towards the problems associated with reduction of grazing lands. Due to expansion of human activities, policies related to forest land conservation were also implemented and then came concept of forest grazing to support the small and marginal farmers. Forest grazing is a common strategy followed by small and marginal farmers having livestock to increase the quantity of pasture, either temporarily or permanently, and provide their livestock essential micro and macro minerals. Several factors affect the strategy that includes forest age, composition, and the level of management provided. These factors are important as they alter the forest canopy which intercepts sunlight before it reaches the pasture, thus strongly influencing productivity of the pasture.

Centurion university campus is close to the forest land on hill tops, which is a beauty of the campus maintaining ecosystem and biodiversity. The nearby villagers depend upon livestock and agriculture farming for their livelihood support, where the university play a key role through providing them forest grazing lands. Due to forest grazing, the major benefit obtained is weeds destruction, since these are the major obstacle in achieving optimum growth of vulnerable forest plants. Also, the soil gets soften and mineralised through cow dung and urine during grazing. This leads to bilateral benefit both to the farmer and forests though reduction of feed cost and maintaining the ecosystem near university campus respectively.

The Forest department has been working over years together to improve these forest pasture land ecosystems. Our university has pooled resources, knowledge, and instituted science-based management practices for sustainable livestock feeding and forest plant management through rotational grazing in the midst of different patches of forest pasture lands. We have constructed number of walking roads into the dense forest for easy and secure movements. The cattle and buffaloes of nearby villagers are usually allowed for forest grazing inside the campus. Rotational grazing of six month is being practiced to reduce the incidence of helminthic infections, which is an aid to health management. The forest grazing is being done following “the Orissa Forest (Grazing of Cattle) Rules, 1980”. The forest grazing also helps to supply good amount native fodder / grasses to the animals and thus help in maintain a good health and productivity. There is watering system provided at an interval through various ponds being maintained by fishery department, Centurion University that make the grazing more effective and long time in the forest areas. Also salts / other mineral supplements are being sprayed in different area over the pasture land in forested areas which attract the cattle and buffalo and thus encourage for grazing. Centurion University facilitates forest grazing.

Reports addressing various sustainability goals:

Overview:

School of Agriculture & Bio-Engineering committed to Sustainable Development Goal 2: “ZERO HUNGER”

Agricultural and Bio-engineering deal cover a vast gamut of farming methods, crops and biological organisms. Agricultural and Bio-engineers work on agricultural equipment designs, find alternative uses for natural resources and discover solutions for problems between farming systems and crops. Apart from SDG 2 the school contributes significantly to SDGs 1,4,12,13 and 15. As an agricultural engineer, you can work across the agriculture value chain in areas such as manufacturing, agri-tech, research and sales. Besides this, students can specialize in emerging areas such as Phyto-pharmaceuticals that are and will remain in high demand for the foreseeable future.

A student-centric pedagogy, project-based approach and design-driven curriculum provides students with an inclination for complex problem solving, design, innovation, and a passion for learning.

The mission of the School of Agriculture and Bio-Engineering (SoABE) through its various programmes through its various programmes is to build individuals who possess technical competence, community centricity and are driven to make transformational change. This program is strongly underpinned by application of various digital technologies such as the IoT, Analytics and AI/ML across areas such as:

Departments

SoABE has full-fledged departments for areas such as Agriculture Engineering, Dairy Technology and Phytopharmaceuticals. Each of the departments is equipped with requisite facilities such as laboratories and smart classrooms and collaborate with other schools on campus such as Engineering & Technology to ensure holistic learning. Each department has well qualified, dedicated and experienced faculty, supplemented by industry expert and global content.

Support for Placements and Higher Studies

University has a dedicated career counselling and training cell that ensure that the students are able to individually identify and are prepared to effectively realize their career aspirations. These could range from securing a job, start their own enterprise and/or pursue higher studies. Extra classes are arranged throughout for various competitive examination such as JRF and GATE. Besides this, the students are supported to achieve English proficiency, reasoning and quantitative ability levels required irrespective of their career aspirations.

Campus

The campus spread of 150+ acres is an oasis of greenery, environmentally friendly buildings and excellent facilities to ensure it’s a ‘home away from home’. SoABE has also implemented a number of Natural Resource Management (NRM) practices in the campus having around 1600 mango trees and 600 teak and other plants of different varieties. These include watershed development, recharging ground water and soil nutrition management.

Campus has multiple sports facilities such as international standard basketball and tennis courts, flood lit multi-purpose playground and cricket practice pitches. Besides our dedicated hostels and mess facilities, campus also has multiple shops/marketplaces that act as excellent locations for the students to meet and socialize with their peers.

Other facilities also include dedicated banking counter, ATM as well as a dispensary (with a doctor and three paramedical staff and an ambulance).

Library

The School has well-equipped library with broad band Wi-Fi connectivity. It provides a sound physical and digital learning environment round the clock. The learning materials are in the Printed, Audio and Visual form. The library is integrated into the University’s Management Information System (MIS). It deploys Open Access system with different work stations.

Accommodation

Being a residential program, the School encourages students and faculty to live on campus. There are dedicated hostels for boys and girls offering multiple configuration/options. About 80% students and 50% faculty and supporting staff stay on campus. There are 10 hostels (6 for boys with 304 rooms accommodating 1021 students and 4 for girls with 104 rooms accommodating 318 students).

Clubs and Extra Curricular Activities:

Besides extensive sports facilities and events, there are student run Health Club, Yoga Club, Adventure Club, Meditation Club and Karate Club under the guidance of respective faculty in-charges. The students regularly participate in cultural, NSS, NCC and other socially responsible activities.

Key Highlights

• State of the art facilities such as IoT enabled poly-houses, drones for multiple applications, genetics and plant breeding labs, food and dairy processing facilities
• Opportunities to pursue multi-disciplinary areas such as precision agriculture, cultivation of value added crops and management of livestock using digital technologies (AI/ML, Analytics and AR/VR)
• Opportunities for off campus internships with leading organizations, development organizations, research entities as well as directly with farmer/agriculture focussed organizations
• Opportunities for gaining direct experience of managing industry class food processing facilities from sourcing to delivery/selling of the final product
• University owned best in class equipment such as a combined harvester, irrigation equipment, agri-tools and tractors
• Strong industry linkages with frequent interactions with leading agri-scientists and professionals

AgroForestry:

To increase the local biodiversity in the campus different trial and treatments are being practiced under agro forestry. Agro forestry is a land use system which integrates trees and shrubs on farmlands and rural landscapes to enhance productivity, profitability, diversity and ecosystem sustainability. To improve the land ability and sustainability different trials are needed.

The practices also include alley cropping and inter cropping pattern which improve the sustainability of the land. The agro forestry land inside the campus is surrounded with teak (Tectona grandis) and bamboo species which act as a natural fencing to the land. The land is cultivated with different agri silvi horticultural system where it includes mango tree (Mangifera indica) as a horticultural species under alley cropping practices.

To investigate the growth rate and development in the same land for both tree and crop species the mother beds were prepared with a size of 1m width and 10m length. 10 numbers of plots were prepared by the students of BSc agriculture under the supervision of faculties from department of forestry. The crops were raised with five combinations of agricultural crop and tree like maize and Acacia auriculoformis, Maize with Samanea saman, sweet corn with Emblica officinalis, Aswagandha ( Withania somnifera) with eucalyptus, Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata) with Acacia tree species.

The impact of tree on crop species was studied periodically to know about the sharing of land in between them. The study helps to provide information that the maize and Acacia auriculoformis, Maize with Samanea saman were the excellent choice for the land sustainability followed by Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata) with Acacia tree species.

A separate plot was made where the Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata) with Acacia and Aswagandha with Embelica officinalis were grown. Different treatments were studied in the above field to know about the growth and development of the particular plant in the land. The humic acid with different concentration and vermin wash was treated in the plot to investigate the crop development in the land.

Agricultural Farm Development:

To improve the local biodiversity different farm buildings under agriculture programs was constructed. There are three farms where the
development of different trials and treatment are being done to increase the sustainability of the land. It also includes high yielding varieties (HYVs) and hybrids which are having more production potential than national average.
The crops are produced under various climatic conditions, land situations and cropping systems. The research farm named as Bagushala is situated at Seventh Mile, a location 10 km from the Centurion campus.
In Bagushala the students learn farming and a lab was constructed in 2014 where the student can perform their practical related to agronomy and crop development. The area of the farm is around 5 acres with sufficient supply of water to the field. For transport a farm road has been constructed which can improve the accessibility by the locals and students.
The farm named Ranadevi is also designed as per the requirement by the students. The farm is located in Ranadevi village which is 5 km from the Centurion campus. Construction of farm learning centre and lab is in progress on the land. College bus, tractors and other farm machinery can be accessed easily through a wide farm road.
Another part of the scenario under the land sustainability is a farm in Gondahati area. Gandahati waterfall is a tourist place of Gajapati District of Odisha, which has been attracting a large number of visitors during winter. This waterfall is 153 km from Berhampur and 30 km from Paralakhemundi.
A wooden bridge has been constructed for crossing the stream at this point. There is a wooden fencing at the turning point from where we enter into the falls area till the steps that take one near to the waterfall.
A garden has been maintained for the amusement of the visitors with small benches, swings and see-saws for the children to play. The Centurion university farm is distributed over 12 acres of land where the lab and learning centre has been constructed to perform all the
experiments conducted by the students.

All the land is being used to grow crops like rice, maize, shorgham, bajra, finger millets, proso millet and horticultural species under different treatments and trials. The organic farming is one of the important trials under the land sustainability.
Through the organic farming restoration and conditioning of soil can be achieved by applying natural input to the field. The treatment with different bio-degradable input in the organic farming were studied and the maximization of yield of the product was analyzed.
The investigation, limitations, technological recommendations and future scope of study have been narrated for production sustainability and livelihood security of the farmers which may be helpful to the researchers and policy maker.

 Bakery Unit
  Mushroom Unit
  Vermicompost Unit

Reports addressing various sustainability goals: