Venue:

HOTEL TEJASVI INTERNATIONAL
Collector Residence Road
Near Collector Office
Rayagada-765001,Odisha

About Rayagada:

Rayagada (19°10′N 83°25E) being located in southern Odisha with multilinguistic communities, The scenic beauty and heritage on the land is an unexplored paradise & the place is known for its distinctive features one of which is the river Nagavali, Majhighariani Temple, Laxmi Narayan Temple and Loard Jagannath Temple, J.K. Paper mill, IMFA, Utkal Alumina.Rayagada adjoins the border of Andhra Pradesh.It is connected by rail with Bhubaneswar, Raipur, Visakhapatanam, Koraput, Kolkata, Chenaii, Delhi, Hyderabad. To know more please visit (www.rayagada.nic.in)

About MITS:

Majhighariani Institute of Technology and Science (MITS) was started in the year 1999 under the patronage of Basantdevi Charitable Trust.MITS is a link in the long chain of philanthropic accomplishment of the trust in the form of primary and high schools, junior and degree colleges and hospitals in the far flung tribal areas of KBK districts in Orissa. It drew its name from the Goddess Majhighariani, the reigning deity of Rayagada.MITS holds the pride of place being the first ever-technological institution in Orissa to get awarded by Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhawana Award-2004 for imparting Best Technical Education in Orissa. Now, MITS has developed into a reputed Engineering Institution with ISO 9001: 2008 Certification. The college is affiliated to Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Odisha & Berhampur University and also approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. To know more please visit (www.mitscollege.ac.in)

About Department of Biotechnology:

The department of Biotechnology concentrates on the multidisciplinary fields of  applied area of biotechnology including Biocatalysis, Metabolic Engineering & Fermentation Technology, Environmental Biotechnology and Bioprocess Technology as well as the exciting developments in the area of Life Science & Technology - in particular, genomics and metabolomics. The department provides an inspiring environment where scientific work and education goes hand in hand with interactions with society.  The department has been started with an aim of enhancing knowledge base and development of skilled human resources in Biotechnology, for societal development.  Here at MITS, we are particularly interested in Plant Genomics, Molecular Modeling, Bioethanol from cellulosic wastes, Microbial diversity, Biofretilizers for sustainable agriculture.  Currently we are running various P.G. & U.G. programmes like M.Tech. Biotechnology, M.Sc. Biotechnology, M.Sc. Industrial Biotechnology, M.Sc. Microbiology, M.Sc. Bioinformatics,  B.Tech. Biotechnology. Our both U.G. & P.G. Courses are approved by AICTE , affiliated to B.P.U.T. Rourkela, & Berhampur University.For more visit (www.mitsbiotech.org.in)

Places to visit:

Maa Majhighariani Temple
Maa Majhighariani is famous in Southern Division of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. Most of the devotees are coming from Madhyapradesh Chatishgarh, Andhrapradesh including undivided Koraput District. Only the face of the Maa MajhiGhariani is worshiped. During Sunday, Wednesday and Friday a large number of Devotees are coming to this place for worshiping the Goddess. The temple is famous for Chaitra-Parba i.e. March-April of every year.

 

Hatipathar
Only 3 Kms from the district headquarter. It is a place of great scenic beauty with two water falls on the course of river Nagavali. The scenic beauty is impressive and the boulders here appear like huge elephants. It is 133Kms from Koraput

 

Laxminarayan Temple
Famous Laxminarayan Temple situated at IMFA Factory, Therubali. The deities Laxminarayan, Hanuman, Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra and Lord Siva also worshiped by thousands devotees.

 

 

Chatikona
It is located about 48 Kms from Rayagada surrounded by a series of valleys and wooden hills of varying colours and the place is a center of pilgrimage for the temple of Mahadev. It offers picnickers gorgeous view of the waterfall. The Siva temple is the focus of hectic activities on Siva Ratri. The Dongaria Kondha of Chatikona represent the primitive section of the tribe.

 

You may visit the Industries like like IMPHA, J.K. Papers & Utkal Alumina.