Project – Ganesh Puja

Reported by Dr. Swayam Prakash Rout (Odisha)

September 7, 2017 – Update from the Torasia family follows:

Respected Madam / Sir,

With utmost grief I, Sabyasachi Tarasia, Son of Dr Sodananda Torasia would like to inform that my father left us for the heavenly abode on 04th September, 2017 at 10:30 pm. Due to a brain ...

It is a prize and welcoming Fall gift from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Your grand children, once again, can see you off and watch you entering the departing airplane within a few feet. Then they haul their parents to the observation deck to see you take off into the distant cloud and ...

The following plan is being suggested by Dr. Ajit Das (team lead), Dr. Rabi Patnaik, and Sushant Mohanty. The following is a draft.

• Purpose – Open to all but the events are what will be benefitting seniors (age defined below) to have a social life.
• Definition of age – Qualifying age General of senior is 55 and ...

Mother’s Day

All of you have seen, used, and entertained your parents and friends with your incredible skills of drawing, and engraving the deep rooted emotion as best as you could have.  Well, even in the digital age, doing a greeting card has ever become harder because there are many more dimensions to making a card than you ...

We congratulate Dr. Pinaki Panigrahi, MD., Ph. D, Washington, DC for his pioneering work on

An alumnus of BJB College, Bhubaneswar and MKCG Medical College, Berhampur,Odisha, India Dr. Panigrahi is currently working as a pediatrician at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health. The abstract of the publication in the Journal, Nature follows:

Padma Bibhusana (2017) Dr. Udupi Ramachandra Rao who was behind the creation of the Balasore, Odisha space launch site passed away on July 24, 2017.

More details available in the following references. More details are available in the Washington Post and New York Times.

Do we, humans have to learn how to live in the nature’s eco system?

What led to bears to kill two humans 50 years ago?  Patrol ranger Bert Gildart was driving down the highest pass in Montana Glacier National Park just after midnight on Aug. 13, 1967, when a woman’s voice suddenly crackled over his two-way radio. It was another ...

August 22, 2017 Update – A memorial function scheduled for September 30, 2017

A memorial event celebrating the life of Late Prof. Tara Prasad Das is planned on Saturday, September 30, 2017 at the Alumni House of the University at Albany, Albany, NY.  On behalf of Professor Das’s family, we would like to request you to ...

Wake up and smell one of the favorite antioxidants (good news!)

If you think your morning cup of coffee provides nothing more than a jolt of caffeine, you might be pleasantly surprised to learn that it provides some health benefits as well. According to Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics spokesperson Joan Salge Blake, MS, RDN, LDN, ...

We Congratulate Dr. Prasan Samal for being recognized by the American Powder Metallurgy Institute (APMI) International as a fellow (the most prestigious award) for his significant contributions to the goals, purpose, and mission of the organization as well as for a high level of expertise in the technology, practice, or business of the industry. The award was ...