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Business World

Restaurant should have a library to promote reading habit among people: Nila Madhab Panda

Aug 3, 2020 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #Director Nila Madhab Panda, #Odisha Library Academy

Bhubaneswar: Bollywood Film Maker and Director Nila Madhab Panda & Ollywood Actor Chandan Kar joined as speakers in the 12th webinar series of Odisha Library Academy held on 1st August 2020 (Saturday) at 11 a.m on the theme, “Promoting Libraries through Movies.” It’s a rare gathering where Dignitaries, Celebrities, Fans, and Dynamic Library Professionals gathered in one platform.

In this webinar, two celebrity speakers and four panelists had joined. Padma Shree Dr. Nila Madhab Panda who is a unique film Director & Producer and Mr. Chandan Kar who is an actor, philanthropist and IT professional have joined as speakers on this occasion. Prof. Ramesh Chandra Gaur, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi, Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo, IIT Bhubaneswar, Dr. Satya Ranjan Sahoo, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar and Mr. Bijoy Ketan Panda, TCS Bhubaneswar as panelists. Padma Shree Dr. Nila Madhab Panda highlighted changing a traditional library system to become a community center, suggested to initiate small libraries in restaurants, and requested the public to go to the library rather than going to the temple. He finally concludes his speech by giving the commitment to promote the library system by small documentaries in the coming days. Another speaker Mr. Chandan Kar highlighted the importance of libraries in everyone’s life and he also suggested shooting out small content through social media. He expressed his interest in promoting libraries and be a brand ambassador of Libraries in Odisha. In the end, the four panelists discuss to promote libraries and librarians. The webinar ended with a question and answer session.

Odisha Library Academy

OLA President Dr. Banamber Sahoo Chaired and Dr. Bedarata Dash Hota along with Dharitri Mallick organized the event. To host the session technical support was provided by Mr. Niranjan Mohapatra, Mr. Jayanta Kumar Sahu, and Mr. Satyajit Nayak as Webinar System Administrators. More than 400 concurrent participants joined the online session and asked different issues faced by their Libraries and Information Centres for promoting Library services.

Odisha Library Academy

The session ended with vote of thanks by Mr. Bijay Ketan Panda, Joint Secretary of Odisha Library Academy, Dr. Banamber Sahu informed to the media houses that this year Librarian’s Day celebration and 5th Annual meet of Odisha Library Academy will be held on 9th August 2020 through an online and virtual platform.

Technology

Extending Skillset to Robotic Process Automation & Helping Industries

Aug 2, 2020 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #business productivity, #natural language processing, #Robotic process automation, #SyS Creations

Burlington, Canada: This is the first service launched since COVID-19 in Canada when the team worked with many organizations and discovered their business challenges to maintain business continuity and attain business productivity & efficiency goals.

Robotic process automation is the revolutionary technology or automation form which has the ultimate potential to transform the business landscape. It helps businesses put repetitive and time-consuming tasks on auto-pilot, resulting in fewer errors and high productivity. Most importantly, it reduces the dependency on the dynamic and unskilled workforce.

Grand View Research reveals that the RPA market will reach $25.56 billion by 2027 from $358 million in 2017. According to Deloitte’s third annual RPA survey, 78% of businesses who have already implemented RPA are planning to invest more in RPA. Based on this survey, Deloitte believes that RPA will achieve “near-universal adoption” in the next 5 years.

To leverage RPA, SyS Creations has mastered the less-explored part of the RPA – Cognitive RPA. The Cognitive RPA takes the capabilities of the RPA to the next level by utilizing cutting edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and natural language processing.

The CEO of the SyS Creations strongly believes that RPA will help massively to the industries contributing most to the global GDP such as banking, healthcare, manufacturing. With a proper RPA adoption strategy, businesses serving in these industries can dramatically reduce time and efforts spent even on most complex processes while keeping ROI high and TCO very low.

SyS Creations practice all cutting edge technologies with an ambition to bring it within the reach of every business owner. In fact, the SyS Creations team has developed the RPA adoption strategy by keeping the characteristics of all sizes of businesses in mind. With a defined strategy, SyS Creations eliminates the security risks & scope of errors and boosts up productivity twice the rate.

Business World

American Camp Association Offers Context on CDC Study and Implications for Back to School

Aug 2, 2020 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #American Camp Association, #Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, #COVID-19

Martinsville, IN: Today’s Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) study of a single summer camp’s Covid-19 infections tells an incomplete story. To better understand summer camp safety in 2020, start with a clear understanding that thousands of camps are successfully operating this summer.

“Camps are at the forefront of child safety during this pandemic,” said Tom Rosenberg, American Camp Association Chief Executive Officer. “When camps consistently use the innovative, multi-layered safety strategy outlined in our Field Guide for Operating Camps in COVID-19 , we see that many of them minimize infections as well as the spread of COVID-19. However, infections increase if people become lax or inconsistent. The most important safety layer is a culture of compliance.”

The American Camp Association (ACA) engaged leading experts to develop educational resources for camps to run safe in-person programming for summer 2020. This included the Field Guide for Camps in COVID-19, developed by an independent and external expert panel of specialists in pediatric medicine, infectious disease management, biological safety, industrial hygiene, organizational design, and more.

The early released version of the CDC study, “SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Infection Among Attendees of an Overnight Camp — Georgia, June 2020,” only looked at what happened when a single camp did not implement all of the elements of the ACA Field Guide and the CDC’s guidance. “But more than 3,000 day and overnight camps are running in-person programming for children across the US this summer,” shared Rosenberg. “We have so many success stories, from overnight camps who have not had a single infection, to day camps who have safely managed large groups of children every day, to virtual camps who made a profound difference for medically vulnerable children.

By the end of this summer, millions of kids will have benefited from positive and safe experiences at camps. The ACA can now answer:
· What have we learned that we can apply to Kindergarten to Twelfth Grade and after school?
· – What have been parents’ top worries? How have camps met their concerns?
· – As schools decide between in-person classes, or virtual learning, what have camps discovered about the pros and cons of both formats?
· – How will schools and extra-curricular activities need to evolve to help pandemic kids?
· – What sort of programming best counteracts the social, emotional and physical damage to these “pandemic children?”
· – The evolution of children: 9/11 kids, to digital Gen-Zers, to COVID kids
· – Looking ahead to Camp 2021 – What should we expect?

The ACA serves as a leading voice for child development, and will soon have significant data to share. This summer, ACA launched several landmark studies to better understand the impact of COVID-19 on children, families, and camps. Study findings will be available later this fall.

“Perhaps the most important story of Camp 2020 is the least reported story,” said Rosenberg. “Camp directors reported that many children arrived feeling anxious, out of shape or disconnected. They desperately sought – and ultimately found — the belonging, independence and resilience they have needed for months. If schools are going to be successful this fall, they must act on what we’ve learned at camp this summer.”

About American Camp Association:

The American Camp Association® (ACA) is a national organization with more than 12,000 individual members and 3,100 member camps. ACA is committed to collaborating with those who believe in quality camp and outdoor experiences for children, youth, and adults. ACA provides advocacy, evidence-based education and professional development and is the only independent national accrediting body for the organized camp experience. ACA accredits approximately 2,400 diverse U.S. camps, ACA Accreditation provides public evidence of a camp’s voluntary commitment to the health, safety, and overall well-being of campers and staff. For more information, visit ACAcamps.org or call 800-428-2267.