Sambalpur: The Sambalpur District Administration has joined hands with Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Sambalpur to embark effective citizen engagement and efficient health infrastructure supply chain management to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
IIM Sambalpur has created task forces of its faculty and experts on efficient management of health infrastructure supply chain such as hospital beds, doctors, oxygen, medicine etc. and effective Citizen Engagement-Social Communication in the district of Sambalpur to begin with and to be roll out nation wide based on its success.
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between IIM Sambalpur and the Office of the Collector cum District Magistrate Sambalpur in the presence of the Director, IIM Sambalpur, Prof. Mahadeo Jaiswal and the District Collector Subham Saxena to collaborate on areas such as, (i) to embark effective citizen engagement and efficient health infrastructure supply chain management to deal with the COVID 19 pandemic; (ii) Enabling Research and solution frameworks for Governance such as impact evaluation; (iii) Creating new class of Applications and Solutions that focus on optimizing the delivery of government services in identified areas. The Technical Areas of Collaboration includes areas like, (a) Development of Tourism in and around Sambalpur, (b) Public Health, (c) Handloom and Handicraft development, (d) Mission Shakti, (d) Indigenous Knowledge documentation, (e) To study scope and scalability of food processing units in Sambalpur, (f) Financial Inclusion through skill development and livelihoods, (g) Urban Governance & Transformation, (h) Smart Sambalpur with “Education Hub” as the core.