Odisha partners with Birla Global University to empower adolescent girls, peer leaders

Bhubaneswar, Oct 15 (UNI) The Odisha government has partnered with Birla Global University (BGU), Bhubaneswar, to strengthen the skills and leadership capacities of adolescent girls and peer leaders under its ADVIKA programme, aimed at empowering children and adolescents aged 10-19 years. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed by Commissioner-cum-Secretary of the Women and Child Development Department, Dr Mrinalini Darswal, and BGU Vice-Chancellor Kulbhushan Balooni in the presence of senior departmental officials and university faculty members. The partnership seeks to combine the university's academic expertise with the department's grassroots outreach to equip ADVIKA adolescent girls and peer…