Event Details

SMCPT 23rd Orientation Day Program

FROM 01 Aug 2024 TO 01 Aug 2024

Venue : SMU @

Sikkim Manipal College of Physiotherapy organized its 23rd Orientation Day Program on 1st August 2024.

The program saw the presence of the following esteemed dignitaries gracing the occasion.

• Respected Chief Guest Air Vice Marshal Dr. Dilip Chandra Agarwal, VSM, Vice Chancellor SMU
• Guest of Honour Dr Muralidhar V Pai, Dean SMIMS
• Special Guest Dr. Karma Sonam Sherpa, Registrar SMU
• Special Guest Dr. Keerthilatha M Pai, Controller of Examination, SMU, and Head of Quality Assurance

Event

With immense pride and pleasure SMCPT organised and welcomed its 23rd BPT Batch and 15th MPT on the 23rd Orientation Programme. As SMCPT is committed to provide quality education that prepares students for the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century, the orientation day too showed a glimpse of the following:

1. The event started with National Anthem, Lamp lighting and a brief overview of the 7-day orientation program as recommended by UGC "Deeksharambh -Student Induction Programme (SIP)".

Activity schedule for the Deeksharambh- Student Induction Programme 2024-2025 is as follows:

Day	Activity	Date	Time
Day 1	Orientation & admission formalities	1st August	9.30am to 5pm
Day 2	Talk by The Dean, SMIMS	2nd August	10.30AM- 11.30AM
	Talk by Dr. Kirti Pal, MHA, SMU		11.30AM- 12.30PM
	Admission formalities (Medicare, Verification & Uniform collection)		2PM onwards
Day 3	Motivational talk by Dr. Ajeya Jha, SMIT	3rd August	10.30 AM- 11.30AM
	Awareness of Self & Body talk by Dr. Geeta Soohinda		11.30AM- 12.30PM
	Admission formalities		2.00PM onwards
Day 4	Awareness session on Ragging by Prof. Dr. Nikita Joshi Sonowal (PT)	5th August	2.00PM-3.00PM
	Interactive session on Peer- pressure by Dr Saumen Gupta, PhD		3.00PM- 4.00PM
Day 5	Interactive session on NSS by Dr. Rahul Thakur (PT)	6th August	3.00PM- 5.00PM
Day 6	Awareness session on POSH by Dr. Bishal Bista (PT)	7th August	3.00PM-5.00PM
Day 7	Speech on Gender sensitization by Dr. Frieda Bokali E (PT)	17th August	2.00PM - 2.30PM
	Creative Arts & Culture, Literary events-    Dr. Quemeen Gurung (PT) & Dr. Tasneem R. Hazarika (PT)		2.30PM onwards

2. Followed by a Welcome Address which included an encouraging walkthrough of SMCPT's legacy, National and International accomplishments, accolades brought by alumni and overview of the college's curriculum and student affairs by Principal SMCPT Prof. Nikita Joshi Sonowal
3. Dr. Bishal Bista (PT) then welcomed and introduced to the new students the Heads of different Pre- Clinical Subject departments and their respective subject coordinators.

Subject	Department	HOD		Coordinators	Venue
Anatomy	Dept of Anatomy	Prof Dr. Binod Kumar Tamang		Dr. Poonam Shilal	Level 3, SMIMS building
Physiology	Dept of Physiology	Prof Dr. Sanjay Kumar		Dr. Bibhushan Dhungyal	Level 4, SMIMS building
Biochemistry	Dept of Biochemistry	Prof Dr. Mingma Lhamu Sherpa	Mrs. Yazum Bhutia		Level 5, CRH
Sociology	Dept of Community Medicine	Prof.Dr. Dechenla Tshering Bhutia	Dr Prava Kapil		Level 3, SMIMS building
Psychology	Dept of Psychiatry	Dr Sanjiba Dutta	Dr Harshavardhan		Level 3, CRH

4. Respected Guest of Honor, Dr. Muralidhar V Pai, Dean SMIMS addressed the gathering with his presence, and enlightening words and congratulated SMCPT and team for achieving the 4th Rank among private institutions pan-India Outlook ICARE 2024.
5. Respected Chief Guest Air Vice Marshal Dr. Dilip Chandra Agarwal, VSM, Vice Chancellor SMU addressed the gathering with his presence, and kind words which have always been a guiding light to our students and team
6. The program was then paused for a brief tea break followed by Orientation of the new batch to Physiotherapy Dept. faculty members and an interaction session with their allotted Teacher Guardians and parents. The students were then divided into 3 batches for further university and department orientation, health check-up, uniform and document verification which will continue till the end of the week.