RAVENSHAW AMBULANCE DIVISION
ANNUAL REPORT 2006
Ravenshaw College: The institution
To walk through the corridor of Ravenshaw College is to walk through the corridor of history. The imposing red building in the heart of Cuttack, the commercial capital of Orissa, stands witness to many cultural and political movements that have shaped modern Orissa over the last 150 years.
Ravenshaw’s spacious, high-ceilinged classrooms have produced a legion of thinkers (such as Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das and Utkalgourav Madhusudan Das), outstanding teachers, renowned scientists and able administrators.
Its cavernous College Hall hosted the first legislative assembly of the newly created Orissa between 1937 and 1952. Ravenshaw has another—if rare—distinction. It’s arguably the only college in the country that has given birth to a university, not the other way around. Utkal University, now the university Ravenshaw is affiliated to, was born on its campus in 1943. The university was “nursed and nurtured” before it was able to stand on its feet and move to its present campus in Bhubaneswar, the state capital.
No wonder the autonomous college, whose history is synonymous with the history of higher education in the state, was felicitated with a commemorative postal stamp way back in 1978. In fact, Ravenshaw is one of the three colleges in the country to receive that rare honour.
After the terrible famine of 1866, the British rulers focussed their attention on education in Orissa and introduced intermediate classes in a school they had set up in 1841. Cuttack College, as it was then known, was renamed after T. E. Ravenshaw, a development-minded commissioner of Orissa. It moved to its present sprawling campus in 1921.
Having in view the rich heritage and exalted status of the Ravenshaw college, the Orissa legislative assembly has enacted a legislation in 2005 to convert Ravenshaw College into a University which will be the first of it’s kind in the State. The name of the University would be Ravenshaw University.
Ravenshaw Ambulance Division
Ravenshaw Ambulance Division was commissioned in December 2004 by the national headquarters of St.John Ambulance. The following officers were appointed by the commissioner-in-chief of St.John Ambulance.
1. Dr. Bikash Kumar Prasad, MD(Homoeo)
Divisional Commander, Ravenshaw Ambulance Division
2. Dr. Ashok Kumar Mohapatra, MS, Chief Medical Officer, Posts and Telegraph, Cuttack
Divisional Commander(Medical), Ravenshaw Ambulance Division
3. A student of the college who has excellent first aid and leadership
skills as the Ambulance Ofiicer.
The Principal of the college is the ex-officio president of the division.
Activities of Ravenshaw Ambulance Division in 2006
1.Rath Yatra National Service Camp Puri
5 cadets of Ravenshaw Ambulance Division under the supervision of Divisional Commander DR. Bikash Kumar Prasad attended the Rath Yatra National Service Camp 2006 at Puri. The cadets were involved in casualty management and first aid.
2.Dusserah Immersion Camp 2006
A first aid camp was held on the occasion of Durga Puja immersion. 12 casualties were attended by the cadets of the division.
3.Voluntary Blood Donation Camp
A Voluntary blood donation camp was organized on the occasion of World Red Cross day on 8th May 2006 at Cuttack. 40 units of blood were collected.
4. First Aid Training Camp 2006.
A week long first aid training camp was organized at Ravenshaw college from 13th February 2006 to 20th February 2006. Staff and Students were trained on the various aspects of first aid.
5.Bali Yatra Service Camp
On the occasion of historic Bali Yatra at Cuttack, the Cuttack district
Centre of St.John Ambulance and Ravenshaw Ambulance Division is
organising first aid camp from 5th of November 2006 to 14th of
November 2006.
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