Inaugural Session – David
Davidar, Satya Mohanty & Manu Dash
David Davidar in conversation
with Dr. Satya Mohanty – David Davidar &
Satya Mohanty
‘Things to Leave Behind’ (Namita Gokhale) and ‘The Awasthis of Aamnagri’(Shubha Sarma) – Shubha Sarma, Chirashree Indrasingh and Manu Dash
Bhima Bhoi: The Poet & The
Rebel – Pradip Kumar Panda, Dr Fanindam
Deo, Dr Basudev Sunani, and Kedar Mishra
Historicizing of Translation – Manisha Choudhry,Rabindra K Swain, Snehaprava Das and Manu Dash (Moderator)
Anam Poems Reading and Singing Session – JnaneeDebashish Mishra, NetranandaSamantray, Kailash Roy, KamadevMoharana, Rabi Satpathy, Manua Das, Jadunath Panda &Tead and Manu Dash.
Climate & Literature – Satya Mohanty, Siddhanta Das, Satya Misra,JP Jagdev &Sujit Mohapatra( Moderator)
Vision Odisha : 2036 : SobhanKar, Charudutta Panigrahi, Niranjan Mishra and Purnendu Kar
Author,Publisher & Bookseller – Ravi Singh, Akshaya Bahibala& Manu Dash (Moderator)
Poetry Reading – Amir Or, Marwan Makhoul, Hassanal Abdullah,Hemant Divate& Maryam Ala Amjadi
Smt. Droupadi Murmu, Hon’ble President of India- Journey from Rairangapur
to Raisina Hills – Sandeep Sahu,Panchami Manoo Ukil & Swaraj Mishra ( Moderator)
Poetry and Power – Amir Or,Hassanal Abdullah & Manu Dash (Moderator)
Cultural Programme: Odissi
Music – Guru Sri Binod Bihari Panda & Team
and curated by Prateek Patnaik
Community Life & Community Literature – Gourahari Das,Sahadev Sahoo
& Paresh Patnaik ( Moderator)
Inculcation of Values & Ethos among youth: Challenges before NEP, 2020
– Dr Arun Kumar Rath, Dr Sujata Sahu, Prof. Dindayal Swain,Prakash Das & Dr. Jibitesh
Rath( Moderator)
Music Beyond Borders – Debasis Mohapatra, Omprakash Mohanty, Susmita Das, Bibhu Das & Adyasha Das ( Moderator)
Drawing on Multiple Languages
to Enrich Expression – Prof. Ramesh Mallick,
Dr. Amit Ranjan and Dr Debasis Mohapatra
Art Education in Odisha: Past, Present & Futurer – Ramahari Jena, Subrat Mullick, Prabir Dalai, Sumitra Parhi and Ramakant Samantaray( Moderator)
New Light on Netaji – Kingshuk Nag, Mayadhar Nayak & Kedar Mishra (Moderator)
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