The Utkal Sammilani observed its 115th foundation day here on Saturday with garlanding of the statue of its founder Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das at Raj Bhavan Square here.
The Sammilani’s Mancheswar Industrial Estate Branch president Dillip Dashsharma presided over the programme where Bhubaneswar Branch president Bibhuti Mishra, senior member Dr Dwarikanath Mohanty, Industrial Estate Branch vice-presidents Nirakar Mahalik, Sheetal Chandra Mohanty and Basanti Singh, secretary Gobinda Chandra Subudhi, joint secretaries Ashok Kuamr Palatasingh and Basanti Tripathy, council member Dr Shiba Prasad Mishra, executive members Pratap Nanda, Rushi Patnaik, Niranjan Patra, Akshay Kumar Jethi, Gopi Mohan Patnaik, Kshetra Mohan Nayak, Siddharth Shankar Gadanayak, Bhakta Ranjan Palai, Ajay Kanungo, Bishwa Ranjan Acharya and Biranchi Maharaa were present.
The programme concluded with presentation of Bande Utkal Janai song.