A virtual meet was organised by the Vivekananda Yuva Shakti, Puri, in which reputed educationists, administrators and social workers addressed the students and youths on the need of selfless service for the society in the present context.
The meet was chaired by eminent speaker and former Executive Director of SAIL from Kolkata, Laxmi Narayan Mallik. Leading educationist and former VC of Tirupati National Sanskrit University and KIIT Prof Harekrushna Satapathy as the chief guest of the meet analysed the several aspects of selfless service, citing examples from life of Swami Vivekananda.
He called upon the youths to discharge their duty with devotion and determination for the betterment of society without expecting any return in life. Odisha traditionally is a land of service and our great Jagannath Sanskriti preaches that since time immemorial.Citing morals of epics, Prof Satapathy told that due reward for the duties will ultimately be granted by supreme power. Former Director, Maharastra University Prof Maheswar Dash delivered key-note address.
Nirad Baran Mohanty, LN Mallik and Prof Sukant Kumar Mohanty also spoke on importance of selfless service quoting examples from life of Mahatma Gandhi, Gautam Buddha, Gopabandhu and advised to serve without ego, expectation and attachment as the society looks towards youth with hope of survival.
Prof Pravat Ranjan Mohapatra, Nibedita Sahoo, Annapurna Rath, Shubhsmita Nayak, Raj Kishore Swain, Akshya Kumar Rout, Sanjay Pradhan, ChandanBarik actively participated to make the meet a grand success.