A Prof Bhabani Charan Ray State-level Jayanti programme was organised by the Odisha Sahitya Academy in collaboration with the Centre for Advance Studies in History and Culture at the Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya here.
Chief guest eminent historian Dr Atul Chandra Pradhan spoke on the valuable contributions of late Prof BC Ray to Odisha history and culture and the way in which he created a rare tradition of original research.
Chief speaker Dr HK Parija stated that Prof Ray occupies a front-ranking position among the historians and educationists of Odisha as well as of India. Sahitya Academy President Satakadi Hota presided over the meeting. Earlier, Sahitya Academy Secretary Bijaya Kumar Nayak and introduced the guests. Dr Ranasingh Nirmalendu Ray gave a vote of thanks. Prizes were distributed to the successful winners from student participants of a competition on “Historical Research on Konark Temple”.