Odia family magazine Kadambini would organise a national writers’ meet, Kadambini Patrika Haat, humorous and satirical poetry recitation and Kunakuni
Mela at the KIIT University Campus-6 convention centre on January 8.
West Bengal IT and Electronics Minister and noted playwright Bratya Basu and eminent bilingual poet and critic Dr K Satchidanandan, Hindu resident editor Amit Baruah and noted Hindi film actor Vijay Raaz would grace the event to be presided over by eminent fictionist Prof Santanu Kumar Acharya.
The Kadambini Saraswata Sammana 2017 will be awarded to renowned author Prof Manoj Das and he Kadambini Sampadaka Sammana 2017 to Prof Nityananda Satapathy on the occasion.
Similarly, the Kadambini Saraswata Sambardhana would be given to fiction writer Ranadhir Das, notated English and Malayalam translator Chandramani Narayan Swamy, essayist Dr Basudeb Das and writer and social worker Baidehi Panda.