Consultants from various fields, an NRI and Australian health sector expert with his geologist son and seven students of the Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM), Bhubaneswar, besides many locals, formed the walkers for the Ekamra Walks on Sunday here.
Jagdish Atrie, an epidemiologist with Department of Health, Western Australian Administration, is an NRI based in Australia, but his roots are here. He stays there with his family, but is currently on a trip to Bhubaneswar. His son Sameer Atrie joined the walk and was happy to know the details from the tour guide.
Jagdish was so happy after visiting the Monks, Caves and Kings heritage walk at Udayagiri that he came to the Old Town walk with his son Sameer. A student of Curtin University in Perth, Sameer is currently majoring in Geology and Finance and would be surveying various mining sites in Odisha, besides having a nice vacation with the family.
Neha Joshi and Nidhi Prabha Tewari, both consultants with Ministry of= Petroleum and Natural Gas and working as Social Sector Specialists under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna, were overwhelmed with the tour of temples, old monuments and water bodies.
Three consultants from MicroSave, a multi-national consulting firm working for financial inclusion mostly across many developing nations joined the Ekamra Walks as they are in the city for the marriage of their friend, who is originally from Koraput. Nitish Narain, Surbhi Soodh and Ishita Sharma from different locations of India also came to attend the marriage of their colleague Manoj Nayak’s wedding in the Temple City.
Surbhi was impressed with the Odishi recital at the Art Vision, an institute established by renowned dancer from Italy, Ileana Citaristi.
Seven students of IITTM are regular both at the Khandagiri-Udayagiri and the Old Town circuits under Ekamra Walks. Sneha Dey, a student of BBA from IITTM put her day’s experience as Rs Rs a lesson from a practical exposure.’