The Odisha Students Association (OSA) at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Delhi on Wednesday celebrated the 80th Odisha Day at university premises. Senior bureaucrat and social activist Rabindra Nath Singh attending as the chief guest spoke about the cultural diversity of Odisha in general and cultural richness in tribal regions in particular. “The State can be the most developed one in India if we unite and work for the marginalised sections of the society,” he added.
NTPC Director of Finance Kulamani Biswal reminded how the Odia freedom fighters fought for independent Odisha State. Noted scientist Prof HB Bohidar emphasised on the issues of importance with related to quality of education, health, sanitation and empowerment of marginalised sections of the State. Odia students of JNU, Delhi University and cultural troupe of Odisha performed Samablpuri, folk dance of Koraput Dhemsa, tribal dance, Odissi and many more cultural programmes in the evening. large number of audiences from Delhi participated and enjoyed the cultural programme.