Reading habit must be pursued by the present-generation students as it provides support for their desired growth, opined eminent writer Sadananda Tripathy at a ‘Meet the Author’ programme during the National Book Week celebrations at the DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur here on Thursday.
Tripathy narrated many stories of great personalities from the world literature to elucidate his ideas.
School Principal Dr KC Satapathy presided over the function and advised the students to read good books for their self-development. A series of activities, including multilingual poetry recitation, book mark and cover page designing competitions, were organised with the coordination of school Senior Librarian Pradeep Kumar Panda.
Earlier a book exhibition was inaugurated jointly by the Principal and Publisher of ‘Samaja’ daily Niranjan Rath. Meritorious students were also honoured during the occasion. Academic supervisors, language teachers of the school participated in the activities.