On the occasion of late Biju Patnaik’s birth centenary, a Biju Patnaik Centenary Memorial lecture Series would be inaugurated on July 22 at the Jayadev Bhavan here. The series of lectures would be delivered on August 17, September 23, October 18, November 29 and December 24. National and international-level speakers would attend the programme.
Cycle rallies, Byangakabi Sammilanis and blood donation camps would also be organised on the occasion, for which a committee has been formed. Writer and educationist Shantanu Acharya is the president of the committee. Higher Education Department Director Nihar Ranjan Patnaik, Dr Badri Narayan Patnaik, Basic Science College Director Dr Bikash Chandra Panda and psychologist Dr Pratap Kumar Rath are the members of the committee, among others.
A 2,000-pages book including articles of more than 200 writers and rare photos of Biju Patnaik would be released at the inaugural session.