Books offer an opportunity for introspection and often determine the faith of an individual as well as a nation, said chief guest of the valedictory ceremony of the National Book Week celebration of the DAV School, Chandrasekharpur former Secretary of Odisha Sahitya Academy Bijaya Nayak here on Saturday.
Citing references from the world literature to regional writers, Nayak captivated the young writers in an hour long interactive session. The week long programme was inaugurated by the school principal KC Sathpathy with the launching of a book exhibition. Different competitions like cover page designing and book mark designing competitions were held.
The winners of the competitions were awarded during the valedictory ceremony. In order to reinvigorate the declining interest of the students in pursuing reading as habit every year the National Book Week celebration is held in the school.
The programme was coordinated by Indira Bhattacharya and chief librarian Pradeep Panda.The programme was organised by Debendra Kumar Pati , laxmikanta Debta,Nilamani Muduli , Bharatip Pradhan and other teachers of the school.