Mahan Sangh, a well-known social and philanthropic organisation of Brahmapur, will host ‘Jateeya Odia Swabhiman Sameelani’ on December 28 and 29 here. This was decided at a meeting with members from different organisations held at the Sangh office at Hillpatna here.
The meeting was presided over by well-known social activist and Sangh president Susanta Kumar Sabat. Around 300 delegates from Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Gandhidham are expected to participate in the Sameelani. Notably, the Sangh has been organising the meeting for last 25 years. Respecting the preferences of most of the delegates, the venue of the Sameelani was shifted from Gopalpur to Brahmapur town, said Sabat.
Nearly, 100 members have already registered, sources said. The registration fee for each delegate is Rs 1,000. The organising committee decided to conduct five seminars during the two-day Samilanee. Former Finance Minister Panchanan Kanungo, writer and social activist Bhagaban Prakash, Prof Sudarsan Acharya, Pratibha Roy, Manas Das and Prof Pitambar Padhi are likely to participate in the Samilanee.