The Utkal Sammilani Mancheswar Branch’s general convention and election was held at the VSS Nagar Durga Puja Mandap here on Sunday.
In the election, Dillip Dashsharma was elected as the president for sixth time. Pratap Chandra Swain and Sital Chandra Mohanty were elected as VPs, Govind Chandra Subudhi as secretary, Ashok Kumar Paltasingh and Siddhartha Sankar Gadnayak as joint secretaries. Besides, executive members were also elected.
Odisha Lawyers’ Association president Bichitra Kumar Badjena attended as chief guest. On the occasion, Badjena, Maheswar Biswal and Basanti Tripathy were felicitated. Among others, Dr Dwarikanath Mohanty, Niranjan Dash, Nimai Charan Das, Nalini Mohanty, Prasanna Rath, Ketra Mohan Nayak, Akhaya Jethi, Ajay Kanungo, Niranjan Patra and Prakash Kumar Samal were present.