The first general election meeting of the Organisation of Parent Associations’ Forum (OPAF) was held here on Sunday in which Dr Gagan Bihari Rout was unanimously elected as its president. Sanjukta Panigrahi was elected as working president, Mitarani Sahu as secretary, Sukant Sahu as treasurer, and Satyaranjan Mahapatra, Madhusudan Biswal, Bhumohan Patnaik and Ranjit Das as VPs.
Nanda Kishore Mallick, Satyanarayan Mahapatra, Amarendra Mahapatra and Ajay Kumar Ray were elected as joint general secretaries and Sukant Kumar Mahapatra, Manoranjan Panda, Sunil Kumar Sahu and Pranati Nastiya Nanda as working members. Teacher Jantrana Parikshit and Subash Panda coordinated the election process. Later, the elected members took oath administered by Parikshit. Baikuntha Nath Das gave a vote of thanks.