The Odisha Chapter of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication Alumni Association (IIMCAA) organised its annual alumni meet, “Connections 2019” at Dhenkanal and Bhubaneswar on Sunday. The annual meet held at Bhubaneswar brought together more than 100 former IIMC students, who currently hold various positions at various media organisations and corporates. Senior Correspondent of the Business Standard Jayajit Dash received IFFCO IIMCAA Award 2019.
IIMC senior alumni Jajati Karan, Dr Ashish Dwivedi, Sangeeta Agarwal, Byomokesh Biswal spoke, among others.
At Connection 2019 held at Dhenkanal, IIMC Regional Director Dr Mrinal Chatterjee graced the occasion as guest. The IIMCAA presented three awards to present batch students in the name of former teachers at IIMC Dhenkanal Campus. Prof Chintamani Mohapatra Memorial Award was presented to Bharat Bhushan Parida, Prof BB Mohanty Memorial Award to Swapnil Jogelkar and Prof KM Shrivastava Memorial Award was given to Priyanka Joshi.
Odisha Chapter president Sanjay Kumar Sahoo presided over the two meetings. As per suggestion by various members, he announced that Chapter level IIMCAA Award would be instituted very soon to recognize and honour various alumni of the institute who are doing excellent work in the field of journalism, public relations and communication Odisha.
Chapter organising secretary Sudhansu Patro and treasurer Kishan Barai welcomed the guests at Dhenkanal and Bhubaneswar, respectively.