The Indian Institute of Mass Communications Alumni Association (IIMCAA) Odisha chapter would hold State-wide celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of journalism in Odisha.
IIMCAA would celebrate the Odia Journalism Day on August 4 as Odisha had got its first newspaper The Utkal Deepika on this date of 1866. The Association has been officially celebrating this day at the State level since 2013, said IIMCAA Odisha Chapter general secretary Jyoti Prakash Mohapatra.
The Association unanimously decided to take efforts for having a memorial postal stamp on the 150th year of journalism in Odisha along with a souvenir on the occasion. The grand ceremony will also include felicitation of personalities for lifetime contribution to the field of media and journalism, IIMCAA treasurer Sanjay Sahoo said.
Notably, IIMCAA is the national body of all passed out students of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), the pioneer institute of the country for media studies.