The Annual Members’ Conference of the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), Bhubaneswar, was held here on Wednesday.
Chairman IIPA Odisha Dr Arun Kumar Rath presided and State Chief Information Commissioner JK Tripathy was the chief guest, which was attended by over 60 members.
Dr Rath announced IIPA Odisha’s plans to enroll one hundred new members from different professional disciplines and expertise in a phased manner.
Secretary Ashok Mohapatra informed that despite the Corona pandemic, the IIPA Odisha organised large numbers of events mostly in online mode. The institute also bagged many national awards.
Former Chairmen of IIPA, DN Padhi, NR Hota , SC Misra, SC Hota and BB Mishra were felicitated. Prof BC Choudhury was also honoured.
The quarterly journal of IIPA Odisha containing selected articles and edited by Prof Jugal Mishra was released by the chief guest on the occasion.
State Chief Information Commissioner Tripathy advised all to work for providing public services and quality education. The Right to Information can empower the citizens and enable citizen centric services from all branches of the Government, he told.
Prof Chitra Kanungo introduced the chief guest and Prof Pratip Mishra proposed the vote of thanks.