A meeting for Khordha Book Fair 2014, presided over by social activist Dr Dillip Srichandan, was held at the Gita Bhawan premises here last week.
It was decided to hold the fair from April 1. This year, the organisers expect to make the fair more successful and educative by involving more academicians and felicitating eminent people of literature and other sectors. Book fair committee convener Narenda Prusty expected that the number of committee’s members would increase from 100 to 200 this year. Committee chief coordinator Prof Dhirendra Nanda said a souvenir would be published to encourage local writers.
The committee has decided to arrange many events like discussions on the topics about education, culture, literature, history and different social issues and to arrange competitions between students of school, colleges, cultural events at evenings and to open stalls for career counselling of students.
literature Society president Baikunthanath Rajguru, committee advisor Dr Niranjan Mohanty and director Krushna Chandra Harichandan along with members Prof Gopal Krushna Das, Dr Prafulla Samantray, Jawaharlal Subudhi, Prahalad Das, Bidhan Chandra Mohaty and Rabindra Kumar Sahoo were given different assignments to organise the fair.