Rabi Maharana of Dhauli in Bhubaneswar has been appointed as the Odisha State general secretary of the International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO) for the year 2018-19.
“The IHRO Board is confident that with your background, experience, expertise and keen interest, you would justify your job for the just cause of safeguarding human rights as per the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948,” IHRO chairman Dr Nem Singh Premi said in the nomination letter sent to Maharana last week.
“We hope that you will exercise your responsibilities with honesty and dignity for the best interest of humanity. We welcome you to the IHRO and look forward to a long and fruitful collaboration with you,” the letter added.
The IHRO is a voluntary, nonprofit organisation established in 2009. Maharana was honoured with the National Award for Women Empowerment for the year 2014-15.