The Maniabandha College Alumni Association organised two-day-long inter-college Odia and English debates and essays competition on Monday and song and general knowledge competitions on Tuesday ahead of its silver jubilee celebrations to be held in January next. Principals Bijaya Kumar Parisa of Plus Two stream and Ajaya Satpathy of Plus Three stream jointly organised the programmes in which students in large numbers from different colleges took part. President of the college and Badamba MLA Devi Prasad Mishra is regularly in touch with the alumni members and staffs of the college to observe the silver jubilee with much pump and gaiety.