Neeladribihar Yuba and Sanskrutika Sangha president and DAV School, Kalinga Nagar senior teacher Dr Prakash Chandra Panigrahi has been honoured at a special prorgamme held during the five-day Raja Festival at Gopinathpur under Salepur block in Cuttack district.
The Bijayananda Yuva Parishad and the Raja Mohotsav Committee jointly held the elicitation programme. Film and theatre director Basant Kumar Sahoo gracing as chief guest honoured Dr Panigrahi with a shawl, citation and bouquet. Dr Panigrahi was honoured for his contribution to the art and culture and for his social service. Notably, Dr Panigrahi has received many accolades for working in culture and social fields over 25 years.
Among others, Birabar Sahoo, Dr Dheerendra Kumar Bishwal, Sujitabh Satpathy, Biranchi Narayan Das and Sandhyarani Mallick were present. General secretary Bishwaranjan Nayak coordinated the programme, which was concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Rama Chandra Pani. Various cultural programmes were presented on the occasion.