Keeping up its tradition of honouring men achievers, once again the Parichay Foundation organised its 4th edition of SHRIE Awards here on Saturday.
Chief guest Rajya Sabha member and Odishi dancer Padma Vibhushan Dr Sonal Mansingh inaugurated the event in the presence of Kandhamal MP and founder of KIIT and KIIS Dr Achyuta Samanta and Consulate General of People’s Republic of China in Kolkata Zha Liyou.
The award ceremony witnessed a cultural extravaganza with a variety of performances. While disciple of Padma Vibhushan Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Digvijaysingh Chauhan mesmerized the entire audience through Hindustani classical Bansuri recital, play back singer Anindita Dash recited songs for unit and harmony, which attracted heavy footfalls. Story telling performance was given by Prachitara while young budding talent Anoushka Kar gave her best singing performance to create a vibrant joyful atmosphere.
The event also saw the guests handing over a cheque of Rs 1.5 lakh donated Zha Liyou to Parichay for women empowerment in Fani affected areas and felicitation of Dr Aishwarya Biswal, member Odisha Society of United Kingdom for their support to Parichay for carrying out women empowerment programmes in Fani affected regions.
The awardees this year were Ajay Agarwal, Dr Neelamadhab Rath, Guru Bichitrananda Swain, Uttam Tripathy, Madhusudan Das, Dhirendra Thakur, Dr Satyabrata Minaketan, Pranab K Pani, Siba Mohanty, Pravat Baral, Dr Piyush Ranjan Rout, Dr Avinash Nanda, Manoj Sahoo and CA Samir Kumar Samal.