Olympian sprinter and student of KIIT Dutee Chand celebrated her birthday here on Monday.
KIIT and KISS founder Dr Achyuta Samanta, Indian footballer and former Indian Women Football Team captain Shradhanjali Samantray, Arjun Awardee cyclist Minati Mohapatra, athletes Jauna Murmu, Purnima Hembram, cine stars Mihir Das and Sabyasachi Mishra, among others, joined the programme.
Expressing his good wishes, Dr Samanta said, “Dutee is a blessed child. May God bless her on her birthday; she will bring many more laurels to Odisha and India. Dutee will fulfil the hopes of people of Odisha and India in 2020 Olympics with the blessings of God,” he added.
Earlier, Dutee celebrated her birthday in the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) with 30,000 tribal children by cutting cake.