Pandemic period was a hard period to survive for every citizen of this world. But some people made this contaminated air to breathe easy.  Journalist and Chief Editor of Odisharay, Mr. Abhishek Mohanty’s efforts saved life of many with helping those in their hard times. Recently he received the prestigious “Seba Gaurab Samman” The award ceremony was organized by Kalinga Charitable Trust at Utkal Rangamanch in Bhubaneswar.

Mr. Abhishek Mohanty is running his news portal https://www.odisharay.com in English and Odia language and also running a YouTube news channel Odisha Ray. Both these news platforms are gaining popularity among the people. Abhishek have helped people in various ways in this pandemic and he is also very swift and devoted to give current and relevant news on his news platforms. That helped many people in one or the other way. His work was appreciated by people and also by prominent personalities. His award is the symbol of his dedication.

Kalinga Charitable Trust is a social and cultural organization working since 2019 with an objective to protect girl child and engaged in various welfare activities like helping needy people and senior citizens. They felicitate the people who are working on grass root level for society. This was there second Felicitation program in a row.

This Program was inaugurated by Vice Chancellor of Madhusudan Law University Professor Dr Kamal Jeet Singh. Chairperson of State Commission for Persons with Disabilities Dr Minati Behera graced the occasion as chief guest.

This year, the “Kalinga Ratna Samman” was conferred on Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University Vice Chancellor Professor Ashok Kumar Mohapatra, Odissi dancer Madhusmita Mohanty and Pandit Dasarathi Samantaray.  

Other recipients of the “Seba Gaurab Samman” are Dr Utkal Khadenga, Dr Nalinikanta Sahu, Dr Satyasmita Jena, Dr Supriti Patra, Binod Behera, Dr Sushil Patnaik, Dibyaranjan Patnaik, Bijay Khuntia, Binay Kumar Tripathy, Amiya Kumar Das, Alok Panda, Itishree Baliarsingh, Subir Kumar Pandey, Subrat Tarenia, Dillip Kumar Mohanty, Puspita Nayak, Puspalata Mohanty, Ranjita Patra, Aparna Patra, Dr Niharika Mishra and Jayanti Swain.

The event titled ‘Beti Bachao O Beti Padhao’ witnessed mesmerizing cultural programmes including dance and bhajan by girls.