Dr Arundhati Debi, Director of the International Sovaniya Movement, also known as ‘Guruma’, will receive this year’s Pradyumna Bal Memorial Award.
The Pradyumna Bal State-Level Jayanti Committee has selected Dr Arundhati Debi for this honour in recognition of her lifelong dedicated contributions to education, social service, and the establishment of a decent society.
Similarly, this year, for their work in various fields, social worker S.M. Farooq from Bhadrak, forest and environment activist Shri Gopinath Singh from Itamundia in Mayurbhanj district, and renowned historian and Buddhist researcher Dr Harishchandra Prusty from Jajpur district will be honoured with the ‘Pradyumna Bal Personality Award’.
Despite being physically challenged, Sumant Moharana from Nimapada area in Puri district, a young volunteer who does not consider himself less capable than others and is actively involved in education and social service, and Poojaswini Nayak from Bhubaneswar, a sports talent who has established herself in the para-athletics field through her abilities despite physical challenges, will be honored with the ‘Pradyumna Bal Special Award’.
Likewise, Shishir Kumar Das, a representative of ‘Pragativadi’ from the Soro area in Balasore district, who has been continuously working in the field of journalism for over 35 years, has been selected by the Jayanti Committee to receive the ‘Pradyumna Bal Journalism Award’ this year. This award will be presented at the 93rd state-level birth anniversary celebration of Pradyumna Bal, organised at the Pragativadi premises on Saturday, November 8.
It is noteworthy that the Pradyumna Bal State-Level Jayanti Committee for this year has been formed under the chairmanship of Shri Padma Charan Nayak, eminent Gandhian, former MLA, and president of the ‘Milita Odisha Nisha Nibarana Abhijan’. The state-level birth anniversary celebration will be held over two days, November 7 and 8, at the Pragativadi premises.
