On the occasion of 10th Classical Language Day, a state level conference was held at Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University on Saturday, 11th March, 2023. Chairman of the University PG Council and the President of the University Literary and Cultural Council Prof. Pramoda Kumar Satapathy inaugurated the conference and spoke about the importance of celebrating the Classical Language Day. The Editor of the University Literature and Cultural Council Dr. Bichitranath Sahoo introduced the theme of the meeting, introduced the guests and highlighted the importance of the Odia language in his speech. In this seminar titled "Jati Gathana re Bhashara Bhumika (Role of Language in ethnicity structuring)", Dr. Ashutosh Prayas Dash, Asst. Professor and Head in the Department of Commerce of MPC Autonomous college participated as the keynote speaker and addressed on the identity of Odia caste and Odia language. He said that Odia language has reached the status of today after a lot of struggle among all the Indian languages. Prof. Susmita Kar, Professor of Physics Department of the University, joined the conference as the guest of honor and gave a speech about the role of today's youth in enriching Odia language and literature. Mr. Barada Prasanna Das, Retired Additional Director, Information and Public Relations Department, joined and narrated the events of the early attempts of to provide classical status to the Odia language. Mr. Bhagabata Panda, founder editor of Pratishruti Sahitya Anushthaan, spoke about how language and literature can elevate human life. On this occasion, poetry reading was done by the students. In the end, Vice President of the University Literary and Cultural Council, Associate Professor & Head of the Department of Zoology, Prof. Puspanjali Parida offered vote of thanks. The conference was attended by the faculty members and students of the University.
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