Padma Shri Debi Prasanna Pattanayak to Get 1st World Odia Award
Deccan ChronicleBhubaneswar: Padma Shri Dr Debi Prasanna Pattanayak, an eminent litterateur and linguist, will receive the first World Odia Award for his lifetime contribution to Odia language and literature. This was announced by Odia language, literature and culture department secretary Sujata Rout Karthikeyan here on Wednesday.Dr Pattanayak will be awarded on the occasion of the three-day World Odia Language Conference which will begin in Bhubaneswar on February 3. He was also the founding director of Indian Language Institute.Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today unveiled the logo of the first World Oriya Language Conference. It has the tagline ‘ Bhasha Hin Bhabishya’ which translates into 'Language is the Future' in English.This World Odia Language Conference will be an introduction to the identity of Odisha.
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