OdishaLIVE Bureau
First National Living Legend Award instituted. Living Legend Oration focuses on disruptive leadership.
Odisha Diary has announced the winners of Odisha Living Legend, Youth Inspiration Awards for 2018. The 8th Living Legend Awards to be conferred on notable individuals on November 16th at The Crown Hotel, Bhubaneswar. The Awards are bestowed upon inspiring individuals from different segments of Odisha society.
The ceremony will be held at 4.00 pm, 16th November on the occasion of 14th Foundation day celebration of Odisha Diary. The event has two segments like the Living Legend Oration and the Awards Ceremony.
This year introduces the National Living Legend Award. National Living Legend Award 2018 will be given to Madhu Pandit Dasa, Chairman, The Akshaya Patra Foundation.
The Living Legend Oration this year will focus on Philanthropy in 21st Centry: Challenges and Opportunities. Mr. Kamala Kanta Dash, Senior Editor of Odisha Diary and founding member of Living Legend Awards strongly feels that there is an increasing need for integration between non-profit, for-profit and government interventions.
Odisha Living Legend Awards for 2018:
Literature– Dr Ramakant Rath
Education – Budhadeb Meher and Rita Ray
Film Industry– Sisir Mishra
NRO and Public Policy – Dr Swarup Ranjan Mishra,
Social Service– Santanu Mishra, Daitari Naik
Sports –Dutte Chand, Nagpuri Ramesh
Communal Harmony- Gountia Mohammad Jamiullah
Entrepreneurship – J. K. Mohanty
Promoting Art & Culture – Mitrabhanu Gauntia, Masako Ono
Odisha Youth Inspiration Awards for 2018
- Literature – Bharat Majhi
- Social Service – Saroj Dash
- Business Leadership & Entrepreneurship – Rashmi Sahoo
- Education and social service–Subhojit Sahu
- Promoting Art & Culture – Padmini Panigrahi
- Sports – Pramod Bhagat
- Film and Entertainment – Elina Samantray, Dilip Sahoo
- NRO – Naresh Mohapatra
- Public Policy – Sandeep Kumar Pattnaik
- Special Citation: Rudra Prasanna Rath
