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National Integration Camp (NIC) exhorted students to give back to society and live for human values

Bhubaneswar: 5/11/18:Speakers at the valedictory ceremony of the weeklong National Integration Camp (NIC) exhorted students to give back to society and live for human values and not get lost in the vortex of earning riches and fame. The camp was organised by the Regional
Directorate of NSS and the SOA (deemed to be university) here on Sunday.

“It is important to discover yourself to connect to the society,” Prof. Soumendra Mohan Patnaik, Vice-Chancellor of the Utkal University, told more than 200 NSS volunteers drawn from 21 universities of 10 states including hosts Odisha.

“Aspiring to become extra-ordinary is an ordinary wish. You can scale greater heights by remaining ordinary,” he told the students. Prof. Ashok Kumar Mohapatra, eminent neuro surgeon and SOA’s Director (Health Programmes) and Mr Jagadanand, eminent social worker, were the guests of honour at the programme which was presided over by the Vice-Chancellor of SOA, Prof. Amit Banerjee. Mr. R.Gokulkrishnan, Regional Director of NSS, Dr. Jyoti Ranjan Das, SOA’s Dean (Students’ Welfare) and SOA’s NSS Programme Coordinator Dr. Nachiketa K. Sharma also spoke.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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