Bhubaneswar:24/2/20:Pratibha Ray receives the prestigious ” Devi” award from the New India Express group, conferred by the Chief Minister of Odisha, Shri Naveen Patnaik.
Driven by the philosophy that women form the nation’s backbone, The New Indian Express Group honoured the awe-inspiring work of 12 trailblazers at Devi Awards on Sunday.After successfully hosting 18 editions in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Lucknow and Kochi, The Express has felicitated women of substance in Odisha this time.
Pratibha is one the women leaders chosen for driving the social, cultural and developmental narrative of the State through her immense literary creations.. Making strides in taking the Odisha cultural heritage to the world, she has exhibited the power of ‘Shakti’ with panache. And so the award is fittingly titled ‘Devi’.