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Odisha Awarded 2nd Best Performer in various activities organised for World No Tobacco Day 2024

Bhubaneswar26/9/24:: Odisha has been awarded as second best performer in the country in various activities organised for World No Tobacco Day 2024.

Additional Secretary and Director, National Health Mission Aradhana Pattnaik felicitated Odisha with certificate and citation. Director, Public Health Dr Nilakantha Mishra received the award on behalf of Odisha.

The prize was awarded on the occasion of World No Tobacco Fortnight observed from May 20 to June 5.

Odisha was selected for the second position based on a well-designed structured evaluation by National Resources Centre for Oral Health and Tobacco Cessation, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi under the aegis of National Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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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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