Hon’ble Speaker of Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik, Hon’ble Home Minister Rajnath Singh, National President of BJP, Amit Shah, Union Surface Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, Union Higher Education Minister Prakash Javdekar, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of State for Health Fagan Singh Kulaste, State Ministers from Odisha Debi Prasad Mishra, Pradip Maharathi have been invited to grace the Occasion” Shri Dwibedi informed.
In the Press meet National Vice President of OWB and President of Mumbai Odia Mahasangha Bipin Bihari Mishra has appealed to all Odias in National capital Region to make the Swabhiman Samaroha a grand success. Addressing the Conference the President of the host North Zone of OWB Sangram Dhar said “Many Persons of Eminence, thought leaders, MPs, intelligentias and People from different walks of Life are expected to participate in the delibration to put forth their views during this First ever marathon Think Tank exercise at National Level for the emancipation of Odisha and Odias by any organisation having International Purview and Presence.”
Around 200 delegates from India and Abroad are expected to attend this Mahakumbha of Odia Diaspora, Shri Dhar informed. A Celebration Committee and several Sub Committees have been declared during the Press meet to facilitate the smooth execution of this Mega Event. The Committees are as follows:
Celebration Committee
- Kishore Dwibedi , National Chief Co –ordinator, OWB – Chairman
- Sanjib Kumar Mohanty, National Organising Secretary, OWB – Member
- Sangram Dhar, President, North Zone, OWB – Convenor and Member
- Ramesh Sahoo, National Executive Committee Member, OWB – Member
- Kaveri Behera, President, Women’s Wing, North Zone, OWB – Member
- Dillip Mohanty, President, Youth Wing, North Zone, OWB – Member
- Reeta Patra, Executive committee Member, North Zone, OWB – Member
Sub – Committees
- Guest Contact : Nihar Samantara – Convenor , Sanjeev Mohanty – Co Convenor , Surya Prakash Mohapatra, Bibhu Ranjan Mishra, Pranab Kishore Pani, J.P.Udgata, Kishore Dwivedy , Sangram Dhar, Khirod jena , Bipin Mishra, Ramakanta Mohapatra, S.K.Das, Ram Prasad Muduli
- Felicitation : Khirod Kumar Jena – Convenor , Nihar Samantara , Kishore Dwivedy, Susant Kumar Choudhary, Badri Mohapatra, Amresh Patro, Capt.Kamal Choudhary, J K Nayak , Subhash Gantayat, Guru Kalyan Mohapatra, Kuna Tripathy, Dr. Sukanti Mishra
- Souvenir : N R Pattnayak – Convenor, Bata Krushna Mohapatra – Editor, Samir Jena, Sangram Dhar, Krushna Nayak, Manas Das & Kaveri Behera
- Culture Committee : Kaveri Behera – Convenor, Reeta Patra, Mousumi Mishra, Dillip Mohanty, Debendra Rout
- Food Committee :Ramesh Sahoo – Convenor , Sangram Dhar , Kamdeb Biswal , Reeta Patra ,Ajay Behera, Manoj Patro , Manoj Khatua
- Stage Management : Dillip Mohanty – Convenor , Debraj Mohanty , Sangram Dhar , Rashmi Ranjan Parida , Akshya Samal, Sanjiv Patnaik, Pitambar Bisoyi
- Accommodation & Logistics : Kamdeb Biswal – Convenor , Krupanidhi Biswal – Co- convenor, Sangram Dhar , Ramesh Sahoo ,Rabi Pradhan ,Gobardhan Dhal , Manoj Nayak, Binaya Pani, Debadutta Roy, Rabi Ranjan Panda,
- Publicity : Kishore Dwibedi – Convenor , Shyam Sahoo , L N Beborta , Sangram Dhar , Nilambar rath, Pranab Pani , Dillip Satpathy , Sushant Chand ,Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Ranjan Acharya, Jinu Jena,
- Finance Committee : Bipin Mishra – Convenor , Ramesh Sahoo – Co Convenor, Niranjan Mishra , Hara Prasad Mohapatra, Sangram Dhar, Sanjeev Mohanty, Kishore Dwibedi, J K Nayak, Pinkish
- Pradhan, Raja Dash, Susant Kumar Choudhary, Narayana Swain , Sudhir Dash, Er. Bipin Nayak, Subash Gantayat
- Hospitality Committee : Sadhana Choudhary – Convenor, Reeta Patra – Co – Convenor, Usha Kiran, Susmita Das, Ananidita Das, Anita Jena, Namita Samantara, Rina Mohapatra, Anusruta Singdeo, Tapu Mishra, Manju Roul, Mita Pani, Dr Sukanti Mishra