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SSponsored by: Orissa
Develoment Trust
Orissa
and the Oriya Diaspora in the Americas and
Across the Globe
-
Bridging Past to Present and Building the Future
Together -
"The
Seminars are aimed at translating ideas into reality;
featuring topics of practical usefulness and long term
value beyond the convention, and most importantly, an
enjoyable and valuable experience for our Oriya Diaspora
in the Americas and our mother land Orissa."
The 40th
convention seminar is organized into four tracks, each
with distinguished speakers and delegates dealing with
issues for the development of Orissa and Oriya
Communities.
Orissa
Development:
This track will
feature innovative initiatives under implementation, new
ideas, and contributions by members of the Oriya
community in Education, Industry and Rural Development
(NGO, Environmental Hazard of Industrialization) leading
to further development of our home state of Orissa.
Women’s
Forum:
This track will
feature brainstorming sessions on women's lives in
Orissa and the Diaspora, women’s empowerment in Orissa,
and helping women in crisis.
NRO
Community:
This track will
feature discussions and demonstrations on health and
wellness viz. Yoga, propagating Oriya culture (Language,
Literature & Music) overseas, virtual one Oriya
family & integrating next generation. The track will
also feature a moderated entrepreneurship round table,
where panelists will share their views and success
stories covering technology, venture funding and legal
issues. Please visit virtual one Oriya family at: http://OneFamily.seedsnet.org.
Youth
Forum:
This track will
feature the Kalinga Youth Entrepreneurship Competition,
a youth mentorship round table - to encourage and
support our younger generation to carve a niche for
themselves, and a youth workshop (tips and lessons
learned on applying and selecting a college, the overall
college experience, and resume writing/interviewing).
For
details on the various seminars please visit: http://convention09.orissasociety.org/Seminar
Come; let’s share
our views and ideas together to build a better and
brighter future for our community and
motherland
Tracks,
Topics, Speakers and
Schedule
Seminar
Coordinators
| Chita R. Das |
814.237.6362 (H) |
814.441.2816 (C) |
das@cse.psu.edu |
| Sukant K. Mohapatra |
732.332.0235 (H) |
732.768.4534 (C) |
skmohapatra@ieee.org |
| Sandip Dasverma |
509.371.1286 (H) |
|
sandip.kumar.dasverma@gmail.com |
| Lalatendu Mohanty |
908.735.8817 (H) |
|
lmohanty@yahoo.com |
| Sushant Routroy |
732.545.9715 (H) |
908.433.5622 (C) |
sushantr@yahoo.com |
| Rabi Tripathy |
609.799.7508 (H) |
|
rabi_tripathy@yahoo.com |
| Sanat Pattanaik |
732.662.5752 (H) |
|
sanat78pattanaik@yahoo.co.in |
Track
A: Orissa Development
[Sponsored by Orissa Foundation
Trust]
Track
Chairs/Coordinators:
1.
Sandip Dasverma : 509.371.1286 (H) :: sandip.kumar.dasverma@gmail.com
2. Chita
Barala : 480.539.2550 (H): 480.203.7737 (C) ::
chitta@gmail.com
3.
Direndra Kar: 781.929.6658 (H): 919.667.7487 (C) ::
dhirendra_kar@hotmail.com
4. Ajay
Mohanty: 703.536.3837 (H) ::
ajaya@us.ibm.com
| Session
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Speakers/Panelist,
Topics & Chairs
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Location
& Time
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S1
Education
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Speakers:
Sandip
Kumar Dasverma: RMTS
(Rural Math Talent Search) and Beyond
Itishree
Devi: Vedanta
University
Ayushman
Sarangi: Bakul
Foundation
Chair
and Coordinator: Chitta
Baral
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Mercer
Hall 7/4 (Saturday) 7.15 - 10.45 AM
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S2
NGO, Rural and Industrial Development
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Speakers:
Joyasree
(Ranu) Mohanti: Women
Helping Women through Nano-Finance
Subhash
Mohapatra: A
Working Model for Poverty Eradication in
Rural/Tribal Orissa Through Risk and Profit
Sharing Micro Credit: Role of Soil-less
Agriculture
Ramesh
Chandra Panda: Orissa
- A Gold Mine for Economic
Development
Vivek
Pattanayak: Poverty,
Hunger and Malnutrition – An Analysis of Cause and
Effect
Abani
Patra: Sustainable
Economic and Educational Development Society
(SEEDS)
Chairs:
Birendra
Jena and Anadi Naik
Coordinator:
Sandip
K. Dasverma
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Mercer Hall 7/3 (Friday) 7.00 - 10.00
AM |
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S3
Industrial Development and NRO Community
Contribution
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Speakers:
Dhirendra
Kar: NRO
Community Contribution for Orissa
Development
Manoranjan
Mohanty: Alternative
Development Strategy in Orissa
Annapurna
Pandey: Buddha
Slept Here?
Arjun
Purohit: Environmental
Hazards of Industrial Development in Orissa: Struggle
for scare resource – WATER
Chair:
Ajay
Mohanty
Coordinators:
Dhirendra
Kar and Ajay Mohanty
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Ewing Hall 7/4 (Saturday)
3.00 - 5.00 PM |
Track
B: Women's Forum
Track
Chairs/Coordinators:
1. Anapurna Pandey : 831.427.1232
(H) :: pandey@cats.ucsc.edu
2. Leena Mishra : 301.610.2098 (H),
301.910.8167 (C) ::
leena_mishra@hotmail.com
3. Dharashree Das : 201.755.0970
(C) :: dhara_das@yahoo.com
| Session
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Speakers/Panelist,
Topics & Chairs
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Location
& Time
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S4
Home and the World: Women's accounts in Orissa
and the Diaspora
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Speakers:
Sulekha
Das: Answers
you always wanted to know but were afraid to
ask!
Jostna
Mishra: Embracing
Transformational
Leadership
Joyasree
(Ranu) Mohanti: Supporting
Underprivileged Women
of Orissa From a Distance
Ankita
Mohanty: Not
a Girl, Not yet a Woman
Bidyut Mohanty:
Education
and Women's Empowerment in Orissa
Nivedita
Mohanty: Various
Issues of Family Conflict and Women
Annapurna
Pandey: Are
NGOs A safe Haven for Destitute women in
Orissa
Chair:
TBD
Coordinators:
Dharashree
Das, Leena Mishra, Annapurna
Pandey
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Hamilton Hall 7/4 (Saturday) 8.30
- 10.50 AM |
Track C: NRO Community
Track Chairs/Coordinators:
1. Gagan
Panigrahi : 416.223.2756 ::
g.panigrahi@rogers.com
2. Ranjan
Dash : 610.878.6226 (H): 203.209.6688 ::
RDash@y-carbon.us
3.
Bigyani Das : 401.531.7445 ::
bigyanidas@yahoo.com
| Session
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Speakers/Panelist,
Topics & Chairs
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Location
& Time
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S5
Healthy Body & Mind - Yoga Workshop
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Speaker
and Guru:
Swami
Shankarananda Giri:
Kriya
yoga in daily life for a healthy body, mind and
stress free life - Kriya Yoga
Workshop
Coordinators:
Namita Das and Sukanti Sahoo
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July 3rd & July 5th (Friday & Sunday) 8.00 -
9.00 AM
Hamilton Hall July 4th (Saturday) 7.30 - 8.30
AM
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S6
Role of OSA in Propagating Odia Language and
Music in Overseas
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Speakers:
Sri
Gopal Mohanty: Propagating
Oriya Music and Culture Overseas
Rabi
Tripathy:
Balaniketana
– Propagating Oriya Language
Overseas
Tanuja
Mohapatra: Developing
Oriya Language Skill – A Unique
Approach
Chairs
and Coordinators:
Bigyani
Das and Gagan Panigrahi
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Hamilton Hall 7/3 (Friday)
9.00 - 10.00 AM |
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S7
Virtual One Odiya Family and Integrating Next
Generation
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Speakers:
Ghanasyam
Mishra: Integrating
Next Generation – Then and Now
Priyadarshan
Patra: Virtual
One Odia Family – A Social Platform
Chair:
Shradha Patnaik
Coordinator:
Priyadarsan Patra
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Mercer Hall 7/3 (Friday)
3.30 - 5.30 PM |
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S8
Inauguration & Entrepreneurship Roundtable
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Panelists:
Satish
Mohapatra: Technology
Entrepreneurship
Prabhat
Palit:
Challenges
of Setting and Growing Enterprise in
Orissa
Bhabendra
Pradhan: Technology
Innovation: The Path from Research to
Commercialization
Nick
Patnaik: Legal
Considerations for an Entrepreneurial Enterprise
Moderator:
Ranjan K. Dash
Coordinators:
Ranjan
K. Dash & Sandip K. Dasverma
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Mercer Hall 7/2 (Thursday)
5.15 - 7.30 PM |
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S12
OSA and Oriya Community: Learn from the Past
and Plan for the Future
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Panelists:
Chitta
Baral:
How
we can help Orissa from
far?
Digambar
Mishra:
The
Pradeshi Oriya Cultural World Abroad: Where we
are? Where do we go from
here?
Gyana
Patnaik:
Future OSA:
Some issues that need our
attention
Moderator:
Gagan Panigrahi
Coordinator:
Bigyani Das
and Sunil Sabat
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Ewing Hall July 4th (Saturday)
10.00 - 11.30 PM |
Track D: Youth
Forum
Track
Chairs/Coordinators:
1. Pupun
Das: 814.883.9498 (C ) ::
pupundas@gmail.com
2.
Smiriti Panda: 734.207.7936 (H): 734.764.8407 (C) ::
spanda@wayne.edu
3. Bagmi
Das: 240.893.1797 (C) ::
bagmi@cmu.edu
| Session
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Speakers/Panelist,
Topics & Chairs
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Location
& Time
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Session
–S9
Kalinga
Youth Entrepreneurship
Competition
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Sponsor:
Shradhananda Mishra
Finalists:
Rahul
Behera: MEGAMART
Apurv
Mishra: Scriter
–
The Scientific
Writer
Sanjay
Misra: Home-Cooked
Delivery
Pranoy
Mohapatra: Eurasian
Eats - A
Novel Fast Food Restaurant
Saurav
Mohapatra and Anirudh Das: Computer
Tutoring for Senior Citizens
Somna
Pati: SerVizBay
Ashis
Patra: Zaastra
Solutions
Coordinators:
Ranjan K. Dash & Sandip K.
Dasverma
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Mercer Hall 7/3 (Friday) 1.30 - 3.30
PM |
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Session
–S10
Youth
Mentorship Round Table
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Panelists:
Bhaskar
Das: Career
in Academic and Research – Scope and Opportunity
Jit
Goel: Why
you should be entrepreneur and principles for
success
Sunita
Kanumury: Opportunity
in Health Care
Career - You can make a
difference
Devjani
Mishra: Careers
in Law – Analysis, Advice and
Advocacy
Prasanna
Satpathy: Intrapreneurship
–
Your Success to Career in
Industry Leadership and Management
Moderator:
Chittaranjan Das
Coordinators:
Pupun
Das and Sukant K. Mohapatra
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Mercer Hall 7/4 (Saturday) 2.00 - 4.00 PM
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Session
–S11
Youth
Workshop
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Topic:
Preparing
for College and
Beyond
Panelists:
Ann
Jena
Sarita
Misra
Akash
Pandey
Alok
Pandey
Moderator:
Nick Patnaik
Coordinators:
Pupun
Das
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Mercer Hall 7/4 (Saturday)
4.00 - 5.00 PM |
Links
Kalinga
Youth Entrepreneurship Competition
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