Kakatpur,21st Aug 2025: The General Body Meeting of the Puri District Professional Journalists’ Association, affiliated to Utkal Journalists’ Association, was held at Manik Garden, Pipili.
The meeting, chaired by Utkal Journalists’ Association Working President Purna Chandra Nayak, was graced by State Working President Haradhan Banerjee, General Secretary Benudhar Panda, noted litterateur and journalist Bankim Chandra Nayak, senior journalist Prasanna Tripathy, and Utkal Journalists’ Association Jajpur District President Harihar Swain as guests. They emphasized the need to strengthen the association in the current times and to secure the rightful demands of journalists through unity.
Journalist Sanjay Pati proposed the name of senior journalist Purna Chandra Nayak for District President, which was unanimously supported by all present members. Following his appointment, Aditya Raut was nominated as General Secretary, Sameer Kar as Treasurer, and senior journalists Prasanna Tripathy, Tushar Dixit, Bichitra Nanda Sahu, and Akshaya Behera were chosen as Advisors.
On this occasion, a one-minute silent prayer was observed in memory of the late former President of the Association, Tribikram Ramakrishna Mohapatra, and journalist Ajit Malik.
The proceedings were conducted by Sanjay Pati, while Pradyumna Kumar Subudhi, Bijay Kumar Mohapatra, Hemanu Sethi, and Aditya Raut coordinated the event. A total of 106 journalists from 11 blocks of Puri district participated in the meeting.