By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Nityanand Nayak, a noted poet in Odia will get the 41st edition of prestigious Sarala Puraskar for his poetry work “Setebelaku Nathiba”. The book has been published by Friends Publishers, Binod Bihari, Cuttack in the year 2017.
He will receive a cash award of Rs. 5,00,000/- (Rupees five lakh only) along with a citation.Two more notable personalities of Odisha will be honoured for their valuable contribution in the field of music and art, Ranjit Kumar Nag will be awarded ‘Ila Panda Sangeet Samman’ and Shyamsundar Pattanaik will receive ‘Ila Panda Chitrakala Samman’.
They will receive a cash award of Rs. 1,50,000/- (Rupees one lakh fifty thousand only)each along with citations. Considering the prevailling Covid-19 pandemic situation, the awards will conferred personally without any public function.
The annual Sarala Puraskar instituted by eminent Odia industrialist Late Dr. BansidharPanda and Late Mrs. Ila Panda in the year 1980, has been continuously awarded byIndian Metals Public Charitable Trust (IMPaCT). IMPaCT is the charitable wing of IMFALtd., the leading and the only fully integrated producer of ferro alloys in India. SaralaPuraskar is recognised as the foremost literary award of our State.
This award is one ofthe finest contributions of IMPaCT to glorify Odia literature. The Ekalabya Puraskar also has been instituted by IMPaCT to encourage promising sports talents of Odisha
