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"... the Ministry of Port, Shipping and Waterways has agreed to the State government's proposal for the Riverine Port to be developed by PPT for which the formal MoU with the State Govt. is under finalisation. The Port will come up at Akhadasali village under Mahakalapada Block in Kendrapara district, 13 kilometers from the river mouth at Paradip. This all-weather and multi-user Port on river Mahanadi will be set up in PPP mode with a capacity of 54 MTPA and an estimated cost of Rs.4,062 Cr, of which 22 MTIPA capacity will be created in the first phase at a cost of Rs 2,562 crores. PPT will develop supporting project infrastructures like rail and road connectivity and dredging requirements of the Port. The State government has identified 300 hectares of land for the project. The State government will also provide the necessary support to PPT in respect of any additional Land required for the Project."

Thanks to all the honorable speakers and enthusiastic participants of the events from all over the world. 

The Full Zoom Session of the Odisha Development Seminar

Odisha Public Library Segment
Envisioning developed Odisha with ICT enabled modern public libraries in every District HQ and Panchayat
Organizers: Nishikanta Sahoo, Dr. Basant Parida, Prasant Bhunya, Dr Ajay Mohanty
Panelists:
1. Message from Shri Pratap Jena, Hon'ble Minister Panchayati raj
2. Shri Tushar Kanti Behera, Hon'ble Minister IT
3. Shri Bishnupada Sethi, IAS, Principal Secretary-cum-commissioner
4. Shri Manas Ranjan Debata - Additional Secretary, MGNREGA Program, Panchayati raj dept.
5. Mr. Manoj Mishra, IAS Principal Secretary IT Department
6. Shri Subham Saxena, IAS, Collector & District Magistrate, Sambalpur

Odisha Development Segment
Organizers: Prof. Chitta Baral, Ms. Kuku Das, Dr. Anil Patnaik, Utkal Nayak
Tourism initiatives and Infrastructure
1. Taking Odisha to the world - Abinash Sahoo 
2. Eco-Tourism in Odisha - Sanghamitra Jena
3. Tourism promotion using Social Networks - Santosh Tripathy
4. Shree Shankha - a world class museum @ Puri - Navaketan Mohanty

Skill Development and School Education
1. iPrep: Anup Patri
2. Mo Chasi Bhai: An Initiative to solve Migrant Crisis in Odisha - Satyabrath Muni
3. Skill Development partnership with Singapore - Prof. Sanjib Panda
4. World class education in Odia for public schools - Abinash Sahoo

Infrastructure Development
1. Sustainable Energy - Prof. Sanjib Panda
2. A Central Corridor for Odisha - Prof Digambar Patra

Continuity of Odisha Development Initiatives by the Diaspora
1. Promoting Odia Culture outside Odisha - Chinmaya Prasad Lenka
2. Odisha Development Forum: an e-bulletin board - Prof. Chitta Baral

See http://www.orissalinks.com/archives/6243 for the time line of higher education institutions in Odisha.

There are 28 Universities/University-like-institutes in the greater capital region of Odisha. See the compilation at  http://www.orissalinks.com/archives/7524 . Those are (20 in Bhubaneswar, 6 in Cuttack, and 2 in Puri):

1. IIT Bhubaneswar
2. NISER Bhubaneswar
3. AIIMS Bhubaneswar
4. XIM University Bhubaneswar (HQ located in Puri district)

Pre-history: The first e-group of Odias/Odishans (in the US) is ornet which started in 1989 as a mailing list and then became a list at Columbia University, then a yahoo group, and is now a Google group at https://groups.google.com/g/ornet . This group did not have a special focus on Odisha development, but did discuss them. Since then there are many Odisha related e-groups around the world; but they don't necessarily focus on Odisha development.

History: This bulletin board is conceived as a generalization (and in some sense a continuation) of some individual blog activities related to Odisha development. Some of the initial individual blogs were:

• http://www.orissalinks.com/ 
  
• http://www.orissalinks.com/orissagrowth/ 
  

• https://www.facebook.com/notes/odishalin...5126952678  (short link: http://bit.ly/fbOdisha ) 
  
• See also https://docs.google.com/document/d/10_-O...M5gxIUmkg/
  

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