2024

February 03, 2024 ● 10:00 am Inaugural Session

Chair: Mrutyunjay Sarangi

Inaugurator: Padmashree Dr Damayanti Beshra

Chief Guest: Dr Subodh Sarkar

Guests of Honour: Dilip Routarai

Award: Conferment of 1 stJMNAfL 2024 on Gopal Lahiri

Keynote Address: Dr Ashutosh Parida

Welcome Address: Paresh Patnaik

Introduction of Guests : JP Jagdev

Moderator: Dr Nidhi Garg

February 03, 2024 ● 11:30 am Panel Discussion: Literature Beyond Borders

Chair: Dr BhagabanJayasingh

Panelists: Dr Snehaprava Das, Dr Sangram Jena, Dr Ipsita Sarangi, Naheed Akhtar

Moderator: Sreetanwi Chakraborty

February 03, 2024 ● 12:45 pm Panel Discussion:Non-Fiction: The Current Flavour

Chair: Dr Ellham Hossain

Panelists: Monideepa Sahu, Dr.Hiranmayee Mishra, Tapeshwar Prasad, Rituparna Khan

Moderator: Pragyan Patnaik

February 03, 2024 ● 2:45 pm Panel Discussion: Writing for the children in cyber age

Chair: Dash Benhur

Panelists: Dr Bidyutprabha Gantayat, Manjula Asthana Mahanty, Nilima Priyadarshini, Meera Das

Moderator: Chinmayee Panda

February 03, 2024 ● 4:00 pm Panel Discussion:Green Literature - The New Paradigm

Chair: Siddhant Das

Panelists: Gopal Lahiri, Dipak Samantarai, Sonali Patnaik, Priyanka Banerjee

Moderator: Rajorshi Patranabis

February 03, 2024 ● 5:45 pm Poetry Reading Session (English)

Chair: Gopal Lahiri

Moderator: Prasanna Behera

Participants: (30)

February 03, 2024 ● 6:45 pm Tributes to Jayanta Mahapatra

Chair: Dr Jaydeep Sarangi

Moderator: Purabi Das

Participants (10)

February 03, 2024 ● 7:45 pm Film Screening: Yogini

Presenter: Susmita Das, Biyot Projna Tripathy

February 04, 2024 ● 10:00 am Panel Discussion: Literature in Social Media - Democratisation of literature

Chair: Nandini Mitra

Panelists: Sutanuka Ghosh Roy, Ratnamala Swain, Agnivesh Mahapatra, Anindita Bose

Moderator: Lisha Patnaik

February 04, 2024 ● 11:15 am Panel Discussion: Rewriting Mythology

Chair: Dillip Mohapatra

Panelists: Dr Ranjit Dutta, Sonali Chanda, Dr Itishree Sarangi, Himansu Parida

Moderator: Dr.Sushri Sangita Mishra

February 04, 2024 ● 12:30 pm Panel Discussion: Voices on the Margins

Chair: Dr Bina Singh

Panelist: Sushmindar Jeet Kaur, Braja Kumar Sorkar, Sashiprava Bindhani, Swapna Behera

Moderator: Dr Namitalaxmi Jagaddeb

February 04, 2024 ● 3:15 pm Panel Discussion: Regional Literature: How Local

Chair: Dr. Basanta Kumar Panda

Panelists: Dr Jayanti Ratha, Swati Mahapatra, Dr. Ajit Dash, Dr. Goutam Jena

Moderator: Dr.Debsashis Mahapatra

February 04, 2024 ● 4:30 pm Poetry Reading Session (Multilingual)

Chair: Dr Sangram Jena

Moderator: Dr.Vedula Ramalakshmi

Closing Ceremony Closing Ceremony & Cultural Program