Festival record · 2025
Schedule
From the 2025 festival archive.
Schedule
Schedule Plan
Day 01 01 Feb 2025
Day 02 02 Feb 2025
Inaugural Session
Welcome Address: JP Jagdev
Inaugurator: Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra, IAS, Principal Secretary Odia Language, Literature & Culture Dept.
Chief Guest: Shri Sharan Kumar Limbale, Eminent Writer
Guests of Honour : Chandrahas Choudhury Eminent Indian English Writer, Ayaz Rasool Nazki Distinguished Poet & Author , Dr.Raja Rajeswari Seetha Raman, Eminent Malaysian Poet
Keynote Address: Dr. Prafulla Kumar Mohanty, Eminent Educationist & Writer
Chair: Paresh Kumar Patnaik
Award: Conferment of 2 nd JMNAfL 2025 on Vinita Agrawal
Felicitation of the Juries
Felicitation of the Guests
Release of Toshali Anthology of Poetry
Release of New Books
Release of February Issue of kabitalive.com
Vote of thanks
In Conversation
JMNAfl Awardees Vinita Agrawal & Gopal Lahiri with Mahua Sen.
Panel Discussion: Life & Literature
Chair: Dr. Basanta Kumar Panda
Co-Chair: Dipak Samantarai
Panelist : Dr. Sukanti Mohapatra ,Raja Chakraborty & Dr.Adyasha Das
Panel Discussion: Challenges in Translations
Chair: Mrutyunjay Sarangi
Panelists: Prof. Jatin Nayak , Dr Sangram Jena, Dr. Gourahari Das
Moderator: Dr. Nidhi Garg
In Conversation
Amit Agrawal with Anish Kanjilal.
Poetry Reading Session (English)
Chair: Dr. Raja Rajeswari Seetha Raman
Co- Chair: Aneek Chatterjee , Sarbajit Sarkar
Moderators: Shakuntala Gupta , Dr. Vedula Ramalakshmi
Participants: (30)
Cultural Programme
Film Screening By Ms.Nisha Luthra / Music Programme by Sujata Sahu.
In Conversation
Shri Sharan Kumar Limbale with Prof. Mandakini Bhattacherya & Dr. Rudra Kinshuk.
Panel Discussion: Voice of Dissent
Chair: Ayaz Rasool Nazki
Panelists: Tapeswar Prasad, Purushottam Upadhyay
Moderator: Priyanka Banerjee
Panel Discussion: Voice of Women
Chair: Dr. Snehaprava Das
Panelists: Sonali Pattnaik, Meenakshi Goswami, Sulekha Sarkar, Runa Srivastava
Moderator: Anindita Bose
Poetry Reading Session (Multilingual)
Chair: Braja Kumar Sarkar
Co-Chair: Joba Murmu , Rakshak Nayak , Chirashree Indrasingh
Moderators: Ritu Halwasia Mahipal, Lopamudra Mishra, Prasanna Behera
Writers Workshop
Designed & Conducted By Ms.Nisha Luthra