2026

10.00--11.55

THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046

Welcome Address to Chief Guest: Dr Pratibha Ray, Distinguished Guest of Honour: Dr. Shanta Acharya, Guest of Honour: Dr. KV Dominic, Prof. Mazrooh Rashid, Dr. Chandrasekhar Hota Conferment of JMNAfL 2026 to Mr. Robin Singh Ngangom. Keynote Address by Keynote Speaker: Mr. Hara Prasad Das Release of Toshali Anthology Book

12.00--12.55-

THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046

Literature and Gender

Chair: Dr. Bhagaban Jaysingh

Co-Chair: Ms. Parampita Satpathy

Moderator: Ms. Sushri Sangita Mishra

Panelist: Dr. Adyasha Das, Dr. Vinita Agrawal, Dr. Kamala Prasad Mahapatra

01.00--01.55-

THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046

Climate Change and Literature

Chair: Dr. Aurobindo Behera

Moderator: Mr. Jay Jagdev

Panelist: Mr. Chadrahas Chaudhury, Mr. Bhabani Tripathy, Dr. JK Panigrahi, Dr. Sutapa Pati

3.00--3.55-

THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046

Poetry: My Cup of Tea

Chair: Mr. Krushna Bal

Moderator: Mr. Agnivesh Mohapatra

Panelists: Ms. Smitha Sehgal, Dr. Ranjit Dutta, Ms. Divya K Unni

4.00--4.55-

THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046

Engaging with Regional Literature

Chair: Prof Jatin Nayak

Moderator: Mr. N. N. Das

Panelists: Dr. Gourahari Das, Dr. Sangram Jena, Dr. Rudra Kinshuk

5.30--6.25-

THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046

Chair: Mr. Dillip Mohapatra

Moderator: Ms. Anindita Bose, Ms. Afruja Akhtar

Co-Chair: Ms. Meenakshi Goswami

6.30--6.55-

THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046

Mr. Robin S. Ngangom, winner JMNAfL 2026 in conversation with Mr. Dipak Samantrai

7.00-

THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046

Screening of ‘A Tale to Begin With’ a movie on the life of Late Shri. Jayanta Mahapatra by Mr.Bishweswar Das

Singing

10.00--10.55

THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046

Feminism in Contemporary Fiction

Chair: Dr. Bina Singh

Moderator: Dr. Pragyan Prabartika Dash

Panelists : Dr. Snehaprava Das, Ms.Sarojini Sahu, Dr. Gopa Nayak, Ms. Namitarani Panda.

11.00--11.55-

THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046

Film and Literature

Chair: Mr.Sabyasachi Mohapatra

Moderator: Mr.Zakir Khan

Panelists : Mr. Surya Deo, Dr. Rajani Ranjan

12.00--12.55

THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046

Children’s Literature - Loosing Ground

Chair: Mr. Dash Benhur

Moderator: Mr. Prasanna Behera

Panelists : Mr. Mahendra Mallick, Mr.Braja K. Sarkar, Mr.Parashuram R. Gande

2.00--2.55-

THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046

Literature and Social Media

Chair: Mrs. Mrinal Chatterjee

Moderator: Mr. Parambrahma Tripathi

Panelists : Prof. Asim Ranjan Padhi, Dr. Priyanka Banerjee, Dr. Nidhi Garg

3.00--3.55-

THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046

Poet’s Poetry versus AI Poetry

Chair: Mr. Mrutyunjay Sarangi

Moderator: Ms. Kalkee Krushna

Panelists : Mr. Sankar Narayan Mallik, Mr. Satyananda Sarangi, Ms. Shakuntala Gupta, Ms. Mitra Samal

4.00--4.55-

THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046

Chair : Dr. Hiranmayee Mishra

Co-Chair: Mr. Saroj Bal

Participants: Ms. Saijyoti Pradhan, Mr. Subrat Senapati, Ms. Srisikta Suvadarsini, Ms. Pragyan Paramita Rath, Mr. Anshuman Sahu, Mr. Anup Senapati

5.00--5.55-

THE RANCH, Mangalpur, Nirmala, Odisha 752046

Chair : Mr. Inam Hussain Begg Mullick

Co- Chair : Mr. Rakshak Nayak

Moderator: Dr. Vedula Ramalakshmi, Ms. Sweta Rout