Odisha Living Legend Award is a civilian award conferred on people of Odisha who have done outstanding and inspiring work. It was first conferred in 2011 by Odisha Diary Foundation. These awards are given in different categories like Social Service, Public Policy, Education, Youth Inspiration, Sustainable Business, Promotion of Science and Art among others.[1]
In 2018 Odisha Diary Foundation instituted National Living Legend Awards.[2]
Guests
Union Ministers like Jual Oram have attended the Odisha Living Legend Award 2014 award function to felicitate awardees.[3]
Journalist Vinod Dua has attended the Odisha Living Legend Award 2017 award function to felicitate awardees. Vinod Dua was key note speaker in Living Legend Oration in 2017.[4]
Notable recipients
Notable award recipients includeTulasi Munda,[5] Haldhar Nag,[6] Uttam Mohanty,[7] Sabyasachi Mohapatra,[8] Nilamadhav Panda,[9] Prafulla Kar,[10] and Hariprasad Chaurasia,[11] Pratibha Ray.
National Living Legend Awards
Odisha Living Legend Awards for 2015
Odisha Living Legend Awards for 2016
Sixth Odisha Living Legend and Youth Inspiration and OdishaInc Awards Conferred[14]
- Trilochan Pradhan (Science)
- Dr S K Nanda (Public Policy)
- Bhagaban Meher (Art)
- Prof Amitav Acharya (Education)
- Shruti Mohapatra (Social Service)
- Shiv Sundar Das (Sports)
Odisha Living Legend Awards for 2017
7th Odisha Living Legend Award conferred[15]
Odisha Living Legend Awards for 2018
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