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5T, and Nabin Odisha Chairman Kartik Pandian participated in Nua-O Fest & interacted with students from all colleges of Jajpur

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Jajpur:13/2/24: As per the direction of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, 5T, and Nabin Odisha Chairman V Kartik Pandian visited Jajpur district, today.

Kartik Pandian participated in Nua-O Fest & interacted with students from all colleges of Jajpur District where he explained the historic Cabinet decision of the State Government on Nua -O Scholarships for students enrolled in General Degree & Post-Graduate (PG) programs in State universities, Govt and non-govt. Aided colleges including aided Sanskrit colleges under Higher Education Dept.

He informed that the minimum scholarship amount for male students will be Rs. 9,000 per year and for female students will be Rs. 10,000 per year. The students belonging to eligible SC/ST and Nirman Shramik Families will get Rs 10,000 ( Male) and Rs 11,000 ( Female) per annum*.

All Students are eligible for the scholarships, except the students whose parents are Income Tax payees or permanent Govt. employees. The Nua O scholarships for current academic year will be deposited in the bank accounts of the eligible students from February 20th onwards and completed this month itself.

A Nua-O Corpus fund of Rs 300 Crs will be constituted from the coming academic year. Students who will excel in academic and different co-curricular activities will get higher amount of scholarship from this corpus fund.

By August month, Nua-O Magic Smart Card will be given to all eligible students which enable a system of additional benefits like bus/train travel, free wifi, access online courses, skill development, coaching programs, etc based on performance and participation in various academic and extracurricular activities.

Kartik Pandian said that this will be a new era of student empowerment by Hon’ble Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik towards realising his vision of Nabin Odisha. He motivated students to dream big and work hard to realise it.

It is expected that about 4.5 lakh UG students and about 32,000 PG students will benefit from this Nua-O Scholarships scheme of the state government.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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