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Telephone: 9437133368
Fax: 0674-2543823
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President
Rajdhani Book Fair
Gridco Colony Main Road,
Po. Bhoi Nagar
Bhubaneswar-751 022,Orissa
Fax: 0674-2543823
Street Address:
President
Rajdhani Book Fair
Gridco Colony Main Road,
Po. Bhoi Nagar
Bhubaneswar-751 022,Orissa
RAJDHANI BOOK FAIR - 2009 at Exhibition Ground, BBSR
RAJDHANI BOOK FAIR
Street Address
Gridco Colony Main Road
Bhubaneswar - 751022
Gridco Colony Main Road
Bhubaneswar - 751022
Tel: 0674-2540171
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
Bhubaneswar, the Capital City of Orissa has rapidly grown up within a few years & the population is more than 15 lakhs. It has 7 Universities,50 Science,Commerce & Arts Colleges,3 Medical Colleges, 25 Management Colleges,100 Engineering Colleges, 200 Oriya & English Medium Schools, 300 Study Centres & Coaching Centres. In addition to the above a number of Govt.Offices, Banks, PSUs & Private Sectors have been established. Since last few years it has won a place among the top Educational Centres of India. Keeping in view the demand for books, the Rajdhani Book Fair was introduced in the Millennium Year-2000.
It is a registered organisation & it was formed by 8nos. of writers of Oriya Children’s literature. More than 400 stalls are set up in the fair. As this pre-winter period is very suitable, the students & booklovers prefer to visit this fair with family & friends. Our past experience shows that every year the number of visitors is multiplying in galloping numbers. It is the only popular Book Fair of the state where more than 60,000 visitors visit the fair every day.
During the period of Book fair, the committee invite the leading literary organisations of the state to conduct literary meetings, discussions, seminars, symposiums, conferences etc. in the Auditorium of the Book fair. The eminent writers, publishers & intellectuals are invited to deliver their valuable speech. Some cultural groups are also invited to provide entertainment to the visitors.
Every year, from the year 2005, the Book Fair Committee have been engaged in collecting the information about oriya publications published from the year 1802 & publishing a large volume about 700 pages, namely “ Oriya Pustak Prakashan Suchi” which is a reference book for libraries, research scholars, students as well as general readers. This book is available at a very nominal price i.e. Rs.50/- only.
Every year, the Committee felicitate more than 10 eminent writers of Oriya literature. During last 9 years the committee has organised 90 literary meetings & awarded103 writers alongwith 4 publishers who have outstanding performance in Oriya literature.
BORN OF RAJDHANI BOOK FAIR
In the month of January of the year,1999 the 1st Children’s Book Fair was organised by Orissa Children Writers Academy at Jayadev Bhawan ( formerly Soochana Bhawan) ground for 8days under the leadership of Dr. Upendra Kumar Jena, President of the Academy. A number of publishers publishing the children books participated in the fair. This fair became grand success & was appreciated by the children as well as general readers. This first endeavour encouraged the organisers to proceed for a general Book Fair . It was decided that the children books would be displayed on the front table of every publisher in the proposed Book Fair. Accordingly a new committee was formed under the presidentship of Dr. Upendra Kumar Jena who was suggested to name the fair as RAJDHANI BOOK FAIR. The selected office bearers were Sri Ramesh Chandra Swain,Secretary, Sri Bidhu Bhusan Pattanayak, Convenor, Sri Kali Prasad Das, Coordinator, Sri Akul Chandra Nath, Member, Sri Bira Kishore Pradhan, Member, Sri Brahmananda Nayak, Member, Smt. Kamalini Mallick,Member.
The Committee decided to lunch the 1st Book Fair at Exhibition Ground in the first week of December-2000. A formal invitation was sent to every publisher alongwith the 1st. Invitation to Lord Jagannath, Puri. A letter from the Temple Administration was received at the last moment where requested to allot a stall for the better interest of Lord Jagannath. The organisers inspired by the letter & a stall alloted in favour of Lord Jagannath at the entrance of the fair.
The Temple Administration irrected a dummy of Srimandir with Arun Stamba & Hundi in front of the same. From that year, the temple administration has been participating in the fair with Chaturdhha Murty i.e. SriJagannath, SriBalabhadra, SriSubhadra & SriSudarsan.Every year new vesas of the Lords are made to impress the devoties of Lord Jagannath.
THE 10TH RAJDHANI BOOK FAIR 2009
This year the 10th Edition of Rajdhani Book Fair-2009 shall be lunched at Exhibition Ground, Bhubaneswar for 12 days with effect from 28.11.2009 to 9.12.2009. In this occasion the fair committee is celebrating the year as Glorious Decade with high profile programme. The theme of the Book Fair would be “ PROTECTION OF ORIYA LANGUAGE & LITERATURE”.
Bhubaneswar, the Capital City of Orissa has rapidly grown up within a few years & the population is more than 15 lakhs. It has 7 Universities,50 Science,Commerce & Arts Colleges,3 Medical Colleges, 25 Management Colleges,100 Engineering Colleges, 200 Oriya & English Medium Schools, 300 Study Centres & Coaching Centres. In addition to the above a number of Govt.Offices, Banks, PSUs & Private Sectors have been established. Since last few years it has won a place among the top Educational Centres of India. Keeping in view the demand for books, the Rajdhani Book Fair was introduced in the Millennium Year-2000.
It is a registered organisation & it was formed by 8nos. of writers of Oriya Children’s literature. More than 400 stalls are set up in the fair. As this pre-winter period is very suitable, the students & booklovers prefer to visit this fair with family & friends. Our past experience shows that every year the number of visitors is multiplying in galloping numbers. It is the only popular Book Fair of the state where more than 60,000 visitors visit the fair every day.
During the period of Book fair, the committee invite the leading literary organisations of the state to conduct literary meetings, discussions, seminars, symposiums, conferences etc. in the Auditorium of the Book fair. The eminent writers, publishers & intellectuals are invited to deliver their valuable speech. Some cultural groups are also invited to provide entertainment to the visitors.
Every year, from the year 2005, the Book Fair Committee have been engaged in collecting the information about oriya publications published from the year 1802 & publishing a large volume about 700 pages, namely “ Oriya Pustak Prakashan Suchi” which is a reference book for libraries, research scholars, students as well as general readers. This book is available at a very nominal price i.e. Rs.50/- only.
Every year, the Committee felicitate more than 10 eminent writers of Oriya literature. During last 9 years the committee has organised 90 literary meetings & awarded103 writers alongwith 4 publishers who have outstanding performance in Oriya literature.
BORN OF RAJDHANI BOOK FAIR
In the month of January of the year,1999 the 1st Children’s Book Fair was organised by Orissa Children Writers Academy at Jayadev Bhawan ( formerly Soochana Bhawan) ground for 8days under the leadership of Dr. Upendra Kumar Jena, President of the Academy. A number of publishers publishing the children books participated in the fair. This fair became grand success & was appreciated by the children as well as general readers. This first endeavour encouraged the organisers to proceed for a general Book Fair . It was decided that the children books would be displayed on the front table of every publisher in the proposed Book Fair. Accordingly a new committee was formed under the presidentship of Dr. Upendra Kumar Jena who was suggested to name the fair as RAJDHANI BOOK FAIR. The selected office bearers were Sri Ramesh Chandra Swain,Secretary, Sri Bidhu Bhusan Pattanayak, Convenor, Sri Kali Prasad Das, Coordinator, Sri Akul Chandra Nath, Member, Sri Bira Kishore Pradhan, Member, Sri Brahmananda Nayak, Member, Smt. Kamalini Mallick,Member.
The Committee decided to lunch the 1st Book Fair at Exhibition Ground in the first week of December-2000. A formal invitation was sent to every publisher alongwith the 1st. Invitation to Lord Jagannath, Puri. A letter from the Temple Administration was received at the last moment where requested to allot a stall for the better interest of Lord Jagannath. The organisers inspired by the letter & a stall alloted in favour of Lord Jagannath at the entrance of the fair.
The Temple Administration irrected a dummy of Srimandir with Arun Stamba & Hundi in front of the same. From that year, the temple administration has been participating in the fair with Chaturdhha Murty i.e. SriJagannath, SriBalabhadra, SriSubhadra & SriSudarsan.Every year new vesas of the Lords are made to impress the devoties of Lord Jagannath.
THE 10TH RAJDHANI BOOK FAIR 2009
This year the 10th Edition of Rajdhani Book Fair-2009 shall be lunched at Exhibition Ground, Bhubaneswar for 12 days with effect from 28.11.2009 to 9.12.2009. In this occasion the fair committee is celebrating the year as Glorious Decade with high profile programme. The theme of the Book Fair would be “ PROTECTION OF ORIYA LANGUAGE & LITERATURE”.
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