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Editorial 17th Foundation Day

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Ajoy Ku. ShroffPramod K Patnaik

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FORTNIGHTLYVolume-142 16th January 2011

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17th FOUNDATION DAY

'BISWA' can Translate Biju Patnaik'sDream to Reality - Ghadai

BOOK-POST

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B ISWA celebrated its 17th

Foundation Day on 7th of the current

month with galaxy of intellectua ls,

educationists, social activists, NGO

leaders, top notch politicians,

Padmashre Dillip Tirkey, MLAs and

three senior ministers of the state

including Mr Prafulla Ghadai minister

for finance and excise, Mr Prasanna

Acharya minister for health & family

welfare and Mr Sarada Nayak minister

for food and civil supplies. The

chairman of 'BISWA' Mr Khirod

Chandra Malick presided over the

celebration.

Addressing the gathering, the chief

guest Mr Pafulla Ghadai the minister

for finance and excise said that what

Biju Patnaik dreamt decades back,

"BISWA' is going to materialise it now.

He said this hinting towards the

proposed "BISWA Bank of Odisha".

BISWA, Planning Commission of Indiaorganise Seminar on Reinventing the

Indigenous Culture of Western Odisha

Bharat Integrated Social Welfare

Agency (BISWA) has always given

prime importance to preserve and

promote the great cultural heritage by

successfully implementing its five pillars

of activities towards holistic social

development through proper utilization

of human, natural and cultural resourcein all its operational are as. On 13th and

14th of January, a two day seminar was

organised by BISWA in collaboration

with the Planning Commis sion of

India. Mr A. K. Sahu, S.P. Vigilance of

Sambalpur Division inaugurated the

seminar by lightning lamp. Dr. Jharana

Mishra, Chief Manager RDC, BISWA

introduced the theme of the seminar

and Dr. K. C. Malick's aim towards

organizing such a programme.

Among the dignitaries present were

Prof. Dadhibaman Mishra (Retd. Prof.

in History in G M (auto) College), Prof

D. K. Behera (Prof. in Anthropology,

Sambalpur University), Sri P. L. Dash

(Programme Executive, Doordarshan

Kendra, Sambalpur), Natyashri Dr.

Panchanana Mishra, Dr. Saswat

Chandra Pujari (Sociologist), Mr.

Pramod Kumar

Patnaik, Mr Ajoy

Kumar Shroff manager

(training) presented

their papers and

answered the questions

coming up from

participants. On this

occasion the

organisation felicitated Mr. Sarat Rath

(Ex Vice President of Lalitkala

Academy, Odisha) for Lalitkala, Mr.

Surendra Sahu (Folk Artist and

Researcher) for Folk Dance and Music,

Mr. Bholanath Nayak for Fine Arts.

They also made the participants aware

of the rich culture of western Odishain the area of their expertise.

The resource persons and

participants who came from various

part of the state gave thrust on

preservation of ancient culture and

tradition for which not only we but also

our future generation could boast

upon. "A developed civilization

symbolizes a developed society," the

speakers opined. A good number of

speakers also highlighted the rich

culture of Western Odisha with specialthrust to stone carving, temple art,

folklore, folk dance, folk songs, folk

music, indigenous drama, living

condition etc. BISWA's approach

towards sustainable livelihood for the

marginalized musicians and artists

through its cultural wing was also

widely appreciated.

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EditorialFoundation Day promise

Birth Day of an individual or organisation, no doubt,

carries special importance. While it reminds us of the dayswe have left behind, it also tells us the time and works ahead.

'BISWA' has already passed 17 springs. Teen age is very

crucial. And we are on the verge of completing it just aftertwo years.

Even, in the childhood and teens, 'BISWA' has been

behaving in totally matured manner throughout withdefinite goals of socio-economic development and poverty

alleviation. At the same time, it ha s also worked manifoldfor the development of the people who are neglected and

remain away from the mainstream without getting thebenefits of different welfare activities.

Foundation Day for us is not just a day for celebrationor merry making. It rather inspires us to work with more

vigour for those neglected mass who need someone's help

and guidance for self-sufficiency but not pittance. The

disparity in our society is almost crystal clear. Many peopleare still away from the minimum basic need. And we at'BISWA' are determined to work for them with strong will

power and self imposed goal.Selfless service is our only goal and it is well recognised.

We always put our best efforts to do something new tobring in a change in the lives of the poor and downtrodden

people. We also give due emphasis on health and educationas these two vital things, if acquired at the right time, can

make people self-reliant. Our multidimensional activities,through the five pillar system, aims at single objective, i.e.

OVERALL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOOMENT. For

this noble cause, the staff have got a vital role to play andthey are also doing it as part of their sacred duty.But without public support our dream may remain

unfulfilled. Hence, we herewith appeal the people of thecountry to extend their hands of support and cooperation

to translate our dream to reality and enable us to serve thepeople. This would be the best Birth Day (foundation Day)

gift for us. And from our side we assure to returnreciprocally.

He also lauded the activities of 'BISWA' for poverty

alleviation from the state through various

developmental activities undertaken by 'BISWA'. He

further appealed 'BISWA' authorities to establish more

numbers of cold storage s in State for the greater

interest of the far mers. "Agriculture Development

Corporation will extend all sorts of help and

cooperation for this purpose since cold storages can

only cater to the needs of the farmers," the minister

Mr Ghadai assured. He also requested to reduce the

rate of interest in micro finance loans. "It is a good

gesture that there is no allegation against 'BISWA' on

interest fiasco and farmers' suicide anywhere," Mr

Ghadai said further.

Mr Prasasnna Acharya minister, Mr Sarada Nayak

minister, Mr Narendra Swain a senior leader of the

state also appreciated the efforts of 'BISWA' and said

that there shouldn't be any scope for self-complacency

since development activities have no saturation point.

Mr Prasanna Acharya also appealed 'BISWA' officials

to see that the poorest of the poor person gets the

benefit of the activities undertaken by this reputed

organisation. "The very purpose of NGO and

government is to bridge the gap. And 'BISWA' only

can fulfil this goal," Mr Acharya expressed hope.

Giving a brief introduction regarding the

organisation, the chairman Mr K C Malick said:

"Bharat Integrated Social Welfare Agency (BISWA),

a national level human development agency, based in

Sambalpur, Odisha is working since 1994 with its wide

network in 20 different states now and striving hard

to achieve sustainable human development goals as

defined in UN Millennium Development Goals

(MDG) - 2015 and also in a number of policies of

Government of India."

At pres ent, 2.5 mill ion poor

households and 3 million women

and children are directly receiving

Continued from... Pg.1 informed that as of now 'BISWA' has

already created 0.3 million jobs and 0.27

million toilets and ensured insurance

coverage to 0.3 million households in

Sarvodaya Andolan, Mr P K Dhal from

BRIC, Mr Hemanta Dash collector of

Sambalpur, Mr Pahelu Dip president of

'BISWA' and Mr Pitabash Sethi

financial and developmental services

from 'BISWA' in Odisha and many

other states like Chhattisgarh,

Jharkhand, Bihar and MP - the most

backward states of the country.

'BISWA' is engaged in

demonstrating right based and

reform focused development

interventions in core areas of

poverty alleviation viz., water and

sanitation, basic education and

health, climate change and

vulnerability, local governance and

public welfare, the chairman said

further.

"Like UN MDG - 2015, 'BISWA'

has set up self-imposed targets

entitled "BISWA-2015" to create

One million jobs, Two million toilets,

Three million water taps and to plant

Ten million trees in Odisha by 2015.

Though an ambitio us target , we,

based on our past performance and

experience, are confident that this is

achievable with active support from

people of the state and the

government agencies and the over

all support from our well wishers

and staff at large," Mr Malick said.

Casting light on previous

achievements, Mr Malick further

Odisha. "Our approach remains five

pillars of ser vice provisions viz. social

development, social finance and

financial inclusion, micro-enterprises,

micro-marketing and micro i nsurances.

A number of government policies are

modified/re-designed and influenced

based on the lessons learnt from the

interventions made by 'BISWA' in

Odisha. For this reason 'BISWA' has

been conferred with a number of state,

national and international appreciations

and awards, he added.

Padmashree Dillip Tirkey former

captain of Indian Hockey team, Mr

Nguyen Thanh Tan the acting

ambassador of Vietnam to India, Mr

Jayanarayan Mishra and Mr Rajendra

Chhatria- two MLAs, Dr Ashok

Acharya, Dr Bhagawan Prakash social

scientist, Mr Ratan Das member of

secretary of 'BISWA' and many other

revered guests were present and

addressed a gathering of almost 20

thousand people congregated from all

over the country.

The chairman of 'BISWA' Mr K C

Malick in his concluding speech

mentioned the five pillar activities and

emphasised the need for education to

all, clean water and total sanitation for

all families of the country. He made

sincere appeal to all staff of 'BISWA'

to work for those who are in need of it.

In the evening the chairman

accompanied by all other senior staff

of 'BISWA' also addressed a press

conference to highlight the future

course of action for poverty alleviation,

total sanitation and 'BISWA Bank of

Odisha'.

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