Events & Activities
Seminars & Workshops
Journey of Odisha: Meeting on the Proposed Paika Memorial and Museum
31 May 2026 · Bhubaneswar
Deliberating on the blueprint, structural vision, and historical curation of the proposed memorial.
Workshop on Maritime Heritage and Blue Economy
29–30 March 2025 · Bhubaneswar
Connecting Odisha’s maritime past with coastal livelihoods and blue economy.
Workshop on Jagannath Culture
9–10 Feb 2025 · Bhubaneswar
Workshop on Jagannath culture leading to research on sacred geography.
Talk on Sacred Cities and Heritage-Scapes
17 Jan 2025 · IIT Bhubaneswar
Exploring how religious imagination shape the heritage of cities like Puri and Ayodhya.
Colloquium on Odisha Famine, 1866
28 Sep 2024 · Bhubaneswar
A major colloquium on the Politics of Memory and colonial neglect.
Utkal Divas Celebration
1 April 2024 · Bhubaneswar
Reflections on Odia Asmita, heritage and cultural pride, highlighting Odisha’s consciousness.
Ceremonial Foundation of ORC
17 April 2024 · Bhubaneswar
Sri Ram Navami ceremonial Pooja symbolising ORC’s forward-looking institutional journey.
Formal Inauguration of Odisha Research Centre
26 Nov 2023 · Bhubaneswar
ORC’s formal inauguration marking its emergence as a transdisciplinary research platform.
Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab Memorial Lecture
17–18 April 2025 · Cuttack
Conference examining Mahtab’s legacy in governance, literature and nation-building.
Odilogues Series
Odilogues 3: Bhakti in Odisha
27 Jan 2026 · Bhubaneswar
Prof. Pralay Kanungo on Moments and Voices of Bhakti in Odisha.
Odilogues 2: Tech for Viksit Bharat 2047
31 March 2025 · Berhampur
Prof. Virendra K. Tewari on technology pathways towards Viksit Bharat 2047.
Odilogues 1: Decoding Western Odisha
24 March 2025 · Sambalpur
Deepak K. Mishra on Western Odisha’s development dynamics, with G.M. University.