The 16th Annual Day Celebration of Mahashakti Foundation was conducted in a virtual manner. The esteemed partners of Mahashakti, clients and staffs joined the webinar on Sustainable Community Development models – Approaches & Challenges.
The program was inaugurated by Shri Jagannath Saraka, Honorable Minister for SC & ST Development and Minorities and Backward classes Welfare Department, Government of Odisha, while Shri Santosh Mishra, President of Mahashakti Foundation, delivered the welcome address. Mr. Jugal Kishore Patnaik, Chief Executive Officer, presented the success story of the institution.
Ex CGM of NABARD – Shri K.C. Panigrahi, CSR Head of Vedanta and ACC Shri Niladri Bhushan Parhi and Shri Pratyush Kumar Panda, DDM NABARD Kalahandi – Mr. Malay Kumar Meher, Associate Director Smart Power India Mr. Satya Chaube, COO of Skill Development Institute Mr. Rajesh Tripathi – Director of Mahashakti Group Sri Dibakar Moharana, Co- Founder of FARR and Mahashakti Mrs. Pramila Swain – Micro Planning and Livelihood Expert from Dist Planning and Monitoring Unit – Ms. Kumudini Mishra spoke on the role of the NGO specifically Mahashakti Foundation for sustainable development.
Panelists focused on how to conduct research while identifying the issues of the community and address them in such a way that with time, the beneficiaries will not need the assistance of the organization in future and in fact be more successful and stand strong.
Beneficiaries of different projects of Mahashakti from Khurdha , Bargarh, Jagatsinghpur and Kalahandi districts also spoke on how the institution has touched their lives and they have earned a reputation and respect in their societies.
Finally, Mr. Jogananda Behera, Secretary of Mahashakti Foundation gave a Vote of Thanks to the panelists, clients and other participants for joining in the webinar. More than 100 staff members attended the event.