60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNESCO KALINGA PRIZE FOR THE POPULARISATION OF SCIENCE
4-5 January 2012
(from L) Shri B. C. Patnaik, President Kalinga Foundation Trust, Ms. Gretchen Kalonji, Assistant Director General of UNESCO, Shri Naveen Patnaik, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Odisha, Shri Pyarimohan Mohapatra, Hon'ble MP, Rajya Sabha, Prof. Trinh Xuan Thuan, Professor, Dept of Astronomy, University of Virginia, USA at the UNESCO Kalinga Awards ceremony held on the occasion of 99th Indian Science Congress 2012 in KIIT University.
Shri Naveen Patnaik, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Odisha inaugurating the function.
Shri Naveen Patnaik, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Odisha giving Kalinga Chair-2009 to Prof. Trinh Xuan Thuan, Professor, Dept of Astronomy, University of Virginia, USA at the Celebration of 60th Anniversary of UNESCO Kalinga Prize for Popularization of Science on the occasion of 99th Indian Science Congress 2012 at KIIT University.
Shri Naveen Patnaik, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Odisha giving Kalinga Chair-2009 to Prof. Yash Pal, Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India at the Celebration of 60th Anniversary of UNESCO Kalinga Prize for Popularization of Science on the occasion of 99th Indian Science Congress 2012 at KIIT University.
Shri Naveen Patnaik, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Odisha with UNESCO Kalinga Prize Laureate 1992, Dr. Jorge Flores Valdes, Mexico
Shri Naveen Patnaik, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Odisha with UNESCO Kalinga Prize Laureate 1992, Professor Peter Okebukola, Nigeria
Shri Naveen Patnaik, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Odisha with UNESCO Kalinga Prize Laureate 1996, Mr. Jiri Grygar, Germany
Shri Naveen Patnaik, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Odisha with UNESCO Kalinga Prize Laureate 1996, Prof. Dr. Jayanta Vishnu Narlikar, India
Shri Naveen Patnaik, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Odisha with UNESCO Kalinga Prize Laureate 2004, Professor Jean Audouze, France
Shri Naveen Patnaik, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Odisha with UNESCO Kalinga Prize Laureate 1997, Prof. D. Balasubramanian, India
Shri Naveen Patnaik, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Odisha with UNESCO Kalinga Prize Laureate 1991, Dr. N. K. Sehgal, India
Shri Naveen Patnaik, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Odisha with UNESCO Kalinga Prize Laureate 1999, Prof. Ennio Candotti, Brazil