CM confers Biju Patnaik Award
Eminent scientists Dr Kulamani Parida and Dr Rajanikanta Choudhury were on Thursday conferred with the prestigious Biju Patnaik Award for the year 2008 and 2009 respectively for their contribution in the field of science.
The awards carrying cash prize of Rs 2 lakh, citation and momento each were handed over to the scientists in a function at Bhubaneswar by chief minister Naveen Patnaik.