Discuss improvement of philately
A national philatelic seminar was held on November10 at the Chief Postmaster General office here, organised by the Odisha Postal Circle.
Chief Postmaster General, Odisha Circle, Dr Santosh Kumar Kamila inaugurated it in the presence of Postmaster General, Brahmapur, Col Jaleswar Kanhar, former bureaucrats Sahadev Sahu and DN Padhi, Sikshya “O” Anusandhan VC Amit Banarjee, president and secretary general, Philately Congress of India (PCI) Damayanti Pattie and Rajesh Kumar Bagri, respectively, besides eminent philatelists of national and international repute.
They submitted their views for improvement of philately. The quarterly magazine issued by PCI “Signet” was released.
It was decided to establish more philatelic clubs in schools and colleges and promote philately in younger generation.
Rajesh Kumar Bagri, Anil Dhir, Pragyan Jain, Ajit Dash, Madhukar Deogawonka, Markand Dave presented the topic like ‘Thematic Presentation’, ‘Last Post’, ‘Traditional Philately’, ‘Forensic Philately’, ‘Postal History’ and ‘Dasish Settlement in India’ respectively.
All the participants discussed promotional aspects of philately in Odisha. The members of PCI, Eastern India Philatelic Association, Odisha Philatelic Association and other philatelic associations of Odisha extended their help. Assistant Director (Philately) PN Pattanaik extended a vote of thanks.