President Murmu in Cuttack: Ravenshaw convocation; Kalinga Ratna 2024 to Dharmendra Pradhan
On 15 July 2025 in Cuttack, Odisha, President Droupadi Murmu attended the Ravenshaw University convocation and presented the Kalinga Ratna Award-2024 to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Summary
President Droupadi Murmu attended the convocation ceremony of Ravenshaw University at Cuttack, Odisha on 15 July 2025, and laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of three buildings of Ravenshaw Girls' High School. Murmu noted the institution's role in the freedom struggle and in the movement for the formation of Odisha. The same day in Cuttack, Murmu attended the birth anniversary celebrations of Adikabi Sarala Das, who composed the Mahabharata, and presented the Kalinga Ratna Award-2024 to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Bijaya Nayak received the literary award 'Sarala Samman'.
Key facts
- Date / place
- 15 July 2025, Cuttack, Odisha
- Event 1
- Ravenshaw University convocation; foundation stone for 3 buildings of Ravenshaw Girls' High School
- Event 2
- Birth anniversary of Adikabi Sarala Das (composer of the Mahabharata)
- Kalinga Ratna Award-2024
- Dharmendra Pradhan
- Sarala Samman
- Bijaya Nayak
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Who received the Kalinga Ratna Award-2024 from President Droupadi Murmu at Cuttack on 15 July 2025?
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Correct answer: C — Dharmendra Pradhan
PIB (President's Secretariat): the President presented the Kalinga Ratna Award-2024 to Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan at Cuttack.
Adikabi Sarala Das, whose birth anniversary was celebrated in Cuttack on 15 July 2025, is credited by the President with composing which work?
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Correct answer: D — Mahabharata
PIB (President's Secretariat): the President said Adikabi Sarala Das enriched Indian literature by composing the Mahabharata.
Consider the following statements about President Murmu's programmes in Cuttack on 15 July 2025: 1. At the Ravenshaw University convocation, she laid the foundation stone for redevelopment of three buildings of Ravenshaw Girls' High School. 2. The literary award 'Sarala Samman' was presented to Bijaya Nayak. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
PIB (President's Secretariat): the President laid the foundation stone for redevelopment of three buildings of Ravenshaw Girls' High School, and congratulated Bijaya Nayak, who received the 'Sarala Samman'. Both are correct.