It’s an immense pleasure to see that our 4-year long effort finally sees the light of the day — it moves from its original location to the Brahmapur Town Hall and opens to public. The new BMC commissioner Mr Rathore took some decisive and quick steps to correct the previous indecisiveness in staffing the previously […]
Category: Reports
2017 Memorandum-of-understanding to build the Odisha Public Elibrary
Below is a link to the legal document requested and signed by the then Brahmapur Municipality Corporation (BMC) commissioner, Mr. Pavan Kalyan in 2017. The commissioner insisted that we form a local body that could be responsible for overseeing the operation — and a lawyer Mr. Durga Prasad of Berhampur drafted the legal document and […]
Odisha Public eLibrary is slated for inaugural on Aug 31,2017
Public libraries play a crucial role in development of any society, as it provides an egalitarian, secular platform for informal education and training to all. In the aftermath of 2013 Phailin disaster in Ganjam area, several members (Non-resident Odias) of Odia organizations in North America, such as OSA and SEEDS, raised some donation for the […]
Brief update on progress 2/1/2017
Here is a brief photo-log of progress As the dear reader will appreciate there is much work, discussion, coordination behind the scenes. We have now constructed two restrooms at either ends of the library area — one for ladies and the other for men. This was a basic requirement for us for the public library […]