The Odisha Society of the Americas (OSA) will host the 2025 Odisha Public Library Conference(2025 OPLC) in Bhubaneswar on 7th December 2025 at Bhanja Kala Mandap, Kalpana Square, BJB Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, bringing together policymakers, librarians, scholars, and community leaders to advance the library movement in Odisha.
There are enormous opportunities to build Internet-enabled public libraries in every Grama Panchayat under the Bikasit Gaon Bikasit Odisha (BGBO) initiative, transforming villages into digitally empowered knowledge hubs. OSA/OPLI, OLN have been actively pursuing on this.
Meeting with Chief Secretary Sri Manoj Ahuja regarding OSA/OPLI’s proposal for inclusion of public libraries under BGBO scheme on Dec 17th 2024. Left to right Dr Ajay Mohanty, co-chair, OPLI, Chief Secretary Sri Manoj Ahuja and Nishikanta Sahoo, Chair, OPLI
Meeting of OSA/OPLI team with Sri VK Pandian, PS to CM Sri Naveen Patnaik regarding allocation of funds from Naveen Odisha scheme for modern public libraries in Odisha. July 29th, 2023, Palo Alto, California, USA