By A Correspondent
As many as 17 homegrown entrepreneurs and enterprises, who have made their presence felt beyond the state were felicitated at the second edition of Brands of Odisha. Pride of India: Sambad Corporate Excellence Awards.
The awardees were shortlisted by a panel of three-member jury. They were: Neena Dasgupta (CEO and Director, Zirca Digital Solutions Pvt Ltd), Swarup Mohanty (CEO, Mirae Asset Global Investments (I) Pvt Ltd) and Bishwajeet Samal (Head of Marketing, Volkswagen Passenger Cars). Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was the Chief Guest.

Sabha MP and Sambad Editor Soumya Ranjan Patnaik addressed the gathering. Later, in her opening address, Monica Nayyar Patnaik, MD of Sambad Group, said: “I am overwhelmed to say that we received an unexpected number of entries this year. It was not restricted to Bhubaneswar or Cuttack. Rather, we received nominations from smaller towns of Odisha too. I extend my gratitude to the entrepreneurs for their love and support.â€
In its endeavour to felicitate business enterprises who have made their presence felt outside Odisha, Sambad Group honoured 14 deserving companies at a function recently.
Odisha’s largest media conglomerate Eastern Media Limited (EML) – better known as the Sambad group – has a new corporate identity.
Odisha’s largest media conglomerate Eastern Media Limited (EML) has revealed its corporate identity as Sambad Group. Sambad Group Chairman Soumya Ranjan Patnaik unveiled the logo coinciding with the 33rd foundation day of Sambad in presence of group’s Managing Director Monica Nayyar Patnaik and Executive Director Tanaya Patnaik at an event in Bhubaneswar last week.