Public Relations Society’s Bhubaneswar Chapter Plans To Organise All-Odisha Summit

Bhubaneswar: As part of its endeavour to promote public relation, the Bhubaneswar Chapter of Public Relations Society of India (PRSI) plans to organise an All-Odisha Public Relations Summit in the coming year.

This was proposed at the annual meeting of the PRSI, here on Friday. It was also decided to organise an event to recognise the best efforts and initiatives in the social media which is playing an important role in recent times, especially during the COVID pandemic. It was the first physical meeting of the members since COVID broke out in the state in 2020.

Speaking on the occasion, Chapter chairman Amar Jyoti Mahapatra mentioned on how the pandemic has impacted the public relations sector.

Presenting the annual activity report, Chapter secretary Sanjay Sahoo spoke on the activities undertaken by the chapter over the year. Those included ongoing work on a commemorative book on Loka Seva Bhavan, a webinar on ‘Changing PR and Media Landscape because of COVID pandemic’, PR Talk on ‘Emerging Communication Scenario and its Impact on Digital Public Relations’ National PR Day celebration on the theme ‘Public Relations for Public Awareness: Let’s build a COVID Free World’ and others.

As part of its industry- academia collaboration initiatives, the chapter partnered with Birla Global University for a webinar and KIIT School of Communication of KIIT Deemed University for the virtual Public Relations Summit.

Chapter treasurer Krushna Chandra Mahapatra and vice-chairman Dr Bibhudatta Mahapatra also spoke. Members from leading corporate houses, PSUs, communication agencies and media institutions participated in the meeting.