Day 2
Day 2 Sunday, 30th November 2025
November 30, 2025
10 am – 10.50 am: Session (13)
Myth, Magic and Machine: Reimagining Tradition in the Age of AI
Moderator: Panchami Manoo Ukil
Panelists:
1. Sunita Pant Bansal
2. Anuja Chandramouli
3. Gourav Mohanty
11.00 am – 12.00 pm: Session (14)
Noise, News, Narrative: Whose Truth Do We Trust
Moderator: Biyotprojna Tripathy
Panelists:
1. Santwana Bhattacharya
2. A. Krishnarao
3. Sikta Deo
4. Prashant V Singh
1.00 pm – 2.00 pm
Lunch
2 pm – 2.50 pm: Session (15)
The Morality of Machines: Ethics, Law and Responsibility in AI Creativity
Moderator: Saqti Mohanty
Panelists:
1. Milee Ashwarya
2. Vasudhendra
3. Gourav Mohanty
4. Chandrasekhar Hota
3.00 pm – 3.50 pm: Session (16)
Margins as the Centre: Literature of Resistance and Renewal
Chair: Jai Prakash Kardam
Panelists:
1. Laxman Gaikwad
2. Rajkumar
3. Basudev Sunani
3.50 pm – 4.20 pm
Tea Break
4.20 pm – 5.10 pm: Session (17)
Beyond the Imagination: Literature in the age of Artificial Intelligence
Chair: Ashish Gadnayak
Panelists:
1. Rudra Narayan Mohapatra
2. Bharat Bhushan Rath
3. Pawan Shaw
5.20 pm – 6.15 pm: Session (18)
Tribal Culture: The Heritage We Must Preserve
Chair: Jagannath Dash
Panelists:
1. Suresh Chandra Murmu
2. Narsingh Majhi
3. Sabyasachi Bissoyi
10 am – 10.50 am: Session (19)
Lives in Words: The Art of Biography and Autobiography
Moderator: Sujit Mohapatra
Panelists:
1. Laxman Gaikwad
2. Garima Srivastav
3. Rajkumar
11.00 am – 11.40 am: Session (20)
The Fire and Faith of a Sati Series Writer
Mahua Sen in conversation with Koral Dasgupta
1.00 pm – 2.00 pm
Lunch
2 pm – 2.50 pm: Session (21)
Cinema & AI: Lights, Camera, Algorithm: The Future of Filmmaking
Moderator: Nikhilesh Mishra
Panelists:
1. Surya Deo
2. Anupam Pattnaik
3. Lipika Singh Darai
3.00 pm – 3.50 pm: Session (22)
Dialogues of Time: From Palm Leaves to Instagram Posts
Moderator: Suryasnata Tripathy
Panelists:
1. Sangram Jena
2. Chirashri Indrasingh
3. Amrit Ruturaj
3.50 pm – 4.20 pm
Tea Break
4.20 pm – 5.20 pm: Session (23)
Multilingual Poetry Reading (2): Songs of Many Tongues: Poetry Beyond Borders
Chair: Amaresh Pattnaik
Readings:
1. Jai Prakash Kardam
2. A. Krishnarao
3. Suresh Rituparna
4. Sudeep Sen
5. Surya Mishra
6. Snehaprava Das
7. Susanta Kumar Nayak
5.20 pm – 6.15 pm: Session (24)
Santali Culture: Tradition and Contemporary Change
(ସାାଳୀ ସଂତୃ ି: ପରରା ଓ ସାତିକ ପରିବନ )
Chair: Damayanti Beshra
Panelists:
1. Maheswar Soren
2. Meena Murmu
3. Fagu Baskey
10 am – 10.50 am: Session (25)
Culture in Transition: Memory, Identity and Change
Chair: Kalidas Mishra
Panelists:
1. Suresh Rituparna
2. Manjiri Prabhu
3. Rohit Manchanda
11.00 am – 12.00 pm: Session (26)
From Realism to Experiment: The Novel of Our Times
Chair: Jatindra Kumar Nayak
Panelists:
1. Gourahari Das
2. Salma
3. Rohit Manchanda
4. Garima Srivastav
1.00 pm – 2.00 pm
Lunch
2 pm – 2.50 pm: Session (27)
Odia Session (3): Translation in the age of AI Tools (କୃିମ ବୁିମା କାଳେର ଅନୁବାଦ)
Chair: Shakuntala Baliyarsingh
Panelists:
1. Suvash Satapathy
2. Radhu Mishra
3. Mihir Kumar Sahoo
3.00 pm – 3.50 pm: Session (28)
Odia Session (4): Nua Katha, Nua
Swara: The Young Storytellers of Odia Literature
(ନୂଆ କଥା, ନୂଆ ର: ଓଡ଼ିଆ ସାହତିର ନବ-କଥାକାର)
Chair: Paresh Pattnaik
Readings:
1. Subrat Kumar Senapati
2. Dileswar Rana
3. Miyog Ranjan Patra
4. Lopamudra Mishra
3.50 pm – 4.20 pm
Tea Break
4.20 pm – 5.10 pm: Session (29)
Odia Session (5): Contemporary Odia Literature: Voices of Change and Continuity (ସମକାଳୀନ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ସାହତି: ପରିବନ
ଓ ନିରରତାର ର)
Chair: Bijayananda Singh
Panelists:
1. Pradipta Kumar Panda
2. Pabitra Mohan Kar
3. Kshirod Parida
5.20 pm – 6.15 pm: Session (30)
Odia Session (6): Odia Youth Poetry: Words of Fire, Words of Hope (ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଯବୁ କବିତା: ଅିର ଶ, ଆଶାର ଶ)
Chair: Badal Mohanty
Readings:
1. Dipun Puhana
2. Soumya Saraswata Das
3. Mahadev Pradhan
4. Ashish Mishra
5. Sanghamitra Bhutia
6. Subhashree Tanima Nayak
7. Bedaprakash Nayak
8. Srisikta