The 1st meeting of Board of Advisors of ReciteWorld Programme was convened under the chairmanship of the President Sri Jagannath Prasad Jagdev and the following businesses were transacted.

Members Present:

The meeting was started by the Chairman who gave an introduction of the organization and the programmes it has undertaken not only to preserve the language/ culture from extinction but also how to enrich it for the future.He introduced each of the members and detailed their contribution in the past and how they can add value to the objectives of the organizationThe presentation slide stacks are attached for reference.

The Journey from conception to 2021:

• The journey of RW from conception to the launching was detailed.
• And the experience of the organization in terms of generating financial support, putting together institutional tie ups and its various efforts to take it to people so that more and more people get to use the language was discussed.

Financial Support:

He mentioned that Parameter Softwares (P) Ltd. so far has extended assistance in terms of infrastructure, website development, content creation and many other supports which can be valued at 30.00 lacs. He mentioned about individual donors who have come forward to support the initiative amounting to 5.24 lacs. Thought the participation so far is commendable, but some strategy needs to be developed to have more people contribute small amounts of money to make this s crowd funded mass movement. The fact of the foundation applying the IT authorities for various tax exemption status as a charitable trust was also informed.

Experience from July 2021 to January 2022:

The feedback from the people who have accessed the contents have been very encouraging. They like the approach and quality of the contents. But it’s realised that the portal hasn’t been successful in reaching to the target audience that is the adolescents of the state. The need for institutional collaboration and support was seriously needed.

Expectations from the members:

The expectations from the Board of Advisors were expressed and they are of the nature of creating and curating literary contents, establishing institutional linkages like various departments and organization working in the space of adolescent education and health, establishing linkages with sponsors for sustaining content production.

Discussion:

• The members expressed their happiness and gave their wholehearted support to the programme. Brig Pattnaik suggested that we create content covering our martial and naval heritage which highlights the primacy which our race enjoyed in the past. That was supported by Sri Dhir. He said that the current literature has barely covered the contribution of Odisha in the INA and the Quit India Movement.
• Sri Dash and Pradhan supported that by identifying the books which falls in the category. They undertook the responsibility of creating the groundwork for the same.
• Sri Jagdev said that to create a category of such content there has to be adequate volume of work and that requires bigger resources in terms of time and money.
• He sought assistance from the members to help the foundation reach out to various charitable agencies which would be interested to help this initiative.

Dissolution:

The meeting ended with the vote of thanks to the chair and the next meeting tentatively was scheduled to be held at the beginning of the next quarter that is April 2022.