BHUBANESWAR/DHENKANAL: The Indian Institute of Mass Communication Alumni Association’s (IIMCAA) Odisha chapter hosted two alumni meets in the state, one at the IIMC campus in Dhenkanal and another in Bhubaneswar. IIMCAA Odisha President Sanjay Sahoo presided over both the meets attended by alumni and students in large numbers.IIMC Campus director Prof. Mrinal Chatterjee and ex-IIMCAA President and senior IAS officer Suresh Kumar Vashishth were chief guests at the two respective meets.Young journalist Kishan Barai was presented the IFFCO IIMCAA Award for Developmental Reporting at the Dhenkanal meet. Prachi Rathi, Sonali Ojha, Abhishek Sharma and Arti Behera were awarded IIMCAA Scholarships of 25000 INR each.Anuradha Barik, Ankita Samal and Prachi Rathi were awarded campus performance awards. Alumni index was unveiled at the meet also. Senior journalist Sundaresha Subramaniam , Sangeeta Agrawal, IIMCAA Organisation Secretary Ritesh Verma, Odisha General Secretary Jyoti Prakash Mohapatra , Rudra Prasanna Rath, Sambit Pal, Subhankari Das, Badrinath Jena, Jitendra Pati also addressed the meet.At the other meet in Bhubaneswar, alumni from different parts of Odisha got together to celebrate Connections meet. Senior IAS and ex-IIMCAA Chief Suresh Kumar Vashishth felicitated Sanjay Sahoo of JPSL, Sudhir Mishra of Paradeep Phoshpates and Sandeep Sethi of OMC.Kasturi Ray, Byomakesh Biswal, Sudanshu Patro, Manaswini Mishra, Soumika Das, Soumya Das, Sundaresha Subramaniam, Ritesh Verma addressed the gathering. Priatam Kashyap conducted the meet and Jyoti Prakash Mohapatra presented vote of thanks.