Bhubaneswar, Jan. 20 -- Amidst blooming flowers and a sea of colours, the first SOA Flower Festival was inaugurated at the SOA Deemed University here, drawing people from various walks of life to savour the beauty of nature.
The two-day festival, organised by the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, the university's faculty of agriculture, to coincide with the International Flower Day on January 19, was inaugurated by Saswati Das, Vice-President of SOA.
The festival's objective was to create awareness among the people about floriculture and encourage farmers, flower traders, students, and housewives to take to flower cultivation, Das said.
Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda, Vice-Chancellor of SOA, who attended the inaugural program as the guest ...