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Kadambini Media Pvt. Ltd. was founded in July 2000 by the eminent educationist, noted philanthropist and social activist Dr. Achyuta Samanta, the Founder, KIIT group of institutions and KISS. From a modest start as the publisher of a family magazine, the organisation today has emerged as a large publication house publishing novels, short stories, poetry collections, feature collections and translations of literary masterpieces from other Indian and foreign languages. Promising writer and social worker Dr. Iti Samanta, the director of Kadambini Media Pvt. Ltd. and the editor of magazines ‘The Kadambini’ and ‘The Kunikatha’, is a woman with a dream. ‘The Kadambini’ is her brainchild through which she dreamt of ushering in a creative renaissance of sorts in the state. ‘The Kunikatha’ is also first of its kind as a magazine for young children which fulfills the long standing demand of Odia young children for an exclusive quality Odia family magazine exclusively for them. As a part of its endeavour, Kadambini Media has also ventured into the audio-visual medium. So far it has produced several music albums and Video CDs of popular songs. Kadambini Media also has marked its debut in films with its maiden production ‘Kathantara’ (Another Story), a film with 1999 Super-cyclone as its backdrop. ‘Kathantara’ went on to bag 8 Awards in the 18th Odisha State Film Awards and Silver Lotus for the Best Odia Feature Film- 2005 in the 53rd National Film Awards. It also participated and received critical acclaims in several National and International Film Festivals. Kadambini Media Pvt. Ltd. has been providing a platform to young people to showcase their talents in the field of art, literature and education etc. The Media has also instituted several Awards for rising talents in various fields and honours them during the anniversary function of ‘The Kadambini’. In this occasion the prestigious ‘Kadambini Sammana’ is also presented to an individual in recognition of his/her contribution to art, literature, social service, education, administration and industries etc. All the awards contain cash component and special gift items. The famous personalities who are honoured with ‘Kadambini Sammana’ include Gayatri Basumalick & Kalpana Kumari Devi (2008), Mohapatra Nilamani Sahu & Kuntala Kumari Acharya (2009), Chandra Sekhar Rath & Binapani Mohanty (2010), Shantanu Kumar Acharya (2011), Achyutananda Pati (2012) and Ramakanta Rath (2013). The Media has also instituted several Awards for rising talents in various fields and honours them during the anniversary function of ‘The Kadambini’. The Media selects a novelist in every 5 years and honours him in the anniversary function of its monthly magazine ‘The Kadambini’. In this occasion, the Media also honours the Best Story, Poetry and Feature Writer of the year for their best contribution. Children are the future of our country. In order to bring out hidden talents of children, Kadambini Media awarded them with the ‘Sishu Pratibha Puraskara’. An award is also given to the best model appeared in the cover page of ‘The Kadambini’. Cookery is not excluded from the award list. Every year a woman is presented an award for her achievement of excellence in cooking. The Kadambini Media creates facilities for all other media to use it’s platform for inspiration, creation, contribution and getting appreciation and rewards for excellence. Every year Kadambini Media organises a National Level Writers Seminar where thousands of writers in various fields, journalists and editors from Odisha and outside meet to exchange and share their experience. In this seminar a literary award ‘Kadambini Saraswata Sammana’ is presented to an eminent writer in recognition of his/her contribution to the field of literature. The famous personalities who are honoured with ‘Kadambini Sammana’ include eminent actor Hemanta Das (2003), eminent singer Bhikari Charan Bal (2004), eminent writer Pandita Prabodh Kumar Mishra (2005), eminent writer and journalist Manorama Mohapatra (2006), eminent singer Raghunath Panigrahi (2007), eminent social activist Padmashree Dr. Tulasi Munda (2008), eminent writer and administrator Tarunakanti Mishra (2009), eminent actor and educationst Sarat Chandra Pujari (2010), eminent translator Shankarlal Purohit (2011), eminent musician Prafulla Kar (2012) and the famous sambalpuri song "Rangabati..." (2013); written by Mitrabhanu Gountia, composed by Prabhudutta Pradhan and sung by Krishna Patel and Jitendra Haripal. ‘Kadambini Patrikaa Haata’ (Magazine Exhibition) is an innovative idea of the organisation. Its aim and objective is to invite all the publishers and editors of different magazines for showcasing their magazines on a common platform to share views. ‘Kadambini Patrikaa Haata’ was launched in 2009 and was inaugurated by Hon’ble Governor of Odisha Shri M.C. Bhandare. For the first time in the state of Odisha almost all magazines of different kinds participated in this function. It has become an annual event of magazine display and sale. ‘The kadambini’ hosts the function and provides free space for stalls.