OTV Foresight 2020: Curtain Raiser

Bhubaneswar: The tenth edition of Odisha Television Limited’s annual convention, ‘Foresight 2020 - Changing Times Changing Minds’ will witness brainstorming sessions and discussions on several topics relevant to political, social, economic and cultural scenario of the State and country.

The annual flagship event of the OTV will be held on February 22.

Thought leaders from across the state and country will share the stage to exchange ideas. General Secretary of CPI(M), Sitaram Yechury, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha and veteran BJP leader Subramanian Swamy will grace the inaugural session of the event with a discussion on "Slowdown and Beyond: Ideas for a sustainable and equitable recovery of the Indian Economy”.

The second session of the event will see local issues take centre stage where noted personalities from Odisha will enlighten the gathering with ideas on "Objective of Schemes: Development or Vote bank." The deliberation will be led by State Secretary of the Odisha, Bharatiya Janata Party, Lekhasri Samantsinghar, Odisha Convenor of Aam Admi Party Nishikant Mohapatra and Secretary of All India Congress Committee, Odisha, Biswaranjan Mohanty.

This will be followed by deliberation on “Slowdown and Beyond: Ideas for a sustainable and equitable recovery of the Indian Economy” by National spokesperson of Indian National Congress Sanjay Jha.

The last session will witness actor Ali Fazal speak his mind out on “Digital Era and changing face of Bollywood cinema." All India Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev and DMK MP Kanimozhi from Thoothukudi constituency M K Kanimozhi will also be a part of the event.

On the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi, this edition of Foresight will be remembering the Father of the Nation in myriad ways.