Convention
The annual convention of The Odisha Society of the Americas takes place around the July 4th weekend as mandated by the OSA constitution. The main responsibility of hosting the convention rests with the Convention hosting team of the OSA & OSA EC. At times when No local chapters bid for the convention, the OSA Executive leadership team do take charge of organizing the convention and may appoint any life member or team to take the Lead. The convention serves to bring together people with roots in Odisha to share their pride in Odia culture and heritage and pass it on to the next generation. The convention is the centerpiece of OSA’s activities in terms of Odisha Development Day, Inauguration, and OSA General body meeting in addition to all the cultural activities.
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OSA Conventions
| Year | Convener & Co-convener(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2024(55th) | Gita Mishra ( Convener) | Nashville. TN |
| 2023(54th) | Jhara Das (Convenor) | Chicago, IL |
| 2022(53rd) | Sitikantha Panigrahi (Convenor), Rudra Kar (Convenor) | Sacramento, CA |
| 2021(52nd) | Gopala Mohapatra (Convenor) | Houston, TX |
| 2020(51st) | Virtual Convention 2020 | |
| 2019(50th) | Dr. Uma Ballav Mishra, Sribatsa Das, Dr. Niranjan Pati, Dr. Akhileswar Patel, Subhashish Tripathy, Annie Mohapatra, Dr. Durga Mishra, Brajendra Sahu | Atlantic City, NJ |
| 2018(49th) | Dr. Shishir Senapati | Detroit, MI |
| 2017(48th) | Sulochana Patnaik, Sushant Satpathy, Saradakanta Panda, Siddharth Behera | Cruise From Miami to the Bahamas |
| 2016(47th) | Sourya Mahapatra, Pradeep Dhal and Bikash Behera | Boston, MA |
| 2015(46th) | Pratap Das, Leena Mishra, and Gatikrishna Tripathy | Washington DC |
| 2014(45th) | Satya Patnaik, Anil Patnaik, Swadhin Patnaik and Deepak Swain | Columbus, OH |
| 2013(44th) | Gyana Patnaik, Sarj Khandai and Tarani Mohapatra | Chicago, IL |
| 2012(43rd) | Amulya Das, Pradeep Sahoo and Rakesh Patnaik | Seattle, WA |
| 2011(42nd) | Tapan Padhi | Dallas, Texas |
| 2010(41st) | Kuku Das | San Francisco, CA |
| 2009(40th) | Uma Ballav Mishra and Lalatendu Mohanty | Trenton, NJ |
| 2008(39th) | Gagan Behari Panigrahi | Toronto, ONT, Canada |
| 2007(38th) | Ravi Rout | Detroit, MI |
| 2006(37th) | Joy Gopal Mohanty | Columbia, MD |
| 2005(36th) | Kirtan Behera | Newport Beach, CA |
| 2004(35th) | Niranjan Tripathy | Dallas, TX |
| 2003(34th) | Saradindu Misra | Princeton, NJ |
| 2002(33rd) | Sreekanta Nayak | Greenbelt, MD |
| 2001(32nd) | Saroj Mohanty | Chicago, IL |
| 2000(31st) | Kula Chandra Misra | Nashville, TN |
| 1999(30th) | Lalatendu (Lalu) Mansinha | Toronto, ONT, Canada |
| 1998(29th) | Saroj Behera | Monterey, CA |
| 1997(28th) | Pradeep Rath | Houston, TX |
| 1996(27th) | Annapurna Biswal | Washington, D..C. |
| 1995(26th) | Sarat Mahapatra | Minneapolis, MN |
| 1994(25th) | Manaranjan Pattanayak, Ashutosh Dutta | Pomona, NJ |
| 1993(24th) | Sudarshan Mishra | Troy, MI |
| 1992(23rd) | Mahendra Mishra | Atlanta, GA |
| 1991(22nd) | Mary Ann Pattanayak | Chicago, IL |
| 1990(21st) | Pratap Das | Washington, D.C. |
| 1989(20th) | Radhakanta Mishra | Nashville, TN |
| 1988(19th) | Hemanta Senapati | Saginaw, MI |
| 1987(18th) | Prasanna Kumar Samantaray | Stanford, CA |
| 1986(17th) | Asoka K. Das | Toronto, ONT, Canada |
| 1985(16th) | Dasarathi Ram | Kent, OH |
| 1984(15th) | Manaranjan Pattanayak | Glassboro, NJ |
| 1983(14th) | Pratap Das | Bowie, MD |
| 1982(13th) | Sitikantha Dash | Minneapolis, MN |
| 1981(12th) | Surya Mishra | Chicago, IL |