Naveen Jindal Calls to Mark 23 January as National Flag Day

Cuttack: “We should mark 23January as National Flag Day as it is the day we earned the right to display our
national flag freely with respect and dignity,” said the President of Flag Foundation of India (FFoI) and Chairman
of Jindal Steel & Power (JSP) Shri Naveen Jindal during his address to students atRavenshaw University on the occasion of hoisting a monumental national flag on itscampus. “Most countries in the world have a National Flag Day to celebrate the nationalflag and its values. It is time for India to have a National Flag Day too and 23
January is an apt day for this,” he added. Shri Jindal fought a decade-long legal struggle to grant every Indian the right to fly and display our National Flag with pride, dignity and honour. On this day in 2004, the Supreme Court of India ruled that all Indians have the fundamental rightto display the Indian flag freely with respect and dignity. Shri Jindal, along with Mayor of Cuttack Municipal Corporation Shri Subhash Singh, MLA Choudwar- Cuttack Shri Souvic Biswal, CMC Commissioner Shri Nikhil Pavan Kalyan (IAS), Vice Chancellor of Ravenshaw University Dr. Sanjay Kumar Nayak andRegistrar of Ravenshaw University Shri KC Malik (OAS), hoisted mammoth 36 ft
x 24 ft Tiranga on a 108 ft high monumental flagpole installed by Flag Foundation of India (FFoI) at the historic Ravenshaw University campus in Cuttack. “Installation of 108 ft. National Flag at this prestigious educational institution, with its rich history, will instil a sense of nationalism among the teachers and students,” Shri Jindal said. In his address,Shri Subhash Singh expressed his appreciation for Shri Jindal’s significant contributions to the state’s development, mainly through substantial investments in industrialisation. Shri Souvic Biswal commended Shri Jindal for his unwavering commitment to spreading the ideals of nationalism by installing monumental
flags across India. Taking a stroll throughhe University campus, Shri Jindaladmired the British-era heritage academic buildings with gothic architecture andcommended the government of Odisha andthe University management for their commitment to preserve the monumental structures and creating an illustrious
educational legacy of this renowned institute. He called for appropriate academic collaboration between OP Jindal Global University, the No.1 private University of India and the RavenshawUniversity. Professor of Political Science Dr. Asima Sahu, President of Ravenshaw University Teachers’ Association Dr.Dharmabrata Mohapatra, FFoI’s CEO
Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Shri Ashim Kohli, JSP’s President and Group Head (CSR & Education), Shri Prashant Kumar Hota
and other senior officials of theUniversity were present on the occasion.

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