Bhubaneswar, Npvember 17: Social worker as well as founder and national coordinator of “KanyaAnmolHai” campaign, Saroj Kumar Dash bagged the Odisha Youth Inspiration Award for 2018 at 8th Odisha Living Legend Award 2018 organized in Bhubaneswar today.

Odisha Diary Foundation conferred the prestigious laurel to Dash at an event organized in the state capital.

Born in a freedom fighter family of Balasore district, Dash has paved his strong heritage towards social services from the very beginning of his childhood. To ensure social justice to each and every acid attack survivor he has taken an initiative to stop acid attack and campaign for job assurance in government firm for acid survivors.

After completing schooling from Sovarampur High School, Balasore, he joined Fakir Mohan College for higher studies where he elected as the President and Vice-President of Fakir Mohan College Students’ Union. From then he infiltrated into political fields and took an initiate for North Odisha University after which finally Fakir Mohan University established at Balasore.

He also completed LLB, PG Diploma in Sales and Marketing from (Nimact), MBA in HR from Fakir Mohan University.

Currently, Dash is working in BPIL as a Cluster Head of Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand. His spouse Sasmita Dash a Rotarian has been helping him a lot throughout his successful journey.