About:

Dr. Pradeep Mahapatra, author of the Blog, have spent past five decades in the media landscape of Odisha as an opinion writer in newspapers, magazine editor, cultural and development activist. He taught Journalism and Mass Communication at Berhampur University for 27 years. Dr. Mahapatra at the age of 62, now engaged himself in propagating citizen journalism and welfare of the aged at his native.

‘Grey Odisha’ is a campaign of Orissa International Society, a registered non-government organisation, to build-up a think tank on aging. The Blog aims at creating a platform for conversations on growing old in Odisha.

The Blog chronicles the activities of Grey Odisha. An e-mail newsletter with content in Odia and English is published on fortnightly basis on 1^st and 15^th of every month. It is curated for local 50+ year citizens who believe in alternative models on aging. To subscribe the free newsletter please visit and register at the link <https://www.tinyletter.com/greyodisha>

E-mail newsletter is the latest innovation in social media after Facebook and Twitter. An author can publish an e-mail newsletter periodically and the readers can receive the publication in their e-mail inboxes on regular basis by subscribing to it through an URL link. The trend is popular in U.S., Britain and other developed media markets.

Contact Dr. Mahapatra in e-mail ID <pradeep.mahapatra@gmail.com> and Mobile telephone number +91 94370 96944