{"id":1432,"date":"2026-03-24T09:29:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T09:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igo.org.in\/?page_id=1432"},"modified":"2026-03-24T09:31:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T09:31:47","slug":"meeting-with-the-minister","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/igo.org.in\/?page_id=1432","title":{"rendered":"Meeting with the minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1432\" class=\"elementor elementor-1432\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dceab47 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dceab47\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5736d5a\" data-id=\"5736d5a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9ca2e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9ca2e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meeting with the Minister by IGO President and Vice President<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0e4473 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0e4473\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e60ac85\" data-id=\"e60ac85\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fa2cb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fa2cb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Shri Jadaba Nanda Das, Member, EC, and Dr. Manoranjan Mohanty, Fellow, met Shri Bibhuti Bhushan Jena, Hon\u2019ble Minister of Steel and Mines, Government of Odisha, on 12 February 2026 to discuss regarding the forthcoming seminar on \u201cNatural Resources and their Utilisation with Special Reference to Critical Minerals\u201d, scheduled to be held from 14\u201316 November 2026 at Bhubaneswar. Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Odisha is the official sponsor of this seminar.<\/p><p>During the meeting, two publications of the Geological Society of India \u201cGeology of Odisha\u201d by Jayanta Kumar Nanda, Manoranjan Mohanty, and S. N. Mahapatro, and \u201cIron Ores of India\u201d by K. V. Krishnamurthy were presented to the Hon\u2019ble Minister.<\/p><p>The Hon\u2019ble Minister appreciated the initiative and assured all possible support from the Government of Odisha for the successful conduct of the seminar.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c43943 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c43943\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64d1b06\" data-id=\"64d1b06\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b520a93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b520a93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/igo.org.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Meeting-with-Minister-1024x682.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/igo.org.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Meeting-with-Minister-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/igo.org.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Meeting-with-Minister-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/igo.org.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Meeting-with-Minister-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/igo.org.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Meeting-with-Minister.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meeting with the Minister by IGO President and Vice President Shri Jadaba Nanda Das, Member, EC, and Dr. Manoranjan Mohanty, Fellow, met Shri Bibhuti Bhushan Jena, Hon\u2019ble Minister of Steel and Mines, Government of Odisha, on 12 February 2026 to discuss regarding the forthcoming seminar on \u201cNatural Resources and their Utilisation with Special Reference to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/igo.org.in\/?page_id=1432\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meeting with the minister<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/igo.org.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/igo.org.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/igo.org.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igo.org.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igo.org.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1432"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/igo.org.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1437,"href":"https:\/\/igo.org.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1432\/revisions\/1437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/igo.org.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}