Report by OD bureau; New Delhi: Audio CD of Odia poems collection "Sabda Tarpana" penned by the eminent poet Dr. Amarendra Khatua released today at India International Centre .

Dr. Khatua's "Sabda Tarpana" an anthology of poems produced by Divine Art & Entertainment. Along with poet Dr. Khatua noted Odia literature personalities like Dr. Gourhari Das, Banoj Tripathy, Dr. Ajay Swain, producer Diptiranjan Martha and Yuva Odisha president Tejeswar Parida presented on this occasion. 

Many eminent Odia people from Delhi attended this function and hails his literary efforts. It should be noted that Dr. Amarendra Khatua is a carrier diplomat. He recently appointed as Ambassador to Argentina. He will leave for Argentina from New Delhi on July 20. He did his graduation from Delhi University in 1978. He is a poet and has written several poems in Odia. Dr. Amarendra Khatua joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1981. He has worked as a Commercial Counsellor in Trade & Economic Positions in Spain, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Mexico and USA.
 
He has served as India’s Ambassador to Cote D’Ivoire and concurrently as Ambassador to Guinea and Liberia and as High Commissioner to Sierra Leone. He has also served in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Planning Commission and Ministry of Industry. He has been the Director (Finance), Ministry of External Affairs and worked in Finance Division, Northern Division, Latin America Division in the Ministry of External Affairs.