{"id":2240,"date":"2025-09-01T18:39:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T13:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/?p=2240"},"modified":"2025-09-01T18:39:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T13:09:17","slug":"anurag-kirti-visits-alma-mater-calls-on-soa-founder-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/?p=2240","title":{"rendered":"ANURAG KIRTI VISITS ALMA MATER, CALLS ON SOA FOUNDER PRESIDENT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Anurag Kirti, singer of the highly acclaimed devotional track \u2018Bholenath\u2019 and an alumni of Siksha \u2018O\u2019 Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA), called on SOA Founder President Prof. (Dr.) Manojranjan Nayak in his office here on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kirti\u2019s beautifully rendered song, penned by lyricist and composer Kaushal Kishore, which was released under Zee Music, has been garnering widespread appreciation of music lovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kirti, who studied Information Technology at the Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER), SOA\u2019s faculty of engineering and technology, before passing out in 2015, was actively involved in cultural events and artistic pursuits during his days in the college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bholenath.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bholenath.jpg 695w, https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bholenath-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Currently, he serves as Talent Acquisition Lead-India at a leading multinational company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Congratulating Kirti on his achievements, Prof. (Dr.) Nayak extended his best wishes for the singer\u2019s future endeavours.\u00a0Reflecting on his journey, Kirti said he had spent nearly ten years in Odisha where he came in close contact with the state\u2019s rich culture and even learnt the Odia language. \u201cOdisha has taught me a lot and I have deep respect for this land and its people,\u201d he said adding he would always remain emotionally connected to the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anurag Kirti, singer of the highly acclaimed devotional track \u2018Bholenath\u2019 and an alumni of Siksha \u2018O\u2019 Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA), called on SOA Founder President Prof. (Dr.) Manojranjan Nayak in his office here on Saturday. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kirti\u2019s beautifully rendered song, penned by lyricist and composer Kaushal Kishore, which was released under Zee Music, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2244,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240\/revisions\/2244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}