Koshal Academic Forum has been constituted at Bargarh on 19th May 2016. The forum will work for the upliftment of education in the region. The forum will work for separate Koshal state movement. This forum constitutes representatives from all districts of western Odisha. At present a temporary committee has been created which includes former Vice Chancellor of Culture University Odisha, Sadhu Charan Panda, Prof Makta Bhoi, Manabhanjan Pradhan, Narayan Prasad Rayguru, Jatindra Mund, Mohan Sahu, Pramod Bag, Brajamohan Dani, Manoranjan Sahu, and Tirthabasi Debta.
As per the detail information, a delegation of Telengana movement led by Dr Katti Venkatswami including C Vaskar Rao, M Ramakrishna, K Tirupathi, KV Chanakya, A Ravindra reached here at Milan Mandap of Bargarh to support separate state movement. They encouraged that the role of educationist in the formation of Telengana state was pivotal. Likewise the academician and intelligentsia of western Odisha should play historical role in forming the new state. They delegates added, people of Telengana and academics are ready to provide unconditional support to the separate state movement. In future Prof Kudand Ram will also visit Bargarh and guide the move.
The meeting was chaired by Pramod Mishra, Chief Coordinator, Koshal State Coordinaton Committee. The meeting was attended by Padmashri Haldhar Nag, Agni Pradhan, Joint Coordinator, KSCC, Sunil Purohit, Abanikanta Panda. Amit Panda and more than 250 academicians from different parts of Koshal region.