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PARADIP PORT AUTHORITY The brown colour emblem of Paradip Port Authority (PPA) has the motifs of a ship anchored in a port with a crane and jetty ensconced by a circular banner on which its name is written. The motifs are supported by the Dharma Chakra ensconced by a banner on which its name is written in Odiya. On a banner at the bottom its name is written in Devanagari. The colour brown denotes earthiness, simplicity, stability, humility, warmth, reliability, endurance, timelessness and tradition.

US INDIA BUSINESS COUNCIL The circular blue and red emblem of the US India Business Council (UIBC) has a chakra with a red outline and eight red stars. These are ensconced by a blue circular outline. The wheel and stars represent India and the United States of America. The colours red and blue too represent both the countries.

INDO BRAZILIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The eye-shaped emblem of Indo Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (IBCC) has a triangular patch of green and orange with Ashoka Chakra representing Brazil and India with their national colours. The blue strokes of the eye denote the preciousness and the vision of the Chamber. Overall the pictorial emblem is an appropriate depiction of the Chamber.

INDIAN RAILWAY TRAFFIC SERVICE  The Indian Railway Traffic Service (भारतीय रेल यातायात सेवा) abbreviated as IRTS is an organised Group 'A' Class 1 service (cadre) of the Government of India. The selection for the service is done through the Civil Services Exam conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The officers of the service are responsible for administering railway transport in the country. The Traffic Department comprises two branches - Operations and Commercial. The emblem of IRTS has a pair of rail tracks in black twist and support the Ashoka Chakra, which is supported by the national emblem of India, This is ensconced by a red circle. At the bottom, on a red banner the acronym ‘IRTS’ is written. Around the motifs on a white circular border its name is written. This is further surrounded by black border with seventeen stars representing the number of zones in the Indian Railways. A red circular border surrounds the emblem.

ODISHA FOOTBALL CLUB Odisha Football Club represents the beautiful state of Odisha and was established in 2019 in a partnership with the Government of Odisha. Odisha FC participates in the Indian Super League, the top tier of Indian football. Formed in 2019, our club is driven to develop the next wave of football stars from Odisha. The club has tied up with Spanish legend David Villa’s DV7 group as its Technical Partner. The Club is solely owned by the GMS group. Odisha Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. Prior to the inaugural Indian Super League season, the club was founded as Delhi Dynamos Football Club. The club was renamed to Odisha Football Club, as it moved to its current base, the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. On September 15, 2019, Odisha unveiled their official logo embodying the heritage and the culture of the state of Odisha and

BHARAT SCOUTS AND GUIDES The Boy Scout Movement had a simple start in the year 1907 when a Maj. General of Army Lord Baden Powell conducted an experimental camp in Brown Sea Island in England with 20 boys. Lord Baden Powell decided to start a movement for Girls with the help of his sister Agnes Baden Powell. Scouting started in India in the year 1909, when Captain T. H. Baker established the first Scout Troop in Bangalore. After the independence of our country, efforts were made for unification of the Scout and Guide Associations functioning in India. The final merger took place on November 7, 1950 and the unified organisation came into existence under the name The Bharat Scouts and Guides. The Girl Guides Association formally joined the Bharat Scouts and Guides a little later on August 15, 1951. Its emblem has a green colour background with yellow details. Ashoka Chakra is placed in the centre placed over the fleur-de-lis (flower and lily)- the international embl

16 INFANTRY DIVISION  The 16 Infantry Division, the Sudarshan Chakra Division, of the Indian Army is headquarterd in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar. The distinctive insignia of the Division is the Sudarshan Chakra with sixteen points. The Chakra is the weapon of Lord Vishnu, a very sharp and fiery disc. With this He chases away the demons. The Sudarshan Chakra is a weapon / armament of Lord Krishna [and also the insignia of XXI Corps ]. The word sudarshan chakra is derived from two words, 'su' and 'darshan'. It means the vision (darshan) of which is auspicious (su). The word chakra is derived from 'chruhu', which means movement and 'kruhu', which means to do. Thus, chakra means that which is mobile. Of all divine weapons, this is the only one which is constantly in motion. It is said that the discus has six spokes and its center is composed of vajra (an unbreakable material). A novel description of the discus has been made in the V

TRIRATNA The Triratna is a Buddhist symbol, thought to visually represent the Three Jewels of Buddhism, the Buddha, the Dhamma, the Sangha. The Triratna symbol is composed of: A lotus flower within a circle, a diamond rod or vajra and an ananda-chakra. A trident or trisula, with three branches, representing the threefold jewels of Buddhism. On representations of the footprint of the Buddha, the Triratna is usually also surmounted by the Dhamma wheel. The Triratna can be found on frieze sculptures at Sanchi as the symbol crowning a flag standard (2nd century BCE), as a symbol of the Buddha installed on the Buddha's throne (2nd century BCE), as the crowning decorative symbol on the later gates at the stupa in Sanchi (2nd century CE), or very often on the Buddha footprint (starting from the 1st century CE). https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Triratna https://symbolsarchive.com/triratna-symbol-history-meaning/

NEELA CHAKRA The metal wheel at the top of  Lord Jagannath temple  is known as Neela Chakra (Blue Wheel). The wheel is made of eight metals comprising of iron, copper, zinc, mercury, lead, brass, silver and gold. The wheel is said to be Lord Vishnu's most powerful weapon, Sudarshana Chakra. It is believed that the same Sudarshana is also at the top of the temple and is known by the name of Neela Chakra. Its circumference is about 36 feet and it is so designed that there is a wheel within the wheel. The circumference of the inner wheel is about 26 feet. Eight hubs join together the inner and the outer wheels. There are decorative designs on the outer wheel. The thickness of the Neela Chakra is 2 inches. The flag pole attached to the Neela Chakra is 38 feet long. After covering the breadth of the Neela Chakra, this pole extends 25 feet high above it. The figures carved on the outer circumference of the outer wheel are figures of eight Navagunjaras. In Hindu myt

ALL INDIA RADIO India’s National Broadcaster and also the premier Public Service Broadcaster, All India Radio (AIR) with brand name Akashvani has been serving to inform, educate and entertain the masses since its inception by truly living up to its motto - ‘Bahujan Hitaya : Bahujan Sukhaya’. One of the largest broadcasting organisations in the world in terms of the number of languages of broadcast, the spectrum of socio-economic and cultural diversity it serves, AIR’s home service comprises 479 stations, located across the country, reaching nearly 92% of the country’s area and 99.19% of the total population. AIR originates programming in 23 languages and 179 dialects. Its dark blue emblem in the form of a microphone has its acronym 'AIR' placed over a map of India crested by Ashok Chakra in a border which has its motto ‘Bahujan Hitaya : Bahujan Sukhaya’ in Devanagari meaning 'Public Welfare : Public Good ', written on both the sides. Its name in H

21 CORPS The 21 Corps  is a corps of the Indian Army. It is the only strike corps in Army’s Poona-based Southern Command. This is nick named ‘Sudarshan Chakra Corps’. After India's intervention in Sri Lanka, the provisional headquarter controlling India's expeditionary force, headquarter Indian Peace Keeping Force, became headquarter XXI Corps in April 1990. It was then moved to Bhopal. This is both a strike corps and would also be used if India were to make another big intervention overseas. It currently consists of: 31st Armoured Division (White Tiger Division) headquartered at Jhansi-Babina in Uttar Pradesh, Central India, 94 Armoured Brigade may be part of the division it is part of the Strike Corps and has taken part in exercises with the Singaporean Army under the direction of 31 Armoured Division; 36th Infantry Division (Reorganised Army Plains Infantry Division) Sagar; in 2001, the Division Artillery Brigade was at Talbehat, 18 Armoured Brigade at

WESTERN COMMAND The genesis of Western  Command  was in the crucible of adversity and forged on the anvil of one of the most momentous and tragic trans-migrations of human populations into the two new nations of India and Pakistan. In June 1947, Punjab Boundary Force was set up for both West and East Punjab, comprising units of both Indian and Pakistan Armies. It was disbanded on September 15, 1947 with the two nations assuming responsibility for their respective areas. It was then that Headquarter Delhi and East Punjab Command was raised for the defence of Delhi and East Punjab areas with the Command Headquarters located at Delhi. The Command was popularly known as the DEP Command and Lieutenant General Dudley Russel, CB, CBE, DSO, MC took over as the first GOC-in-C. DEP Command was redesignated as ‘Western Command’ on January 18, 1948 and Lieutenant General (Later Field Marshal) KM Cariappa, OBE was appointed as the Army Commander, who took over the Command as

ARMY HEADQUARTERS The Army  Headquarters (AHQ) is located in New Delhi and functions as the command, control & administration of the Indian Army as a whole. The Army is further divided into six operational commands (field armies) and one training command. Indian Army Headquarters (IAH) began its life in the Red Fort, Delhi. Today Army Headquarters occupies portions of South Block along with a gigantic, architecturally modern Sena Bhavan adjacent . The army is headquartered in New Delhi and is under the direction of the chief of the army staff, always a full general. The chief of the army staff is assisted by a vice chief, two deputy chiefs, a military secretary and the heads of four main staff divisions: the adjutant general, the quartermaster general, the master general of ordnance and the engineer in chief. The Army consists of a number of arms and services. These are: Armoured Corps , Regiment of Artillery, Corps of Engineers, Corps of Signals, Mechanised

INDIAN INSTITUE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE “Indian Institute of Technology - Roorkee is among the foremost institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in engineering, basic and applied research. Since its establishment, the Institute has played a vital role in providing the technical manpower and know-how to the country and in pursuit of research. The Institute ranks amongst the best technological institutions in the world and has contributed to all sectors of technological development. It has also been considered a trend-setter in the area of education and research in the field of science, technology and engineering. The Institute had celebrated its Sesquicentennial in October 1996 and now completed more than 175 years of its existence. It was converted to IIT on September 21, 2001 by an Ordinance issued by the Government of India declared it as the nation’s seventh Indian Institute of Technology, an ‘Institution of National Importance’. The

HOCKEY INDIA Hockey India (HI) is the new governing body of field hockey in India. It was formed after Indian Hockey Federation was dismissed in 2008 by IOA. Headquartered in New Delhi, HI was established on May 20, 2009 and is affiliated to the International Hockey Federation (FIH), the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and Asian Hockey Federation (AHF). Hockey India with the assistance of Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Department of Sports (DoS), Government of India, trains players at sub-junior, junior and senior level. The governing body engages in coaching the coaches, educates and equips technical officials and umpires. HI launched its logo in a ceremony on July 24, 2008, which is made up of twenty four hockey sticks in blue colour resembling Ashok Chakra of Indian flag.

KHANDA The Khanda is the emblem of Sikhism. It consists of three objects: a solid circle, two interlocked swords and one double-edged sword in the centre. The twin edged sword (which itself is known by the name Khanda), circled by the solid circle known as a Chakra. The right edge of the Khanda symbolises freedom and authority governed by moral and spiritual values. The left edge of the double-edged sword symbolises divine justice which chastises and punishes wicked oppressors. The twin edged sword at the centre of the Khanda also symbolises disintegration of false pride and vanity and demolitionof the barriers of caste and other inequalities. The Chakra being a circle without a beginning or an end exhorts the Sikhs to make the whole creation as the object of their compassion and activities. The ‘Amrit’ which is used at the time of baptism is stirred with the Khanda. The original Khanda with which Guru Gobind Singh stirred the baptismal waters on March 30, A.D. 1699 is now prese