The winners of painting competition — ‘Aao Banae Apna Madhya Pradesh’ will be felicitated on January 22 at Shaheed Bhavan Auditorium during an award ceremony.
Notably, the painting competition was organised by Directorate of Swaraj Sansthan, Madhya Pradesh. Under the painting competition, the artists showcased their best of creations and expressed their perceptions about creating the State of Madhya Pradesh of their dreams.
The competition was divided in three categories. The active artists were under the first category, the students of colleges were in the second category and the school students were in the third category.
Under the first category the first prize of Rs15,000 is bagged by artist Venkat Raman Singh Shyam. Further, second prize of Rs10,000 is won by the artist Mahesh Pal Gobara and third prize of Rs5,000 is won by Ravi Shankar Ahirwar. Moreover, Suryakant Shrivas, DB Rekha, Sangeeta Nandeshwar, Hira Dhurve, Dhaneshwari Marawi will be conferred with consolation prize of Rs2,000.
Under the second category Diksha Tiwari won the first prize of Rs5,000, second prize of Rs3,000 is won by Govind Vishwakarma and third prize is won by Rs2,000. Further, Abhishek Tiwari, Archie Modi, Rashmi Batham, Vaishali Dangi and Pawan Verma will be conferred with consolation prize of Rs1,000.
Under the third category, students of Middle and High School participated. The first prize of Rs5,000 is won by Darshit Bhadoria, second prize of Rs3,000 is won by Neelam Vanshkar and third prize of Rs 2000 is won by Saksham Gandhi. Further, Nishant Kushwaha, Shikha Saxena, Shweta Mishra, and Arushi Kothari will be conferred with consolation prize of Rs1,000.
While talking about the competition, Director of Culture, Renu Tiwari said, “The selected painters will be felicitated in coming days and exhibition of their works will also be organised at Shaheed Bhavan.”