To promote education and tourism in Odisha and attract industries beyond mineral focussed ones so as to take Odisha to the next level, an Odia Diaspora group who was earlier active in pursuing central institutions for Odisha, is now organising Global Odia Competitions with attractive prizes of up to $500 to promote Odisha. The first competition is about making promotional brochures or dossiers (similar to ones in http://bit.ly/uadossier) for Bhubaneswar, Odisha, and other parts of Odisha and has a first prize of $500. Anyone with computer skills can participate in this competition. The second competition, meant for architecture students and architects, is about street makeover designs for lingaraj Street and KIIT Street and has a first prize of $400.
The third competition is about travelogues about Odisha and with a first prize of $300 is open to all. The fourth competition is about legends and stories on Buddhist sites of Ratnagiri, lalitagiri and Udayagiri and has a first prize of $300. Writers and students of language, literature or Buddhist studies should consider participating in this. Details about these competitions are available at http://bit.ly/goc2015. Registration is open now and final submission date is May 15. These competitions are a part of a larger Global Odisha event being held at Washington DC, USA during July 1-2, but are open to all. One need not travel to the USA to participate in these competitions.