The Vivekananda Pathak Manch, Nuarampas, Keonjhar, held its 18th annual literary competitions and award distribution ceremony among schoolchildren recently under the leadership of Prof Rabindra Kumar Nayak.
Over 300 students from 60 schools participated in different events including best reader, instant poetry composition and elocution, etc. The successful ones were given awards in a felicitation ceremony held at Japidas Government High School. The jury included BHU Professor and litterateur Dr Dipti Ranjan Patnaik, Prof Srilekha Sahu and Prof Raghudipti Nayak.
Poets Narendra Prasad Behera and Balaram Senapati were judges in singing and satire category. BHU Professor Dr Patnaik, former IT Commissioner Pradosh Chandra Mohanty and former Principal Ramakanta Nayak were felicitated on the occasion. Swadhin Biswal who scored highest marks in 10th Board Exam of Badarampas Gramn Panchayat was given cash prize.