For the first time, the State has received a total of five awards in the national-level Exhibition and Project Competition organised by the Science and Technology Department in New Delhi recently.
For the East zone, Saswati Rath from Kandhamal and Debasish Sivamangal from Puri districts, have bagged the first and second prizes, respectively at this fourth National-level competition. They received a cash prize of Rs20,000 and Rs10,000, respectively, along with mementos.
In the State category, Hrusikesh Patra from Bhubaneswar stood first receiving a cash prize of Rs10,000 while Sudiptee Mandal of Mayurbhanj and Ankur Majumdar of Nabarangapur districts bagged second positions and got cash awards of Rs5,000 each.