Sashtriya Odia Bhasha Divas today

A total of 14 students, who have won State-level essay and debate competitions, would be awarded on occasion of ‘Sashtriya Odia Bhasha Divas’ to be celebrated at the Jaydev Bhavan here on Wednesday.

The winners of the high school-level essay competition are Piyush Prateek of Bhadrak (first), Barshabanani Patnaik of Puri (second) and Somanath Jena of Keonjhar (third). Those who stood first, second and third, respectively, in high school-level debate competition are Sachin Sahu of Deogarh, Shibananda Karmi of Subarnapur and Monali Sahu of Nayagarh.

The college-level essay competition winners are Satyabrata Sahu of Subarnapur (first), Subhadarshini Dash of Jagatsinghpur (second) and Chittaranjan Rath of Kandhamal and Sunil Kumar Behrea of Sundarghar (both third). Similarly, Akankshya Kabi of Khordha and Akankshita Priyadarshini Pradhan of Sambalpur have jointly won first position in the college-level debate competition. Diptimayee Pradhan of Boudh and Rituparna Mohanty of Jajpur have stood second and third, respectively, in this category.

Tourism and Culture Minister Ashok Chandra Panda, MP Dr Prasanna Patsani, noted linguist Professor Gaganendra Nath Das, Tourism and Culture Secretary Aravind Kuamr Padhee and Director Sushil Kumar Das are scheduled to attend the function.