As many as seven distinguished personalities, who have brought laurels to the State with their achievements in their respective fields, will be conferred with the Showcase Odisha Awards- 2014 at a function to be held here on Thursday.
The selected awardees are new music sensation Rituraj Mohanty, actor Pitobash Tripathy, sprinter Dutee Chand, renowned Odishi danseuse Ileana Citaristi, Yash Patnaik, who runs a most sought after TV production house in Mumbai, Anjan Chatterjee, promoter of the Mainland China and PK Mohapatra, whose untiring work during the cyclone Phailin brought global accolades for the State. The award, instituted by the Prelude, recognises achievers and showcases them as role models for many others.