Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of the state-level Odisha Day, a speech competition was held at district and state levels by the Department of Information and Public Relations. The three winners of the state-level event will be awarded in a State function at Rabindra Mandap tomorrow on the occasion of Utkal Divas.
Director of the I&PR Department Indramani Tripathy chaired a meeting held here on Thursday on the sidelines of the final (state-level) competition. Eminent litterateur Dr Asit Tripathi, Prof Jatindra Nath Nayak and Editor of Utkala Prasanga and Odisha Review Kasturi Mohapatra participated as judges in the competition.