Students showcase their artistic skills

Bhubaneswar: Several students from classes I to XII took part in a sit and draw competition organised by Sri Satyasai Enclave Welfare Society in Kolathia here, in association with TOI under the ‘My City My Pride’ initiative on Tuesday.

The daylong event concluded with a prize and certificate distribution ceremony. Students took part in the sit and draw competition in two groups. In the junior group, Anish Sahu of Class III bagged the first prize while Ayansh Pattnaik of Class III got the second prize and Arnab Swain of Class II received the third prize. In the senior group of the competition, Sradha Suman Baliarsingh of Class XII bagged the first prize, Monalisa Mohapatra of Class XI got the second prize and Shilpi Priyadarshini of Class VII received the third prize.

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