JORABAT, Aug 22 - The Prakash Roymedhi memorial essay competition in Assamese language was organised online through a Facebook group �Pen your Thoughts� by its admin Dr Gitartha Roymedhi from August 1 to 10.
The winners of the competition were awarded today at GG Palace, Jayanagar, Guwahati where Nitumoni Saikia, editor-in-chief of Pratidin Times and Adhar Das, actor of Assamese cinema were the chief guest and guest of honour respectively.
Sewali Rajbonshi Buzarbarua of Panjabari and Bhupali Devi of Ulubari bagged the 1st and 2nd prizes respectively. The winners were selected by a panel of judges that included Minati Roymedhi and Paresh Devchoudhury, retired chief engineer of ASTC .
Others present on the occasion included director of Little Genius School Jotish Das and CEO of DR Solutions Rekhiva Rajkhowa. The programme was organised with a select group of people maintaining social distancing and other safety norms.