Nilachakra

E-Tv Priya Odia

Jaya Jagannath,                     ( Attached : E-Tv Priya Odia hand out, Response format )

ETV-ORIYA, the first Oriya satellite channel with an objective to broadcast quality infotainment software in the regional language. As an endeavour to honor the personalities of the state who have made substantial contribution to the State and its people, ETV Oriya has started the annual award tradition in the name of ‘ETV PRIYA ODIA’ since 2006.

Selected through a genuine public poll system in 2006 the distinguish political and literary icon of our times Mr. Naveen Pattanaik adorned the Priya Odia 2005 pedestal, in 2007 the singing legend Mr.Bhikari Bala voted as the Priya Odia 2006 raised the pedestal to a new level and in 2008 the eminent educationist Dr. Achyuta Samanta was felicitated with the Priya Odia 2007 saman. Let's select similar people of extra ordinary qualities for whom Dream was not something which they saw during sleep, but that which could not let them sleep.

We request you to Please read thru the attached hand out "PRIYA ODIA LETTER.jpg" and fill your response thru attached word document "PRIYA ODIA_FORM.doc" and send it back to sanjay.pathak@etv.co.in. Let us all give our nomination for the best of the contributor to Orissa.

For example ( The following list is just our composition to guide you. You can select your own set of personalities ):

  • Vedanta Kesari late Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati who layed his life for preserving self respect of Hinduism from getting contaminated with religion conversion.
  • Mrs. Kalpana Das from Orissa Becomes the first Oriya to reach Mount Everest.
  • Miss. Pragjyoti Samal from Bhubaneswar became the first woman to win a crore in an Indian television reality show.
  • Miss. Padmini Rout from Orissa became World chess champion in under 14 group.
  • Mr. AV Giri, the Orissa tailor who registers into Guinness Book of Records.
  • Mr. Keshab Swain of Orissa created world record by breaking 72 coconuts in 60 seconds.
  • Master Budhia the wonder marathon kid who stromed the world.
  • Sri. Sudarshana Patnaik, the world renowned sand artist who provides another better reason to visit sea beach.
  • Bijay Mohanty: Veteran Oriya Cine artist
  • Dillip Tirkey: International hockey player and former Team India Captain
  • Sonal Mansingh: Odissi
  • Honorable CM Sri Naveen Patnaik who has made Orissa the world's fastest growing state by captaining Team Orissa.

    Time has knocked the door again. It's all to re-define our culture and existence --- thorough the months and years we live and breathe and the progress we make. It's time to find the best among the best and the finest among the finest. ETV-ORIYA once again takes special care and efforts to distinguish the BEST among the high fliers to provide absolute honor to the most deserving. The selection process involves letters from the general public from Orissa, mentioning the names of ten such eminent persons having remarkable achievement in respective fields of work & culture. Confirming these ten nominated names there was a mass voting done through the ballot paper in the 50 towns in 30 districts of Orissa . Top Five person will qualify for the final phase. Process starts in Jan will end on the Oriya New Year on 14th April 2009.

    “No matter where they go in this global village they carry the scent of Orissa and its cultural inheritance. No matter what they achieved nothing was dearer than their land.”

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