As part of Kannada Rajyotsava, the Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Kannada (CESCK), Mysuru, has invited online applications from interested candidates for taking part in Gamaka Vachana contest (Halegannada text). The contest will be held under three categories — Degree and Post-Graduate degree students, Researchers and Teaching faculty & Staff of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru. There will be three prizes in each section, with the 1st prize- Rs. 2,000, 2nd prize- Rs. 1,500 and 3rd prize- Rs. 1,000. Participant candidates can e-mail their audio and video recording (the capacity of video file must be in 20-25 MB range) of the Gamaka Vachana (Halegannada Sahitya) of their choice in MP3 & MP4-VLC format to: [email protected], before Nov. 15. For details, contact Mob: 99867-23492 or 99645-44805.