To commemorate the 161st birthday of Swami Vivekananda, a speech contest on the topic ‘My Bharat Viksit Bharat @2047’ is being organised as part of Rashtriya Yuva Saptaha, as per a directive from the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, Government of India. Participants of this contest must be residents of the district and in the age group of 15 to 29 years. Speeches can be in Kannada, Hindi and English and duration is 7 minutes. Those selected at the district-level are eligible to participate at the State-level.

The State-level contest first place winner will get a cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000, second prize – Rs.50,000 and third prize – Rs. 25,000. Youths who wish to participate must register their names with the District Youth Co-ordinator, Nehru Yuva Kendra, No.26/A, Rajarajeshwari Temple Road, Vishweshwaranagar, 3rd Stage, Mysuru-570 008, before Jan.9.  For further details contact Mob: 87796-86660 or Ph: 0821-2489858.