{"id":135664,"date":"2025-04-02T06:23:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T00:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indusvalleytimes.com\/news\/?p=135664"},"modified":"2025-04-02T06:37:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T01:07:54","slug":"nominations-sought-for-33rd-ekalabya-puraskar-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indusvalleytimes.com\/news\/nominations-sought-for-33rd-ekalabya-puraskar-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominations sought for 33rd Ekalabya Puraskar-2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By A.K. Sahoo<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bhubaneswar, March 2: Indian Metals Public Charitable Trust (IMPaCT), managed by IMFA Group, has invited nominations for the prestigious 33rd Ekalabya Puraskar-2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ekalabya Puraskar is the annual sports award for the outstanding young sportsperson of Odisha which ‘carries a cash prize of Rs 7 lakh. Besides the main award, two citation awards are also given, which carry a cash prize of Rs 1.5 lakh each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per the notification, interested candidates should send their nominations through sports organizations\/Boards\/Associations, Universities, Colleges, and Schools within Odisha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Candidates must not exceed 25 years of age as on 31st March 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Application should state clearly, supported by evidence, and proof of age, events performance history at State, National and International level sports competitions in the past two years i.e. from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nominations must reach Ekalabya Puraskar, IMPaCT, IMFA Building,Bomikhal, Bhubaneswar- 751010 latest by 31st May 2025. Alternatively, nominations can be e-mailed to ekalabv\u00a9imfain in which case the supporting documents must be sent separately to the postal address mentioned above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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