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Ku. LERISA D’SOUZA  wins 2nd prize at the State level competition.

Kumari Lerisa D’souza, a student of MAHE who is studying Mass  Communication & Media, made Udupi  proud  today by winning  Second prize at the Karnataka  State Level in the National Youth Parliament  Festival  2022-  a Speech Competition  which was held virtually from Bangalore being organized from block level to the national level by NYKS,  Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India.

Earlier in the last week,  she was selected to represent  Udupi  District at the State Level along with Kumari Husna,  a student of Shri Buvanendra  College, Karkala, both of who were selected from block level and then were winners at the District level  first & second positions respectively.

National Youth Parliament  Festival 2022 is  a National Level competition conducted by the Govt. Of India  in association with Ministry  of Youth affairs and Sport and the organization  of the same is conducted  by Nehru Yuva Kendra in all the 624 Districts in India. All participants  will get 04 minutes  to show case / put forth their thoughts as the vision of our esteemed  Prime Minister  is to draw the attention of the Youths to spell out their vision on subject  such as beti bachavo beti padavo, sub ka sath sab ka vikas aur sabka viswas, digital India, startup up india- make in India, ek bharath- shrestra Bharath, clean India, Fit India Campaign, ext., were some of the subjects.

At the State level there were 58 participants  ie. 02 each representing  29 District of Karnataka. Lerisa spoke on the subject Ek Bharath Shrestra Bharath, which won her 2nd position  in the state.

Now she will have the opportunity to go to New Delhi for the National  Level Competition at India’s Pride and prestigious  Central Hall of the Indian Parliament, along with the winners of  first and third positions at the State Level. As only the winner at the State  level (who hails from Madikeri Coorg, this time) will represent  Karnataka and compete for Karnataka, but the second and third prize winners will be in the audience of the Central Hall of the India’s Parliament. They all will get an audience  with the Hon’ble  Prime Minister of India, the Lok Sabha Speaker and other Esteemed dignitaries. This programme will be held in the Live or Physical Mode and telecast live. The winner  at the National  level will take home the first prize purse of Rs.2.00 lacs and citation, 1.00 lac and 50,000 for the second  and third prize winners.

DC Udupi  Shri. Kurma RaoM. IAS, has expressed  his happiness  and congratulated Lerisa for bringing glory to Udupi. Its worth mentioning  here Lerisa is the daughter  of   Smt. Lavina D’souza  and well-known, renowned  police officer, Sh. Valentine D’souza, who is presently  serving as Dy. SP at Uttar Kannada  District.