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Award inceptions in the Year 2025:
The session, UTKALAMANI has been reframed into a team event of scientific competition. Every year, this one and a half hour session would be conducted variously by the program coordinator and moderator. There would be three awards to the winner team, first runners up, second runners up. It was proposed by Dr Pradeep kumar Verma; a budget of 4 lakhs at inception was projected.
Dr. Pradeep Kumar Verma
MBBS, MS (Ophthalmology)
Founder, Verma Eye Hospital, Sambalpur
| Segment | Duration | Description |
| Opening & Welcome | 0 – 5 min | Anchor greets audience; introduces OSOS dignitaries and recalls Dr P. K. Verma Sir’s mentorship legacy. Theme: “Science with a Smile.” |
| ROUND 1 – “Cornea ka Dimaag” (Kahoot Qualifier) | 5 – 25 min (20 min) | Entire audience plays a live Kahoot (15–20 quick questions mixing clinical pearls + humour). Leaderboard projected. ➡️ Top 8 scorers = 4 > 45 yrs (Seniors) and 4 < 45 yrs (Juniors). |
| Team Formation by Chits | 25 – 30 min (5 min) | The 8 finalists come on stage. Chits pair 1 senior + 1 junior into 4 teams. Teams pick quirky names (Corneal Crusaders, Pupil Power, Macular Marvels, Phaco Phighters etc.). |
| ROUND 2 – “Name that Sign or Sing that Sign” (Spotter Fun) | 30 – 50 min (20 min) | Each team receives 3 images (sign/instrument/fun reference). Correct = +20, wrong = –10. Missed answer → sing a 1-line parody or dialogue for +5 audience-clap bonus. |
| Mini Break – Judges Tally & Humour Interlude | 50 – 55 min (5 min) | Anchor shares eye puns or 1-min meme clip while judges prepare next round. |
| ROUND 3 – “Retina Rumble” (Buzzer Finale) | 55 – 85 min (30 min) | 10 buzzer questions – case-based, innovation riddles, “predict the next step.” (+30 / –15). Includes one Dr P. K. Verma Super-Question worth double points. Emphasis on team coordination & speed. |
| Results & Prize Distribution | 85 – 90 min (5 min) | Judges announce results; Dr P. K. Verma Sir’s photo on screen. Awards ₹ 5000 / ₹ 3000 / ₹ 2000 per member + certificates Final group photo and music exit. |
| Position | Title | Prize (per member) | Remarks |
| Dr P. K. Verma Utkalamani Award – Winner | ₹ 5000 each | Certificate | |
| 1st Runner-Up | ₹ 3000 each | Certificate | |
| 2nd Runner-Up | ₹ 2000 each | Certificate | |
| Best Junior Partner | ₹ 1000 | Judges’ choice for team synergy | |
| Total prize amount | ₹ 21000 |
4 lakhs would fetch 27000/- as FD interest.
NB: The scientific program may vary every annual conference; the award structure shall remain unchanged.
The scientific schedule will be at the discretion of the Scientific Committee under the guidance of the Chairman scientific committee.
| 1st Prize | : | Dr Sushant Pujahari Dr Mihir Sahoo |
| 2nd Prize | : | Dr Bhagbat Nayak Dr Harishankar Patra |
| 3rd Prize | : | Dr Devi Aiswarya Das Dr Ankur Singh Consolation Prize Dr Priyadarshini Mishra Dr Sikha Mishra |
Each participant will either record a video of singing or playing some musical instruments, we will choose one as best out of them if we have less entries, if we have more entries, we will select top 10 and ask them to perform live there and choose the best out of them.
Here the participants have to either send the painting/sketching to by post or send the scanned pdf format (those who will send the scanned pdf format will carry the original one in the conference), the judgement will be done in the conference for best painting and all painting will be out on display in conference area. Even we can consider giving one hour time to paint at the conference site but in that numbers of entries may decrease.
The participants will send the photographs taken in mobile or dslr camera by mail. They have to take out the print out and frame it and bring during conference to be put on display in conference area. They must carry the moble or camera (with the photograph in it) during the conference to avoid perception that the photograph might be AI generated.
The best photograph will be chosen by the judges on the day of conference.
Each category will have one prize or 3 prizes depending on the decision of Chairman Scientific Committee.
