S.R. Madhusudhan bags 1st prize in Wildlife category; B. Pruthvi in Zoo category
Mysuru :
The following are the winners of Wildlife Photography competition conducted by Mysuru Zoo in city recently:
Wildlife Category: S.R. Madhusudhan – I; G.S. Ravishankar – II; M.K. Saptha Girish – III; M.B. Abhishek, M.N. Shivaprasad, Vinod Kumar, Uday Thejaswi Urs — Certificates of Merit
Zoo Category: B. Pruthvi -I; N.S. Adarsh Urs – II; N.R. Harsha- III; Nagesh Panathale, G.S Ravishankar, Basavanna, N.S. Adarsh Urs — Certificates of Merit.
There was a very good response for the photography competition conducted during September. Altogether 76 photographers participated in the competition with a total of 390 photographs for both Zoo (201) and Wildlife (189) categories.
The award winning and selected photos were displayed in the exhibition at Zoo Library Hall yesterday. 220 photos were shortlisted for display out of total 390 photo images. These images were selected by the three-member expert panel comprising Sudhir Shivaram, Girish Cavale and Subharghya Das.
The Syndicate Bank, Zoo Branch, has sponsored cash prizes to the winners in the photography competition under Zoo category and the Zoo is giving awards for the wildlife category which is as follows:
Zoo Category: I prize-Rs. 5,000; II prize- Rs.3,000; III prize -Rs.2,000.
Wildlife Category: I prize-Rs. 5,000; II prize- Rs.3,000; III prize -Rs.2,000.
The prizes will be distributed during the valedictory function of Youth Club of Mysuru Zoo in the first week of January 2015, according to a press release from the Zoo Director B.P. Ravi.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Friday , December 05th, 2014