PANAJI: Sarvesh Gajanan Gurav (open category) and Harsh A Naik (school category) secured the first prize at the Diwali Mahotsav – Akash Kandil competition 2024, which was organized by Prime Media Goa in collaboration with the Department of Information & Publicity at the Director of Bal Bhavan, Panaji, on Wednesday. In the open category, Varad M Jalmi and Saiprasad Halarankar were awarded the second and third prizes, respectively. In the school category, the second and third prizes went to Shourya S Chari and Vihan Vijay Naik. Vijay B Saxena, the Director of the Directorate of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation (DPSE), served as the chief guest during the prize distribution ceremony, presenting awards to the winners in the presence of guest of honour Gautam Kharangate, Project Coordinator of Swayampurna Goa E-Bazaar, Shashikant K Punaji, Director of Bal Bhavan, Panaji, Runal Kerkar, Founder and Proprietor of Danira and Sandeep Kerkar, Editor in Chief of Prime TV Goa. The competition was judged by Aadi Vishal and Rohit Chari, with special invitee Naguesh Sardesai in attendance.