(UNFINISHED POST – work in progress; please suggest names and pointers that I am missing)

In recent years several young Odias have attracted national attention and exposure in dance, music, fashion design and glamor areas, and many of them are graduates from engineering and management schools. Following are some names that come to mind.

Sona Mohapatra: CET Bhubaneswar

Sniti Mishra: IMIS (Institute of Management and Information Science) Bhubaneswar

Pitobash Tripathy: Govt. College of Engineering and Leather Technology, Kolkata

Ankita Mohapatra: Silicon Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar; MBA from Symbiosis Pune

Harihar Dash: BPUT (GIET Gunupur ?)

Bibhu Mohapatra: http://expressbuzz.com/entertainment/fashion/who-is-bibhu-mohapatra/268002.html

Krishna Beura:

Chandrahas Choudhury: Author of Arzee the Dwarf which was shortlisted for Commonwealth writer’s prize for best first book.

Bhavna Pani: http://www.starswelove.com/scriptsphp/biography.php?artistid=80

But when I secured 83 percent in my SSC exam, and was preparing to take up science, Abha Dharampal, the principal of Utpal Sanghvi School where I studied insisted I take up arts.

Prince Dance Group:

Manas Kumar Sahoo and group: 

Manas Dash: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-06/shows/28685296_1_collection-painting-young-designer