Bhubaneswar, Sept. 18 -- Shortlisted nominees for the Odisha Citizens Award-2021 (OCA-2021) were marked by the jury on Friday as per their merit for the online voting round. The selection panel of the OCA-2021 has short listed four nominees each in nine different categories.

selection panel of experts from various fields formed to scrutinise the entries awarded marks after studying the profiles of the respective nominees.

The shortlisted nominees will now enter the online voting round, following the completion of which the award will be given away at a special ceremony this month basing on a joint value of jury marks and public vote.

Earlier, the committee had selected four names each from several entries in nine different categories n...