Recognizing that the art of handwriting was fading in the age of artificial intelligence, district collector Pamela Satpathy has launched an initiative to promote handwriting skills and reduce dependence on mobile phones.
She also organized district-wide handwriting competitions for students, officials, employees and teachers in Karimnagar. The collector partnered with Paramita Educational Institutions to hold competitions for government
schools.
The competitions were first conducted at the school-level and then at the mandal level where a total of 584 students participated. Of them, 48 students were selected for the district-level competition held on Sunday.
To set an example, senior officials also participated in the handwriting competition, including collector Satpathy herself, additional collector Ashwini Tanaji Wakade and municipal commissioner Praful Desai.