Zonal Youth & Heritage Festival, 2018 commenced

Sep 26, 2018, 5:39 PM

Will continue till 29th September, 2018

Ludhiana: 26th September 2018: (Punjab Screen Team)::

The four-day Panjab University Zonal Youth & Heritage Festival, 2018 commenced at Devki Devi Jain Memorial College for Women, Ludhiana today. It will continue till 29th September, 2018 and will have a plethora of cultural and literary events.

Mr. Sukhchain Singh Gill (Commissioner of Police) was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Retd. Col. Jagjit Singh Gill was the Guests of Honour. Mr. Sukhchain Singh Gill, along with other distinguished guests inaugurated the event by lighting the ceremonial lamp followed by rendition of Namokar Mantra. He said that the aim of education is not only to enable students to score high and get good jobs but also to keep them connected to their cultural roots and groom them into good human beings. The Youth Festival plays important role in achieving this aim. It not only develops a spirit of healthy competition but also of love, respect, tolerance and co-operation. 

Dr. Nirmal Jaura, Director, Department of Youth Welfare, Panjab University, Chandigarh and Dr. (Mrs.) Sarita Bahl, Principal, extended a warm welcome to all the distinguished guests, principals, teachers and participants from various colleges taking part in Youth Festival. After it, a souvenir was also released. Dr. Nirmal Jaura, Director, Department of Youth Welfare, Panjab University, Chandigarh, said as many as 1066 students from 11 colleges of Ludhiana Zone-B affiliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh would participate in 58 events in this four day long festival based on the theme “Yeh Desh Hai Veer Jawano Ka”. The aim of this festival is to honour the invaluable services and scarifies made by Indian Armed Forces by dedicating the songs, acts and plays to them.

Sh. Nand Kumar Jain, President of College Managing Committee said that Youth Festivals hold great importance in present times as they help to acquaint the youth with our cultural values and rituals which need to be preserved at all costs. Members of College Managing Committee Sh. Sukhdev Raj Jain (Chairman) & other esteem members Sh. Vipin Kumar Jain (Sr. Vice President), Sh. Banka Bihari Lal Jain (Vice President), Sh. Rajeev Jain (Secretary), Sh. Ajay Jain (Joint Secretary), Sh. Dharam Kirti Jain (Manager), Sh. Satinder Jain (Manager), Sh. Naresh Kumar Jain (Manager), Sh. Arvind Jain (Manager), Sh. Ashok Kumar Jain (Cashier) and other worthy members of management were also present on the occasion to encourage the students. Samaj Rattan Sh. Hira Lal Jain, Sh. Anand Jain and Sh. Sham Sunder Jain also graced the occasion with their presence.

On the 1st Day various cultural and literary activities were scheduled including Dance, Bhajan, Song, Geet, Quiz and various Art & Craft competitions.

The result of various competitions held on the first day are as follows:-

Classical Dance

1st Prize: Tanishq Kaur Anand (Ramgarhia College for Girls, Ludhiana)

2nd Prize: Eshika Choomer (Master Tara Singh Mem. College for Women, Ludhiana)

3rd Prize: Gopika K.G. (Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana)

Group Dance

1st Prize: Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana

2nd Prize: Guru Nanak Girls College, Ludhiana

3rd Prize: Devki Devi Jain Mem. College for Women, Ludhiana

Individual 1st Prize: Divya (Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana)

Individual 2nd Prize: Ishnoor Kaur Chhabra (Guru Nanak Girls College, Ludhiana)

Individual 3rd Prize:  (i) Nisha Chandra (Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana)

           (ii) Neha Mehra (Govt. College for Girls, Ludhiana)

Shabad / Bhajan

1st Prize: Guru Nanak Girls College, Ludhiana

2nd Prize: Govt. College for Girls, Ludhiana & Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana

3rd Prize: Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana & Devki Devi Jain Mem. College for Women, Ludhiana

Individual 1st Prize: (i) Kiranpreet (Master Tara Singh Mem. College for Women, Ludhiana)

  (ii) Gaganpreet (Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana)

Individual 2nd Prize: (i) Jaspreet (A.S. College, Khanna)

  (ii) Radhika (Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana)

Individual 3rd Prize:  (i) Samridhi Juneja (Devki Devi Jain Mem. College for Women, Ludhiana)

:    (ii) Palavi (Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana)

College Managing Committee and Principal congratulated the winners for their great performance. 

PAU youth festival kicks off

Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 5:09 PM

Participation is more important than winning

Ludhiana: 3rd November 2016:: (Punjab Screen Bureau)::

An eight-day “Inter-College Youth Festival 2016-17” kicked off at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) today. The students from four constituent colleges of PAU namely College of Agriculture, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, and College of Home Science are participating in vast array of events. On the first day, collage making, creative writing and cartooning events were held in which students displayed their talent and creative abilities. The students exhibited their artistic skills on the topic ‘Mother and Child’ and ‘Still Life’ in the collage making competition. Besides, they expressed their writing skills on the topic ‘Udeek’ (wait) in creative writing competition.

           Inaugurating the fest, the Chief Guest, Dr (Mrs) R.K. Dhaliwal, Director Students’ Welfare, PAU said, “Participation is more important than winning.” She also stressed on maintaining cleanliness in the surroundings.

           Dr R.K. Gumber, Director of Research, PAU, who was the chief guest at the prize distribution ceremony, appreciated the enthusiasm among the student fraternity for participation in the fest. He exhorted the students to scale greater heights in future and later gave away prizes to the winners.

Dr Harbans Singh, Observer for the youth fest, said that poster making, debate, clay modeling and poetic recitation/haas rass events will be held tomorrow.

Results:

Collage Making: 1) Raavi (Agriculture), 2) Simrandeep Kaur (Agricultural Engineering) and 3) Jaspreet Kaur (Agricultural Engineering)

Creative Writing: 1) Gurbir Singh (Agriculture), 2) Rajneesh Sharma (Agriculture) and 3) Laljeet Singh (Agricultural Engineering)

GADVASU will conduct youth festival in November

 Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 5:52 PM

The students are in Great Spirit 

                                                                                                                           Youth Festival at GADVASU--A file photo

Ludhiana- 31-October, 2014. (Punjab Screen Bureau):

Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, GADVASU, Ludhiana is going to organise Youth Festival in the second week of November. The whole show will be organize from 04 Nov. to 09 Nov. While disseminating this information Dr. Satinder Pal Singh Sangha Director Student’s welfare told that our students are doing well in different extra mural activities at all India Agricultural & Veterinary Inter University fests and they have won a number of prizes and trophies in these events so we organize this festival to polish and develop their talent and skill. It will be the spring board for students to achieve the new heights. Dr. Singh informed that to streamline all the functioning, committees have been formed and duties are allocated.

             Dr. Darshan Singh Barhi, Organizing Secretary of the Youth festival told that Painting, Poster making, Cartooning on 4 Nov, Collage making, Rangoli and Clay Modelling on 5 Nov,  Installation, Debate, Elocution, Creative Writing, Extempore, and Haas-Ras Poetry on 6 Nov,   Folk Songs, Creative Dance, Light Vocal and Group Songs on 7 Nov, Quiz, Mime, Skit, Mono Acting, Mimicry and One act play on 8 Nov, Shabad and Bhajan Gayan, Western Song,  Folk Dance and Prize distribution function will be on the Concluding day i.e 09 Nov. Dr. Singh told that these co-curricular activities are an essential part of studentship so it is right of students to enjoy this flavour. He told that these festivals develop cordial relations in students whereas help to build confidence in them.

Dr. N K Sood, President Dance, Drama and Music Club informed that whole fest will be conducted according to the notified rules of inter University competitions. The students are in Great Spirit and full of zeal to become the part of youth festival. They are devoting their extra time to prepare their events to stage it in exclusive manner he added. He hoped that the festival will leave healthy, cheerful and colourful impressions to all the participants and spectators.

Youth and Heritage Festival of Education Colleges

Dr. Parvinder Singh was the Chief Guest

Ludhiana: 6 October 2013: (Punjab Screen Bureau): The Third day of Panjab University Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival of Education Colleges (Zone-B) at Partap College of Education was celebrated with great pomp and show.  The hue and colours of festivities was spread everywhere.  Dr. Parvinder Singh, Controller of Examination, Panjab University, Chandigarh was the Chief Guest.  Students from different colleges performed in Dramas and Skits with such an elegance that the audience was spellbound.  They got emotionally charged during the theatrical items.  Histrionics and Mimicry left everybody in peels of laughter, while Mime fabricated the social reality true excellent expression and gestures.  During the various literary items like Debate, Poetical Recitation and Elocution put forth their point of view very logically and convincingly which enthralled everybody.  While Art and craft items like Rangoli, Embroidery Phulkari/ Bagh

Embroidery Dasuti/Cross Stich, Pakhi Designing, Crochet work, Knitting and Mehandi Designing went side by side and won every heart.

Dr. Balwant Singh, the Principal of the host college and convener accorded a formal welcome to one and all.  Prof. Mukesh Arora (Fellow, Panjab University, Chandigarh) and Dr. Vijay (Deputy Director, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana), Prof. Gurminder Kaur (Principal, Govt. College for Girls, Ludhiana)  were guests of honour.  Dr. Nirmal Jaura (Director, Youth Welfare, Panjab University, Chandigarh), Dr. J.P. Parkash, (Chairman, Partap Charitable Trust) and Dr. Ramesh Inder Kaur Bal (Secretary, Partap Charitable Trust, Ludhiana) grace the occasion.  Dr. Parvinder Singh in his speech stressed upon the need of preserving our rich culture.  He also suggested that some seats should be reserved for the students who excel in cultural, literary and Fine Art Items.  Dr. Mukesh Arora endorsed this suggestion. The Principals of various Education Colleges also added grace to the function by their presence.  The whole atmosphere was charged with unlimited fun, emotions and heated action. Skills like time management, coordination and ready wit were at stakes.  The audience was seen cheering for and applauding the performers whole heartedly throughout the day. Dr. Vijay and Dr. Gurminder Kaur, distributed the prizes to the winners.   The top three positions in various events were secured by the following.