PU youth fest begins today

Lovleen Bains

Doraha, November 9

A four-day PU Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival of Ludhiana, Zone-A, is all set to commence tomorrow at Mata Ganga Khalsa College, Manji Sahib, Kottan. A total of 1,400 participants from 16 colleges affiliated to Panjab University will compete in 67 events. A student can participate maximum three times at the undergraduate level and two times at the postgraduate level.

Principal Dr Kuldip Kaur Dhaliwal said these competitions would help students to polish their skills to compete for other inter-college and inter-university youth festivals. The host college is claiming to conduct the entire festival with all Covid protocols in place.

Director, Youth Welfare, Panjab University, Dr Nirmal Jaura expressed that the festival was going to be a real merry time for staff as well as students of participating colleges since the traumatic period of Covid-19 had dampened people’s spirits. “The festival is a welcome break for the students whose energies had not been channelised for the past around two years. It is being organised with a hope that it could spread a message of positivity and return to normalcy after a prolonged disruptive period,” the director added.

Competitions, including group shabad, bhajan, group singing, folk song, classical music (vocal), classical dance, group dance, debate and rangoli, will be organised.