Youth fest: Drama occupies centre stage on Day 3

Our Correspondent

Doraha, December 16

Theatrical items occupied the centre stage on the third day of the 62nd Panjab University Inter-Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival being hosted by AS College, Khanna.

Cabinet Minister Gurkirat Singh Kotli was the chief guest. Rupinder Singh Raja Gill, member, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, and Varinder Guddu, vice-chairman, market committee, Khanna, were the guests of honour. College principal RS Jhanji welcomed the guests and shared his views with performers and audience. In his address, Kotli motivated the students to work hard. He also announced the grant of Rs 5 lakh for the college. Souvenirs were presented to the dignitaries.

The third day of the youth festival was dedicated to one-act play, histrionics, vaar singing, kali singing, kavishri, debate, elocution, poetry recitation, muhavredar vartalap and heritage items such as phulkari, bagh, cross-stitch, knitting, pakhi designing and mehandi.

President of the college managing committee Shamender Singh, general secretary Barinder Dewett, college secretary Tajinder Sharma, Rajeev Rai Mehta, Manish Bhambri, Parmjit Singh, Major Sandeep Vinayak, Simmi Batta and TL Joshi were among those others present.

Results

In bhangra, GGN Khalsa College, Ludhiana, got the 1st position, GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar, got 2nd and Government College, Hoshiarpur, and SGGS College, Sector 26, Chandigarh, got the third position.

Giddha: AS College, Khanna, 1st; KCW, Ludhiana, and SGGS College, Chandigarh, 2nd; and Dev Samaj College for Women third. Ladies’ traditional song: Dev Samaj College of Education 1st; PGGC, Sector 46, Chandigarh, 2nd; Ramgarhia Girls College, Ludhiana, and GC Arya Mahila College, Abohar, 3rd.

Indian group song: Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur, 1st, Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Abohar, 2nd; and PGGC Sector 11, Chandigarh, and DAV College Sector 10, Chandigarh, 3rd.

Folk song: Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, 1st; PU Campus Sector 14, Chandigarh, 2nd; and BS Khalsa College, Abohar; and Dev Samaj College For Education, Ferozpur 3rd.

Collage-making: Khalsa College For Women, Ludhiana, 1st, Atam Vallabh Jain College, Ludhiana, 2nd; and PGGC, Sector 11, Chandigarh, and BS Khalsa College, Abohar, 3rd.

Rangoli: PGGC, Sector 42, Chandigarh, 1st, GGDSD College Sec 32, Chandigarh, GCG Ludhiana got 2nd and GCG Ludhiana, DM College, Moga got 3rd position.

On-the-spot painting: GCA, Sector 10, Chandigarh, 1st and 2nd; and GCG, Ludhiana, 3rd.

Photography: GGN Khalsa College, Ludhiana, 1st; Dev Samaj College For Women, Ferozepur, 2nd; and GTB Khalsa College of Education, Dasuya, and BKS College, Muhar, 3rd;.

Poster-making: GCG, Ludhiana, 1st; Government College, Hoshiarpur, 2nd; and MCM DAV College, Sector 36, Chandigarh, 3rd.

Installation: PGGCG, Sector 11, Chandigarh, 1st; DAV College, Hoshiarpur, 2nd; and Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, and GTB Khalsa College of Education, Dasuya, 3rd.

Still-life drawing: MCM DAV College, Sector 36, Chandigarh, 1st; BCM College of Education, Ludhiana, 2nd; and Atam Vallabh Jain College, Ludhiana, 3rd.

General quiz: Ramgarhia Girls College, Ludhiana, 1st, SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, 2nd and SPN College, Mukerian, 3rd.

Heritage quiz: BAM Khalsa College, Garhshankar, 1st; SCD Government College, Ludhiana, 2nd; and MSK Girls College, Talwandi Bhai, 3rd position.