Doon Univ students come with flying colours
PrashantNews
Adding yet another feather to its cap, the Doon University students have successfully secured places in three competitions in the 37th Inter-University North Zone Youth Festival – Anantnad- 2024 under the aegis of Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi, a Doon University press release said.
Sneha Kothiyal, a student of Chemistry and Sanjana, a student of Mass Communication, secured third place in the debate competition. Apart from this, the University cultural tableau secured fourth position while the university students secured 5th place in the photography in the event which was hosted by Punjabi University under the aegis of Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi.
Almost half of 18 participating universities could not open their accounts, while Doon University from Uttarakhand was successful in securing place in three competitions. The national level competition for the students of Doon University who have been selected will be held in Bangalore in the last week of March 2004.
“It is heartening to see encouraging results and significant positions our students have been securing in the extracurricular activities at national level,” University Vice Chancellor Prof Surekha Dangwal said while honouring the students.
“There is an atmosphere of excitement in Doon University as the students have brought glory to the entire state of Uttarakhand by securing these positions giving tough competition to participants from 18 universities. Doon University has always been giving priority to extracurricular activities and the results are showing up almost every time our students go out to participate,” Prof Dangwal said.
This event provides a unique platform to the students to hone their diverse skills. To make Anantnad-2024 a vibrant festival, various cultural activities like music, dance, drama, theater and fine arts were organized during the five-day program at various places in the main campus of the Punjabi University from 31 January 2024 to 4 February 2024.
The objective of the festival is to promote creativity, culture, peace and harmony. The festival is built on a healthy spirit of competition that provides an opportunity to young minds to explore their hidden talents and interact with their counterparts from different parts of the country.
As many as 26 competitions were organized which included cultural procession, folk orchestra, classical dance, painting, western solo, classical instrument, rangoli, western instrument, classical instrument, cartoon, one act play, photography, classical music, poster, mehendi, clay modelling, folk dance, group song etc.
As many as 18 university teams that participated in the festival included Cluster University Jammu, Dev Sanskriti University, Uttarakhand, SCAST, Jammu, IK Gujral University, Kapurthala, Chandigarh University Mohali, Doon University Uttarakhand, LPU Jalandhar, Jammu University, HPU Shimla, Punjab University Chandigarh, Gadwasu Ludhiana, Kashmir University, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, CT University Ludhiana, GNDU, Amritsar, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Bhatinda, Punjabi University Patiala, and DOV Jalandhar.
On this occasion, Registrar Dr. M.S. Mandrawal, Prof. H.C. Purohit, Dr. Chetna Pokhriyal (Cultural Secretary), Dr. Rajesh Bhatt and others expressed happiness and congratulated the students. This cultural group was led by Dr. Ajit Panwar and Dr. Sonu.