Our Correspondent

Doraha, November 11

The Panjab University Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival being organised at Mata Ganga Khalsa College, Kottan, here, entered the second day today.

Principal Dr Kuldip Kaur Dhaliwal extended a warm welcome to the chief guest, principals of various colleges and other eminent personalities. Education secretary, SGPC, Sukhminder Singh, the chief-guest in the morning session, appreciated creative ideas and skills of students. He exhorted them to maintain a balance between academics and co-curricular activities for all-around personality development.

Parvinder Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Rayat Bahra University, who was the chief guest in the evening session, motivated the students to participate in cultural activities with zeal.

Director, Youth Welfare, Dr Nirmal Jaura, said exhorted the youth and told them keep making efforts rather than waiting for an opportunity to strike at their doorstep. Big personalities, who made commendable achievements, did it during the prime of their life.

Students from 16 colleges proved their prowess with flawless performances. Various events, including vaar singing, kali singing and kavishri

were a part of the festival for the morning session. In the second session, poster-making, installation and still life drawing were organised. The topic

for competition in installation was ‘Love nature, love life’.

The students gave a splendid performance in poster-making by expressing the theme ‘Right to Breathe’ in diverse colours and forms. In the clay modelling competition, students created beautiful objects. Participants also exhibited their talent in collage-making, rangoli and photography on the themes, ‘The Idea of the happy world’, ‘Festival’, ‘Nature’ and ‘Youth festival’. The audience also enjoyed the performance of teams in the one act play and histrionics on various issues prevalent in society. Classical dances and group dances were also held.

Principal Dr Kuldip Kaur Dhaliwal congratulated prize winners and advised them to set a goal, work hard and adopt a positive approach towards life.

She said these festivals were also a medium of inculcating a spirit of unity, fraternity, peace, harmony and leadership qualities in the younger generation.