Youthopia 2013’, the three-day long annual cultural and technical fest of DIT University, began on Thursday. The event witnessed a good turnout of students from various colleges.
Vice Chancellor, Dr. Krishna Kumar, Pro Vice Chancellor, Dr. BV Babu, Director (Academic administration) Prof Shishir Kumar and Registar, (Retd) Captain Ajay Swarup inaugurated the festival by lighting lamp. Congratulating the students and teachers on the occasion, Dr. Krishna Kumar said that this fest, which has been entirely designed and organized by the students, will provide them an opportunity to learn skills of leadership and teamwork. The programme started with Ganesha Vandana followed by Indian and Western dance performances that grooved the audience.
With this, the program shifted to various cultural and technical events which included Robo wars, Code Hunt, M- Factor, Indian, western and folk solo and group performances. Students of the faculty of Architecture displayed exemplary talent by creating artifacts out of waste materials. With Diwali as the theme of the competition named “Best of waste”, the students created beautiful handmade show items.
In Indian Solo, Saurabh Panwar stood first, Ayush Tyagi , second and Vishnu Pathak stood third. In Western solo, Aman Rawat stood first, Vivek kumar got second while in Folk song category Aman Rawat bagged the first position , the second being won by Abhijeet. Tara Singh and Sameer Srivastava were chosen the winners in Duet song category. Kanika, Twinkle and Monika’s team won the Rangoli competition whereas Shrishti was adjudged the winner in Modern arts.
The other events of the day were Tatoo making, DIT Roadies and collage making, poster making, Treasure hunt and Fashion show. Elocution, poetry recitation and debate were also held. The day also saw performances of Bands from various colleges that enthralled the crowd.