A week-long celebrations to mark the 68th Independence Day is going on at the Dwarka campus of IP University.
The celebrations began with tree plantation by Anil Kumar Tyagi, vice chancellor of IP University and Sanjay Kumar Jha, the registrar of the university, along with others. Around 100 saplings were planted near the administrative blocks, academic blocks, hostels and residential areas of the university.
A street play on the theme of Democracy was staged by the students and faculty members of the university. A popular Hindi film — Junoon directed by Shyam Benegal was also screened on the occasion along with blood donation camp, Hindi debate competition etc. The highlight of the celebration was Bharat Natyam performance by Padamshree Malvika Sarukkai.
On August 21, Parliamentary debate competition in English will be conducted along with the qawwali performance by Nizami Brothers. A Collage Competition on the theme ‘The Idea of India’ will be organised on August 22. The celebration will be concluded by Padmabhushan Pandit Debu Chaudhuri’s performance.