Annual cultural and sports event 'Pratibha-2017' began in Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication on Friday. The event will continue till March 11. Students were seen participating with enthusiasm in the events on the first day.
Participants drew judges' attention and gathered appreciation in different contests by their creativity. Some of them demonstrated nicely in extempore speech; others made attractive poster on 'Udaan'. Students expressed their concerns on 'Environment Conservation' subject in power point presentation contest. Participants showed huge enthusiasm in self-composed poetry and extempore.
Coordinator (cultural programme) Aarti Sarang informed that eight competitions were organised on the first day in 'Pratibha-2017. Students of different departments participated in all. Students penned down their views on 'Achieving Digital India Concept' in essay contest and in animation, they demonstrated innovative approaches to welcome. Rangoli competition had 'Falgun' theme.
Self-composed poetry and extempore were other contests in which participants and students both showed interest. Participating students demonstrated oratory skills in extempore speech. In self-composed poetry, Yogeshwar Shantanu presented poem on woman empowerment. Indrabhushan Mishra expressed patriotic feelings in his poem. Neha Shukla, Brijesh Pathak also read out poems.
Quiz was also held. Team of New Media Technology Department bagged first prize in it. Advertisement and Public Relations Department and Electronic Media Department secured second and third prize respectively.
Today's competition: Feature writing, installation, photography, collage, cartoon, clay modeling, debate and website construction competitions will be organised on Saturday. They will take place between 9.30 am to 5 pm in the university campus.