The meritorious students were felicitated with awards for their academic performance. An event ‘Yaadien Iqbal’ was organised at Ravindra Bhavan Auditorium on Friday.
The event was organised by Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy of Culture Department. The students who received 90 percent or more marks in their examinations were awarded. In this the first 250 students were rewarded.
The first prize is given in the category of Rs 2,000, second prize of 1,500 and in the third prize, Rs. 1,000 along with symbols and certificates are also given. With this, in the Urdu Week, competitions were organized by the Academy in different schools and colleges of the state, giving first, second and third prizes.
In the week of Urdu, a total of 507 students were rewarded with the first prize, five hundred, second prize, four hundred and three hundred rupees, with a sum of three hundred symbols and certificates were also given.
Prizes were distributed by Tara Iqbal and Nusrat Mehdi of Urdu writer and poet Ashfaq Hussain Bareli, who were present from Canada. The most important thing about this event was the presentation of the patriotic songs by the young singer of Jabalpur, Amrit Hussain. At the beginning of the programme, Allama Iqbal's lab Pe Aati Hai Dua and after that Tarana-e-Hindi, was performed.
At this event, Motivational Speaker Amir Mehboob taught the new generation tricks to move forward and get success. Amir Mehboob told the children that keep up the courage, keep dreaming big and always be ready to work hard.
Students from Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Sehore, Khandwa, Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, Mahidpur, Seoni, Ashok Nagar, Damoh, Jawra, Bahadurpur, Shajapur participated in the programme.
The event culminated with the national anthem, in which the student of Indore sang the song, while all the present guests and children presently sang the national anthem. At the beginning of the event, the Academy's Secretary Nusrat Mehdi welcomed young singer Amrit Hussein and his associates and congratulated all the winners.