The 29th All India Inter University National Youth Festival will be inaugurated by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on February 18 at auditorium of Kurukshetra University.
Anoop lather, Director, Department of Youth and Cultural Affairs KU said that it is the third time that KU is holding the All India National Youth Festival and last time, it was held in year 2006 at the same venue. Around 25 categories with five venues will see the competitions with highlight of a traditional costumes procession on the inaugural day. He added that the whole event would be managed by the students of Kurukshetra University. The events include folk orchestra, classical vocal, mimicry, mime classical dance, folk tribal dance, one-act play, collage making, cartoons, rangoli, on-the-spot painting and photography. Dr DDS Sandhu, V-C, said that it is proud moment to hold such event of national importance and we hope that the students of KU will have exposure of our Indian heritage and culture.
Aryans launches awareness drive to create interest in Science
Mohali: To create student’s interest in Science & Technology and to come up with new innovations, Aryans Group of Colleges has launched an awareness drive for the students of the region.The awareness drive has 3 stages. The first stage comprise the visits to various organisations and institutions from where new ideas can be generated. The second stage includes brainstorming sessions through seminars, workshops, conferences, symposiums etc. The third stage is developing new projects with the ideas accumulated. Dr Anshu Kataria, chairman, Aryans Group said that the main objective of this drive is to motivate the students to come up with innovative ideas. Under the first phase of the awareness drive, hundreds of students visited Pushpa Gujral Science City, Kapurthala today.
18 selected by Pepsico at a joint campus placement at sviet
Chandigarh: A joint campus placement was organised at Swami Vivekanand Institute of Engineering and Technology (SVIET) which witnessed massive recruitments from Pepsico. The students hailing from Punjabi University, Doaba College, Kharar, MIMT, Malout, Rayat and Bahra Institute, Ropar, APJ, Jalandhar, Gyan Jyoti, Mohali, GDEC, ludhiana, KC Nawashahar and others participated in the league for placement. After the rigorous rounds of written test, ground discussion and interview, 18 students made their way to serve Pepsico. The selective candidates were offered the package from Rs 5.5 lakh to Rs 7 lakh per annum.