UURJA ‘13, an annual festival of University of Petroleum & Energy studies (UPES), was inaugurated on Friday by the Chancellor of UPES, Dr S.J.Chopra in the presence of Dr Shrihari, Dr Kamal Bansal, Dr Anirban Sengugupta, Dr Tabrej Ahmed, Brig S.S.Dhillon,
Dr A.K.Sharma and other senior faculty members.
It is a student-led function. Students volunteered and the faculty acted as advisers to them.
The Director (Media Affairs) Arun Dhand informed that over the years, UURJA has not only been getting bigger but it has also has been getting better in terms of the participation levels and the quality of events. This year, the expected participation would be around 7,000 students from across institutes from within and outside
the State.
The participating institutes include Graphic Era University, DIT University, UIT Uiversity, Doon University, Tula’s Institute, Dolphin Institute , Maya College, Alpine Institute and College of Engineering Roorkee apart from Institutes from NCR region.
Sharing details about the events he informed that these two days would witness students participating in teams and also as individuals across 26 competitive events which include War of Bands, Group Dance, Solo Dance, Face Painting, Stand Up comedy called, Turban Tying Competition, Dumb Charades, Rangoli competition, Theatrical Drama, Treasure Hunt, Poetry competition, Quiz competitions apart from Corporate Tambola, Chart Painting , Extempore Debates. Selection of Mr & Miss UURJA 2013 would be done through a Fashion Show. All the events would be judged by external experts from respective fields.
This year the student organising team has also
created an Android application of UURJA which is available on Google play store and can
be downloaded from http://:goo.gl/Z7GO1R apart from a facebook page at www.facebook.com/upes.uurja and you tube links.