A gamut of events, including debates, declamations and poem recitations, were held in the college auditorium in the forenoon session while in the afternoon session, quiz was the main event held in the auditorium.
Nine teams participated in the debate and poem-recitation while eight teams contested in declamation contest.
The chief guest for the occasion was Professor Deepak Manmohan Singh, Dean Languages, PU. In his welcome address, the college Principal, Dr A.N. Garg, apprised the audience of the eminent position earned by Dr Singh in the field of Punjabi Literature.
Dr Garg called Dr Singh ‘the messiah of the students’ as he had devoted his entire life in fighting for the students’ cause.
In his presidential remarks, Dr Singh urged the students to disseminate their hard-earned knowledge in the society and asked not to give way to complacency.
The judges for the events were Prof Jaiprakash, Mr P.P. Verma and Prof Vimal Bhargava. Professor V. K. Deveshwar and Professor K.P.S. Shante conducted the stage.
The morning session, at the open-air theatre was dedicated to dances — folk, classical and general.Five teams participated in classical dances whereas there were eight teams for group dances.
Classical, folk and group dances complimented with foot-tapping music added a sparkle to the youth festival where teams were seen in kaleidoscopic colors.
The session was presided over by Mr M. L. Koser, a renowned dancer and chairman of Pracheen Kala Kendra.
Mr Koser, in his presidential remarks, said,“Dance is an art of expression. Folk dances are full of joyful feelings and emotions for all dances have originated from folk dances.”
On this occasion, a newsletter prepared and presented by Prof. Bhupinder Singh, Dean, College instruction, was released by the chief guest.
The judges for the classical category were Ms Prem Punita, Ms Chand Manjila and Ms Avneet Saini. Prof Rajpal Singh, Mr B. S. Sekhon and Mr Pritam Rupal were judges for folk dances.
Punjabi folk dances — giddha and bhangra — marked the grand finale. Punjab Corporation and NRI minister Mr Amarjit Singh Samra was the chief guest for the session.
Mr Naunihal Singh, SSP, Mohali presided over the afternoon session for whom it was a homecoming as he is an alumnus of the college.
A visibly happy Mr Naunihal Singh shared some nostalgic moments with the audience in his presidential remarks.
The teams from DAV-10 were first in both giddha and bhangra while the teams from GGDSD-32 were second and teams from GC-11 came third.
In histrionics, teams from DAV-10, GGDSD-32 and Government College of Art, Sector 10, won the top three positions.
In drama, teams from GGDSD-32, DAV-10, and SGGS-26 won the top positions. In drama the individuals who won the top positions include Hardep Sethi of DAV-10, Kanika Sharma of GGDSD-32, Baninderjit of SGGS-26, Aakiriti of GGDSD-32, Ravi of GC-46 and Rupinder of SGGS -26.
In debate, those who won the top positions include Haripal Singh of DAV-10, Gaurav Chhiber of PU, Gurjot Singh of GC-11 and Himshikha of DAV-10.
In elocution, those who won the top positions included Navjot of GGDSD-32, Vasu of DAV-10 and Aman from PU.
In poem-recitation, those who won the top three positions included Jayashree of GGDSD-32, Manjinder of DAV-10 and Juhi Shukla GC-11.
In classical dance, those who won the top positions included Mashina of PU, Sehar Mohan of Government College of Arts, Sector 10, and Rupam Kumari of GGDSD-32.
In the group dance, teams from DAV-10, GC-46 and GC-11 won the top positions. In group dance, individual category, Vandana of GC-46, Nidhi of GC-11 and Pranav and Blossam of DAV-10 and SGGS-26 won top positions.
In folk dance teams from GC-46, DAV-10 and GGDSD-32 won the top positions. In the folk dance individual, Gursharan of GC-11, Ravinder of DAV-10 and Gagan Mohan of GGDSD-32 won top positions. In the quiz teams from GC-11, DAV-10 and CCET-26 won the top positions.
