Cultural, technical events mark college fest
Our Correspondent
Mohali, November 2
The Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Jhanjeri, organised its annual techno-cultural fest with the theme of celebrating technology.
A large number of students from nearly 25 institutes of the tricity participated in the event.
Dr Daljit Singh Cheema, Education Minister, Punjab, who was the chief guest, said it was estimated that only 4 per cent of the workforce in India had undergone formal skill training as compared to 68 per cent in the UK, 75 per cent in Germany, 52 per cent in the USA, 80 per cent in Japan and 96 per cent in South Korea. Therefore, India must focus on scaling up skill training efforts to meet the demands of employers and drive economic growth.
The fest had various cultural, technical and non-technical events. These included alaap-solo singing, surkshetra, Punjabi virsa dances, mimicry, quiz competition, maze runner, techno-skic, poster presentation, autocad, programming league, project demonstration, computer quiz, tech hunt, gaming zone, logo addiction, bridge the gap, colour your thoughts, mishmash, toon draw, splash, new look and mega tower.
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