100 paintings on display at art gallery

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 23

A two-day students’ painting exhibition, organised by the SBI and the LIC of India, began at the art gallery in Sector 10 today.

More than 100 paintings made by students from different schools across the tricity were put on display.

Chief guest Lalit Mohan, DGM, SBI, Panchkula circle, and Dharmender Kumar, AGM, inaugurated the painting exhibition and gave away prizes to the winners.

An inter-school painting competition was organised at Bal Bhawan, Sector 23, to commemorate the 71st Republic Day of India that witnessed participation of more than 700 students from 70 schools in the region.

Naval Kishore, event coordinator, said: “Topics for the painting competition were Republic Day, ‘my family’ and ‘go green’. Nandini, a student of GMHS, Sector 32-D, Ryan Hooda, a student of St John’s High School, and Vaibhav Kundra, a student of GMSSS, Sector 33, bagged the first position in the sub-junior, junior and senior categories, respectively.”