Artistes’ exploration programme

An Artistes Exploration Programme, the brainchild of Delhi’s young theatre director Amit Tiwari, was organised in Tirthan Valley of Kullu on January 6-14 with 14 artistes from eight states participating in it. The artistes came from Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. The programme was organised in association with the Create Room for Artistes and was designed and conducted by programme director Amit Tiwari. It incorporated different forms of visual and performing arts to help the artistes grow and have better understanding of art. The art forms included theatre, dance, clowning, mime, clay modelling, yoga and meditation, puppet, poetry and storytelling, film-making.

Nauni varsity student wins laurels

Anirudh Sood, a final year student of BSc (Hons) Horticulture, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni, won the ‘Best Verbal Communication’ prize for English debate at the 14th National Conference and Inter-University Debate Competition (online). It was organised by the GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. The students from various universities debated on whether ‘The current economic policy of the country is efficient to empower the youth for development of a self-reliant nation’. Four students from the university had taken part in the Hindi and English debate competition. Vice-Chancellor Dr Parvinder Kaushal congratulated Anirudh for bringing laurels to the university.

Counselling for B.Ed from today

The second round of online counselling for B.Ed will be held on January 21-22. The third round will be held from January 30 to February 2. The aspirants could call on 82196-06155 or 82194-32382 in case they face any problems regarding the counselling.