Garhshankar college student wins top spot in online photo contest
Our Correspondent
Hoshiarpur, July 5
DAV College of Education, Hoshiarpur, organised an online inter-college photography and giddha-bhangra bolian singing competition in collaboration with the Department of Youth Welfare, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
College vice-principal Dr Arti Saluja, Profs Monika, Roma Ralhan, Chetna Sharma and Vishakha Broota were organisers of the events. Students from different colleges participated in the competitions. Subhash Chandra, President Award recipient and Rubin Bahalvi, two-time gold medallist in painting contest, inter-university youth festival, were the judges of the photography competition. In this competition, Vikas Pour from BAM Khalsa College, Garhshankar, won the first prize; Sebastian Topno from DAV College, Hoshiarpur, stood second and Aastha Dhawan of Government College for Girls, Ludhiana, got the third spot. Aaruksh of PG Government College, Sector-46, Chandigarh, and Manik Bhola of BCM College of Education, Ludhiana, got appreciation awards.
In the giddha-bolian contest, S Pal Singh Samao, international cultural coach; Prateek Mann, Punjabi folk singer and Navdeep Kaur Brar, international gold medallist in giddha, were the judges. In this category, Satminder Kaur of SBHSM Khalsa College of Education, Mahilpur, won the first prize, while Ashwinder Kaur and Radhika from Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, were declared joint runners-up. Anmolpreet Kaur from Government College for Girls, Ludhiana, and Bhimakshi of BAM Khalsa College, Garhshankar, took joint third place. Amrit Kaur of Government College for Girls, Ludhiana, and Kiranjot Kaur from Government College, Hoshiarpur, got appreciation awards.
In the bhangra-bolian contest, Saheed-e-Aazam Bhagat Singh award recipient Harjeetpal Singh, Azad Sandhu, gold medallist (folk song) and Maninder Singh, gold medallist (folk dance) were the judges. Jaswinder Singh and Harjinder Singh from GHG Khalsa College of Education, Gurusar Sadhar, Ludhiana, got first and second prizes respectively while Gurmeet Singh from Guru Gobind Singh College of Education, Beghpur Kamlooh, Mukerian, got the third prize. President Dr Anoop Kumar, secretary DL Anand and principal Shyam Sunder Sharma congratulated the winners and the teacher-in-charges for organising the event.
