Youth fest: Host LPU wins overall trophy

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, January 5

Students of host institute, Lovely Professional University, lifted the Punjab State Youth Festival overall trophy in the three-day contest of literary and fine arts events that concluded on Tuesday. The festival was organised by the Department of Sports and Youth Services, Punjab.

In the neck and neck competitions held in a total of 26 items of music, literary, dance, art, theatrics and other categories. The host institute’s teams won 22 positions including 13 first, seven second and two third positions.

First three winners of the various competitive events, held in individual as well as group items, will now further participate in the National Youth Festival-2021, to be held in New Delhi from January 12-17. Thousands of talented young men-women from different universities of the state had registered for participation.

LPU Pro Chancellor Rashmi Mittal handed over the winners’ trophy to the LPU team, and individual prizes to the other winners from Panjab University, Chandigarh, Punjabi University, Patiala, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, IKG PTU Kapurthala, CU Gharauan and more. Mittal invoked all participants to always have a competitive zeal in mind for positive outcomes to regularly excel in life.

Dean, division of student welfare at LPU, Dr Sorabh Lakhanpal informed that LPU won first positions in competitions of contemporary dance for both solo and group, one-act play, Indian music band, standup comedy, elocution, painting, classical instrumental (non-percussion), classical sitar vaadan, three classical dances—Bharatanatyam, Kathakali and Kathak and street play.