Desh Bhagat organizes inter-school youth festival Uniquest 2012

07 February, 2012

Desh Bhagat Institute of Management & Computer Sciences, which is near Chandigarh, recently organized Inter School Youth Festival 'Uniquest'12' a one-day mega youth festival for school students of the region.

“THE PROGRAM included competitions in 30 events relating to the fields of singing, dancing, acting, modeling, painting, cartoon making, collage making, clay modeling, Giddha, Bhangra and creative writing, etc.," said Rakesh Chaudhary, Media Coordinator of Desh Bhagat Group.

Rakesh Chaudhary highlighted that teams from 35 senior secondary schools participated in different competitions and exhibited their talents. In all, over 700 budding artists enthralled the audience with their performance. Though all the events had their share of admirers and fans, glamorous events such as skits, dance, choreography and modeling remained the main focus of attraction and drew large crowds. The competition depicting use of waste material for useful purposes was particularly well appreciated and applauded by the audience. The overall trophy for the best school was awarded to Green Grover School, Khanna and D.A.V Public School, Khanna was declared the runners up, reported The Tribune.

The Chief Guest was Mr. Satish Kaul, an eminent Punjabi film industry personality, who presided over the valedictory function and gave away prizes to the winners. He lauded the initiative of Desh Bhagat Group in organizing such a mega event for school students and providing them an opportunity to develop and bring out their latent abilities. Such programmes, he said, are as essential to the all-round development of the personalities of the students as other academic activities.

Earlier, while inaugurating the festival, Dr. Zora Singh, Chairman of the Desh Bhagat Group in his address averred that Desh Bhagat Institutes organized such functions on a regular basis and provided the much needed platform to the youth of the area for developing and showcasing their talents in a highly congenial and healthy atmosphere.

Welcoming the Chief Guest, other guests and participating teams, Desh Bhagat Group Vice Chairperson Mrs. Tejinder Kaur said that the aim of this festival was to channelize the energies of young students in constructive activities and inculcate in them a spirit of healthy competition.

Dr. Shalini Gupta, Director General of Desh Bhagat Group proposed a vote of thanks on the occasion and expressed her delight at the overwhelming response the festival had received from different schools. She thanked the participants for their wholehearted cooperation and hoped that in future too, they will benefit from the opportunities Desh Bhagat Institutes offered them.

The individual winners in different events were Green Grover School, Khanna First and Sohrab Public School, runners up, for Music & Dance Items. In Literary Items Green Grover School, Khanna came first where as Neta ji Model School was declared runners up and Govt. Senior Secondary School Bhadson came runners up. Govt. Senior Secondary School Bhadson was declared winners and GTB School Khanna runners up in the Sports event.