Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 17: 10-day calligraphy workshop, organised by Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture, and Languages (JKAACL), concluded today at K L Saigal Hall, JKAACL Jammu.
The workshop was conducted by Harishankar Balothia, an eminent Calligraphy artist and a professional graphic visualizer from Jaipur; Karambir Singh Rohilla, a Typeface Designer and Typographer with expertise in Latin & Indic Fonts development; Rohit Verma, a professional Artist form Jammu and Raghunita Gupta, professional Calligrapher and Chairperson of the Calligraphy Foundation.
Rajinder Sharma, Mayor, Jammu Municipal Corporation, was the chief guest on the occasion, and Rashpal Singh, Additional Commissioner Revenue was the guest of honour.
In his speech, the Mayor said that youth can change the face of our country. He appreciated the efforts of J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages and especially the Secretary, JKAACL Bharat Singh for initiating such activities where the young generations get connected with their roots.
Rashpal Singh, Additional Commissioner Revenue, in his address, talked about the importance of calligraphy which the new generation do not know. He said that calligraphy connects one to the self.
An exhibition of the works done by the students during this 10- day workshop was also held. The students had utilised the art of calligraphy as per their fields of choice.
About 35 students from IMFA, Jammu; Govt Women College, Parade; Govt College for Women, Gandhinagar; MAM College, SPMR College of Commerce, Govt College for Engineering and Technology participated in the 10 days workshop.
The students who participated, included Sunena Bharti, Ekta Kumari, Shivali Rajput, Sofia Mehra, Nikita Sharma, Sunpreet Kour, Shiraya Sharma, Pritama Suri, Tannu, Vanshika Gupta, Chakshu Sharma, Maithly, Drishti Gupta, Seerat, Ayushi, Rupali Mehra, Mannat Sharma, Suhani Gupta, Ashima Mahajan, Rakshant Balotra, Dhanush Dalmotra, Parav Samotra, Aneesh Sharma, Madhu Thakur, Chahat Verma, Reet Gupta, Medavi Sharma, Sknda Sharma, Mohd Kamil, Vishali Mehra, Vanshika, Seeya Saini, Jeevika and Sania.
The participants were given certificates of participation by the chief guest. Rattan Basotra, Editor, Dogri, JKAACL presented the vote of thanks. Earlier, at the outset, Dr Shahnawaz, Editor Cum Cultural Officer, Gojri JKAACL presented the welcome address.
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