Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 1: Vice-Chancellor, University of Jammu, Prof R D Sharma today inaugurated a seven- day Children Theatre Workshop for the wards of University employees.
The workshop is being organized by Department of Students Welfare and is being conducted by Sumeet Sharma, Drama Instructor and Ifra Kak, Cultural Officer.
Around 45 children are taking part in this workshop.
Emphasizing on all-round development of the Children, Vice Chancellor said that curricular activities along with studies are also equally important. He said in today’s competitive world, children must make their own individual development, which should be their primary focus in life. “Those who maintain this focus will go a long way toward creating a positive action for themselves”, he added.
Expressing satisfaction over the organization of such programmes involving children into the performing arts, Prof Sharma said exposure to the arts at a young age will lay the foundation for a culture of understanding and appreciation that will last a lifetime.
Prof Pankaj K Srivastava, Dean Students Welfare dwelt upon the basic idea of conducting this unique workshop within the campus.
Earlier, Dr Anupama Vohra presented the welcome address. Sumeet Sharma conducted the event whereas Prof Alka Sharma presented the formal vote of thanks.
The children who are participating in the workshop are; Stuti Saigal, Hemanish Tripathy, Damini Sadotra, Lakshita Singh Chib, Dixit Gupta, Surpreet Singh, Avilash Sawhney, Kritagya Sawhney, Zaheer Abbas, Mohd. Aftab, Kamya Langer, Saksham Bharti, Kartikay Singh, Shreya Sharma, Harsha Tikoo, Siya Parihar, Jiya Parihar, Himanshu Kundal, Monika Sharma, Urvashi Sharma, Bhanu Sharma, Diksha Tikoo, Agrim Billowria, Adhyan Billowria, Anirudh Verma, Bharghav Verma, Niharika Bemzai, Thvisha Bemzai, Anshika Kotwal, Hardik Bajaj, Aman Sharma, Aneesh Sharma, Ashwika, Kartik Sharma, Tathagat Chandra Shekhar, Tasmia Sohrab, Kritika Dutt, Anandita Dutt, Swara Sharma, Aalap Sharma, Iva Bharti, Anmol Kohli, Divam Divyanshu, Ira Vaid and Lavanya Verma.
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