Sahil adjudged 1st in Elocution (Extempore)

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

Students performing during Elocution (Extempore) event at University of Jammu on Thursday. — Excelsior/Rakesh

JAMMU, Oct 4: Sahil Mehta from Government MAM College, Jammu, was adjudged first in the Elocution (Extempore) event conducted under the aegis of Inter-Collegiate/Departmental ‘Display Your Talent’ 2012-13, being organized by the Department of Students Welfare at Brig Rajinder Singh Auditorium, University of Jammu, here.
Harmeet Singh from GGM Science College, Jammu and Ambika Bhan from The Law School, University of Jammu, bagged the second and third prize, respectively.
Interesting topics for the Elocution (Extempore) were ‘Leadership & Indian Youth’, ‘Corruption in India’, ‘Youth and Identity Crisis’, ‘Youth Violence in India’, ‘How is glamour affecting our daily life?’, “Use of Steroids in Bodybuilding’, ‘Sedentary lifestyle effects’, ‘Effects of cell phone radiation’, ‘Responsibility towards Elders’, ‘E-governance–Is it necessary?’, ‘Internet and the shrunk personal relationships’, ‘Are we too dependent on Internet?’, ‘Best things about Life’, ‘Reservation – Bane or Boon’, ‘Checking female foeticide’, ‘How to set goals and achieve them’, ‘Do cheer leaders make sports more fun?’, ‘Beauty pageants– pros and cons’, ‘Should Media be controlled by the Government?’, ‘Positive effects of technology on society’, How can you make this world a better place to live?’.
The participants expressed their views on the given topics in the Hindi, Urdu and English.
Prof Zahur-ud-Din, Prof Satnam Kour and Dr Vishva Raksha, were amongst the panel of jury for the foresaid event.
Dr Kavita Suri, was the Teacher Incharge and she apprised  the participants about the Rules and Regulations for the event and supervised the competition.
The programme was ably compeered by Harmeet Kour, Joint Secretary, Students Cultural Council while Kulbushan Thakur acted as Time Keeper.
Prof Jasbir Singh, Chairman, Campus Cultural Committee and Prof N K Tripathi, Dean Students Welfare, were present on this occasion.