Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 6: Newly formed Club Cluster of the University of Jammu is going to organize a ten-day festival of multi-arts in collaboration with the Regional Centre of Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) from 10th March to 20th March’23.
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“The theme of this multi-arts festival is Duggar Darpan. Paintings, photographs, artefacts, karigari related to Dogra culture and heritage shall be displayed in the form of an exhibition on 20th March,” said Prof Satnam Kour, Chairperson JU Club Cluster , while talking to media persons at a curtain raiser ceremony, here today.
She informed that a village ‘Sada Gran’ will also be set up to depict rural life and cuisine of Jammu region. Dogri dances, songs, Gaddi dance, documentary film, theatrical performances on the life of Dogra heroes, and interaction with Padma Shri Mohan Singh will be the highlights of the culminating function, she added.
According to Prof Satnam Kour, JU Vice-Chancellor Prof Umesh Rai conceptualized the idea of twelve clubs in accordance with the vision of NEP, 2020. The clubs intend to provide extra space to the students outside the structured classroom for enhancing their creativity, leadership qualities, community participation and conservation of the environment in an enjoyable atmosphere.
Prof Satnam Kour detailed about the newly established clubs that have been given an umbrella term ‘Utsaah’ after holding a naming contest in which Narinder Kumar, Ph D Scholar of Dept of English, won the contest.
In order to sensitize the students and to prepare them for the final programme, several workshops and interactive sessions were held, starting from 27th Feb, onwards. Various lectures and interactions with eminent professionals such as Ravinder Koul, a theatre personality, Bajinder Jha, a senior journalist, Dr Asad Ahmad Rehmani, a renowned conservationist were held to impart knowledge to the students pertaining to their interests.
The Chairperson shared that despite the busy schedule and examination time, around seven hundred students have enrolled themselves in the respective clubs. She added that the vision of these clubs is to include alumni of the university in the future and also to invite sponsors to make these clubs a success.
Besides Dr Vinay Thusoo, Incharge JU Media Cell, Coordinators of all the Clubs were present during the curtain raiser ceremony.
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