Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 19: The University of Jammu today organized a very impressive Youth Parliament Programme, which was conducted under the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India, to strengthen the roots of democracy, to inculcate the habit of discipline and to enable the student community to understand the working of our Parliamentary institutions.
Shamsher Singh Manhas, Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from J&K, was the chief guest and Chief Jury Member. Prof. Pradeep K Sharma while Vice-Chancellor of SKUAST Jammu was the academician and Jury Member. Dr S P Singh, Registrar Chanakya Law University, was the group coordinator and Dr Savita Nayyar was the coordinator of 13th National Youth Parliament Competition 2016.
Shamsher Singh Manhas provided insight about the proceedings of the Parliament. He asserted that the visionary and aware citizens have the power to take the Nation forward on the path of progress.
Different proceedings of the Parliament, like Oath taking, Obituary Reference, Introduction of New Ministers, Question Hour, Breach of Privilege, Papers laid, Message from Upper Chamber, Welcoming Foreign Delegates, Calling Attention Motion and Legislative Business were very effectively presented by the students of different departments of the University of Jammu within 55 minutes.
Earlier, Prof Satnam Kour, Dean Students Welfare apprised the gathering about the idea behind conducting such programmes while Prof Arvind Jasrotia, Chairman Campus Cultural Committee, explained the event in detail.
The six students who got selected for the awards; were Deepika Badyal, Puneet Kour, Kartika Bakshi, Vanshika Jamwal, Nitin Sharma and Deepak Sharma. The event was conducted by Dr Savita Nayyar.
The event was organized by Department of Students Welfare. The students who participated in the Youth Parliament event, included Kartika Bakshi, Mohd. Shafeeq, Vikas Singh, Rachna, Gurmeet Sharma, Ruby, Akriti Jamwal, Neeraj Singh Jasrotia, Puneet Kour, Deepak Sharma, Bhaskar Jamwal, Nikher Jandyal, Navneet Thakur, Chander, Vishal Kotwal, Abhigya Mahajan, Mohd. Afzal, Deepika Badyal, Shradha Upadyaya, Vikas Bhadoria, Chandrika Sharma, Parul Sahi, Zirgham Hamid, Oshin Bakshi, Sunil Sharma, Aman Slathia, Harsh Sharma, Abhinandan Sharma, Sonam Prashar, Nitan Sharma, Ankita Chopra, Rahat Afridi, Vanshika Jamwal, Rameshwar Padha, Rakesh Kumar, Sonam Dubey, Shubham Sharma, Savita Sharma, Atek Saba, Iram Saba, Riya Mahajan, Ankush Sharma, Vishal Sharma, Nosheen Akhter, Akshay Kumar, Nar Narayan Mahadev Singh Jasrotia, Parshottam Singh, Shivali Chib, Pankaj Sharma, Dildar Ahmed, Shafiq Ahmed, Touqeer Haider, Sanveer Singh and Sahil Sangra.
Prof S K Pandita, Co-Chairman Campus Cultural Committee, presented the formal vote of thanks.
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