Three-day annual mega cultural diversity
celebrations at Lovely Professional University Campus concluded with 'One
India-2019' festival today. The day proved celebrative and informative with
peculiar presentation of hundreds of Indian festivals, rituals, cultures,
traditions, businesses, achievements. Maintaining measures of the respective
occasions, 10,000+ student-participants from 29 states, 7 Union Territories of
India and 50+ countries worked together and converted LPU campus into ‘Mini
India’. During this 10th session of 'One India' fest, celebrating the theme of
"Trade, Commerce and Industry, LPU students exhibited well India as the
fast emerging super economic power of the world by mastering in all fields of
the global skills. The most important point of the fest remained that students
not only represented their own state but other states also to showcase strong
'Unity in Diversity'. Even International students also participated actively
along with their Indian counterparts to imbibe great Indian ideologies and
culture.On all the three-day, prominent judges from diverse fields including
Director All India Radio (Vividh Bharti Programme, New Delhi) Mr PC Sinha; A
Grade Theatre Performer Ms Bharti; National Quiz Master Mr Anup; Music Queen
Arunita (An LPU Alumina) rated the various fest oriented activities of the
students to encourage their the best of participation and global culture
adoption.
LPU Chancellor Mr Ashok Mittal congratulated all
students and their mentors for displying common and strong thread of unity amid
diversity. By visiting individual stall, LPU Pro Chancellor Mrs Rashmi Mittal,
Director General HR Singla & other university officials inspired students
to stand united in all endeavours for the betterment of the community, country
and the world.During concluding hours’ music and dance programmes- “Sur Dhara”
and “Jhoomo Re”, LPU students showcased typical and folk songs & dances,
decorated dresses, historical & cultural aspects of their respective
region. For this all, 150+ exhibition & food stalls, 50+folk Music &
dance performances depicted magnanimity of oneness among all. Students of
different states and countries observed and shared occasions like Navaratri,
Durga Puja, Eid-Ul-Fitr, Gurpurb, Christmas, Jagannath Rath Yatra, Flower fests
of Sikkim, Boita of Odisha; harvest festivals Onam & Pongal of South India, famous Bihu of Assam,
Morung of Nagaland and many more.In fact, the annual university fests- 'One
India' and ‘One World” are celebrated
every year at LPU Campus to let diverse student community feel the
importance of unity by all means. Different LPU Schools represent different
states of India and countries separately, and their students work together to
bring out the great aspects of their individual state or country for thousands
other on-looking students.
Results of excellent cultural celebrations by
different schools of LPU:
For One India celebration: First Prize is won by
school of electronics and electrical engineering for representing Telangana,
Two second prizes won by school of
mechanical engineering for representing Kerala and school of agriculture for
representing Punjab. Three third prizes won by directorate of distance
education for Karnataka, Mittal school of business for representing Andhra
Pradesh and school of computer science engineering for Nagaland. For One World
celebration: First Prize is won by school of architecture and design for
representing Sri Lanka, Two second prizes
won by directorate of distance education for representing Nigeria and
school of polytechnic for representing DR Congo. Three third prizes won by school
of hotel management for Yemen, school of civil engineering for representing
Bhutan and school of computer science engineering for Afghanistan.