The topic will be 'Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan' and 'Beti Bachao, Beti Teachoo'
National Tele24 News
Vinay Kumar
Chandigarh
The Prof. R.C. Paul
Rose Garden was landscaped 10 years ago and is situated in the Heart of Panjab
University in front of Vice Chancellor’s Office. Prof. R.C. Paul Rose Garden,
the venue of the festival is spread over an area of 3.5 acres. More than 3200
Rose plants of 155 varieties are adorning the garden, which are in full blossom
these days. The Garden of Panjab University has been given a new look for the
festival. 200 nos. new varieties of fragrant
roses have been added this year. The staff of Horticulture Division is putting
in its best efforts to make this event a success. The three day mega event will
be inaugurated by Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University on
08.02.2019 at 2:00 pm at Prof. R.C. Paul Rose Garden. Prof. Shankarji Jha, Dean
of University Instruction will preside over the inauguration and Prof.
Karamjeet Singh, Registrar, Panjab University will be the Guest of Honour. The
winners of the Flower Competition and Photography Competition will be displayed
on the same day. On this occasion, the cultural programmes will be presented by
Ankur School, Panjab University, Guru Gobind Singh Vidya Mandir Sr. Sec.
School, Ratwara Sahib & NSS Volunteers, Panjab University. This will be
followed by a competition of bands of various schools. Entry to School Band
Competition is free of cost. Er. Anil Thakur, Divisional Engineer (Hort.) and
Organizer of the festival apprised those present that the objective behind
organising the festival is to spread awareness about the green & clean
environment among the general public and to explore the hidden talent of
students. During the three days festival, the different competitions will be
arranged for different age groups among the School Children, College and
University Students. For infants, there would be the competitions of three age
groups of 0-1, 1-2 and 2-3 years for Rose Prince and Rose Princess at Prof.
R.C. Paul Rose Garden on 10.02.2019 at 9:30 a.m.. Parents are showing great enthusiasm
for participating in the competition. Different selfie points will be created
so that the visitors may keep the glimpses of the 10th Panjab University Rose
in their memories. A three day Exhibition-cum-Workshop on the theme ‘Natural Biodiversity’ to sensitize the audience about the science,
climate, environment, biodiversity, nature, flora, fauna etc. will also be
there in the festival. There will be an Art Workshop ‘Golshan-2019’ curated by Dr. Tirthankar Bhattacharya,
Chairperson, Deptt of Art History & Visual Art & Coordinator, Fine Arts
Events, 10th Panjab University Rose Festival in the Prof. R.C. Paul Rose Garden
in which eminent artists from the tricity and other places will make live
paintings on three days. The eminent artists attending this Art Workshop will
be Dr. Gurcharan Singh, Seema Jaitly, Dr. Vandana Malhotra, Anju Pasricha, Raam
Jatoor, Mandakini Sharma, Anjali Aggarwal, Saryu Bansal, Alisha Sharma, Waseem
Jagroo, Manmeet Kaur, Kanika Kapoor. The 10th Panjab University Rose Festival will have 15
competitions of different age groups such as Singing, Rangoli, Collage Making,
Slogan Writing, Face Painting, Poetic Recitation, Dancing, Mehandi, Rose Prince
& Princess, Painting, Photography and Fancy Dress. The theme of photography
competition is ‘Life at Panjab University’ and ‘P.U. Gardens/Landscape of P.U.
Campus’. All the winners of 10th Panjab University Rose Festival
will be given attractive prizes. The date for submission of entries for
Photography Competition has been extended to 6:30 p.m. on 06.02.2019. Entries
for flower competition will be accepted upto 6:30 p.m. on 07.02.2019 at Rose
Festival Secretariat and on 08.02.2019 till 10:00 a.m. at Prof. R.C. Paul Rose
Garden, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Entries for all other competitions will
be accepted upto 07.02.2019 till 6:30 p.m.. Special children can participate in painting competition free of cost.
They are not required to fill any form and just have to report at the venue
half an hour prior to the competition. Er. Anil Thakur, Divisional Engineer
(Hort.), Panjab University said that people are showing great interest in these
competitions for which forms are being accepted in offline as well as online
mode. Forms for participation are available at Festival Secretariat at Single
Window Enquiry, Panjab University and also on the website ’www.panjabuniversityrosefestival.in’. The Festival Secretariat
will be open on all the days till 6.30 p.m. including the holidays for sale and
acceptance of forms. There will be an on the spot daily Selfie competition on
all the three days. This year, an added attraction will be performers from
Rajasthan performing on Kachi Ghodi, Nachar and Stick Walker performing on all
the three days, courtesy North Zone Cultural Centre, Chandigarh All the three
days of the festival will have special attractions in the evening. On first day
of this mega event, there will a performance of Band followed by Fashion
Competition under the able guidance of University Institute of Fashion
Technology in the evening. A great enthusiasm is seen among the participants of
the Fashion Competition. The topic for this year will be ‘Bollywood’ 2019’. On
the second day, in the evening, there will be performance of Folk Orchestra by
Sh. Vijay Yamla, Grandson of famous Punjabi Folk singer Ustad Yamla Jatt at
6:30 p.m. followed by Laughter Show by eminent stand up comedians and mimicry
artists. Sh. Umang Sharma, winner of ‘Laughter da Master’ will be the star
attraction of the evening. Nandpreet Singh and Anmol Singh Monga will do the
‘Bhand Act’. Jagdeep Bheema, a regular feature of previous Rose Festival will
also perform. Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University will be the
Chief Guest and Prof. Shankarji Jha, Dean of University Instruction, Panjab
University will preside over the Valedictory function on 10th
February at 6:30 pm in Old Convocation Ground. Prof. Karamjeet Singh,
Registrar, Panjab University will be the Guest of Honour. This will be followed
by performance of legendary Nooran
Sisters. For any enquiry or any other information, phone no. 7888331330 and
9814893401 are available 24x7.
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