Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh students have won the national competitions in One-act play, Poster Making and On-the-spot Painting. PU teams clinched the first positions in these events during the All India National Youth Festival at Indore, while PU Mime & Quiz teams were second. PU Elocution team came third and PU won the fourth position in Clasical Dance.

The National Youth Festival was organized under the aegis of Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and sponsored by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India.

PU Vice Chancellor Prof Arun Kumar Grover has congratulated the winners, students and the youth welfare department for the grand achievement. Director Youth Welfare, Dr. Nirmal Jaura informed that the winners would be decorated by PU Roll of Honour at the annual function of the Youth Welfare Department.

PU team of One Act Play consisted of Mr Abhishek Gautam, Ms Gurleen Kaur, Mr Rama Ahuja, Mr Sylvester Stephen, Mr Sukhpreet Singh, Mr Yogesh, Mr Vishal Verma, Mr Ishant Gandhi and Ms Divyangna Sharma, all from DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh.

Mr Deepak Singh from Govt College of Arts, Sector 10, Chandigarh won the first position in Poster Making. Mr Nakshdeep Singh from Govt College of Arts, Sector 10, Chandigarh won the first position in ‘On the Spot Painting’.

PU Quiz team consisting of Mr Shantanu Sharma, Mr Ayush Awasthi and Mr Raghav Jain from PU Campus, won the second position. The Group Mime were represented by Ms Sunidhi, Ms Yogeshwari Priya, Ms Renuka, Ms Sushma, Ms Aarti Yadhav and Ms Gunisha Vishnani from Government College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh, who won second position.

Ms Arshdeep Kaur from Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana got third position at the national level in the Elocution.

It may be recalled that Ms Arshdeep Kaur had won National Elocution the previous National Youth Festival. PU One Act Play team had also won the previous National Youth Festival.

Ms Aishwarya from Government College for Girls, Ludhiana got fourth position in Classical Dance (Kathak).