Highlights of Youth Festival

“RANG MOHAN”

Organized by the Department of Physical Education of MKBU.

The Grand Intercollege Event – YOUTH Festival every year becomes a medium for the annual gathering for youth and it is the only place where students’ art meets talent. Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University had organized a four-day youth festival wherein students from various colleges and departments were able to showcase their skills in various competitive fields.

This year (2019) the theme of YOUTH FEST was “RANG MOHAN” attributed to the 150^th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Remembering Mahatma Gandhi and reevaluating his journey from being “Mohan” to “Mahatma” was the prime subject of the four-days-splendid event.

Here are some glimpses of various events of this Youth Fest.

Kala Yatra-

The very first event which was organized in this 29^th Youth Festival of Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University was Kala Yatra. The most innovative ‘art conservation’ rally which was on 25^th September 2019, the 1^st day of Youth fest was from Shamaldas Arts College to Sheth H J Law College.

There was a presentation of art on a common theme of Gandhi. The theme was common but the perspectives were different. The below-attached video uploaded by University provides a view of these themes and perspectives.

Here are some photos of Kala Yatra as well as some news published in papers-

Yuvraj of Bhavnagar with Vice-Chancellor Dr. Mahipatsinh Chavda Sir and Dr. Dilipsinh

Source of this image- Dr. Dilip Barad Sir's Facebook post

The theme of Swami Sahjanand College of Commerce and Management was " My life is my message", The KPES college presented the journey of Mohan to Mahatma, The theme of Shamaldas Arts College was innovative and relevant like- “WHERE AM I?” while Sir P P Institute of Science raised some robust questions on the relevancy of Gandhian thoughts in today's world.

Inauguration Function-

Courtesy- Dr. Himal Pandya Sir

On 26^th of September, there was inauguration function at the amphitheater of MKBU campus. It very appropriately commenced with one of the most favorite songs of Mahatma Gandhi, Click here to watch the video.

વૈષ્ણવ જન તો તેને કહિયે જે પીડપરાઈ જાણે રે….

An outstanding folk orchestra was performed by GTU students.
Welcoming speech by Dilipsihn Saheb, Head of Physical Education Department was full of vibrancy and vision.
Member of Legislative assembly, an Indian politician, Shri Bhupendrasinh Chudasama delivered a remarkable speech on the importance of Education and Youth.
Eminent Folk Singers of Gujarat and the real gems of Folk Music- Mayabhai Ahir, Kirtidan Gadhvi, Abhaysinh Rathod as well as Dhirubhai Sarvaiya made the ambiance of the amphitheater very festive with their vocal vibes!

Click here to watch the video.

Yuvraj Saheb of Bhavnagar addressed the audience with his jubilant voice.
Dr. Mahipatsinh Chavda Sir, Vice-chancellor of Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University delivered a brief thanking note.

And after the inauguration, various competitions were held at the Campus wherein the youth exhibited skills and talent in respective competitions. Here are the glimpses of some events with photographs or video links attached-

Day 2

EVENT

INFORMATION

Mimicry

Total of nine participants from nine institutions participated in this event held from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm showed their skills by imitating various actions. Some of the superficial resemblances made the event more energizing and lively.

Bhajan

Total of 30 students from 30 institutions participated in this event which was held at the new court hall between 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm wherein the participants with their melodious voice sang hymns which are still prominent in local villages- maintaining the essence of folk and devotional music.

Nasim Gaha from Department of English participated in the event to showcase her vocal skills.

Spot Painting

The competition of On the Spot painting was organized at The external building between 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm wherein 32 students from 32 institutions participated including me and the topics were-

#War and Peace

#Festival of Ganesha

#Village scene which I like

#Heritage of Bhavnagar

One act Play

One act Play had a great number of entries and as it requires up to 30 minutes it was divided into 3 sessions in two consecutive days. This was held at Atal Auditorium.

*Date*	*Time*
*26 September 2019*	*First session-* *3 to 7 pm.*
*27 September 2019*	*Second Session-* *9:00 am to 1:00 pm* *Third Session 5:00 pm onwards*

The themes were largely based on current issues.

Quiz

Quiz competition was held at the Department of English between 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm (preliminary round) wherein 3 students (Hina, Bhavnesh, and Divya) from our department participated in this event.

The second and final round was on 27 September 2019 between 9:oo am to 12:00 pm at the same place.

On the spot poetry making

and Poetry Recitation

This competition was indeed a spontaneous one!

As Wordsworth quotes- *

“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling”.

22 participants were assigned topics and had to prepare poetry (playing with words). Payal Chudasama from Department of English had participated in this event.

*only half definition of Wordsworth is mentioned

Folk Dance

This was the most exciting event for the audience. The competition was held at Amphitheater from 5:00 pm to 9:30 pm.

Click here to watch the video.
Click here to watch another video.
Here is another one. (Click here)
One more (Click here)

Mime

This was held at Atal Auditorium from 7:30 onwards.

Paper Collage

This competition was held at External Building from 5:00pm to 8:00pm with main theme Gandhi wherein 17 students from 17 institutions participated.

Day 3- 27^th September 2019

*EVENT*	*INFORMATION*
*Classical Dance*	*Total three groups of participants from three institutions participated in this event held from 08:00am to 11:30 am, showed their skills by performing various classical forms.*
*Poster Making*	*This event was held at the external building from 8 in the morning to 10:30 am. Total 22 number of students participated and the topics were-* - *150^th Birth Anniversary of Gandhi,* - *29th Rang Yuva Mahotsav 2019* - *Save girl* - *Girl abortion* Lalji Baraiya From Department of English participated in this event.
*Elocution*	The elocution competition was organized at the Department of English from 10:00 am to 02:00 pm wherein 32 students from 32 institutions participated including Ruchi Joshi from Department of English and the topics were- #દીકરી ઉંબરનો અજવાસ #સાંપ્રત માહોલમાં ગાંધીવિચારની સાર્થકતા #એ ખરો વૈષ્ણવજન #પર્યાવરણની સુરક્ષા મારુ દાયિત્વ #વૈશ્વિક સમુદાય માં ભારત નું સ્થાન અને ભૂમિકા
*Clay Modeling*	*Clay Modeling was held at External building from 11:00am to 01:30 pm and the topics were-* *#Fruit basket* *#Village scene* *#a Dancer* Lalji Baraiya From Department of English participated in this event.
*Western Group song*	*Western Group song was held at New court wherein 5 students (Prakruti, Ruchita, Tamsa, Divya and Avni) from our department participated in this event.* *There were total five teams participating from five institutions.*
*Mehndi*	*This competition was at an external building from 2 to 4:30 pm and a total of 29 participants from various institutions participated and exhibited their skills in painting hand with hina cone.* *Nirali Makwana from Department of English had participated in this event.*
*Essay writing*	*This event was held at the Department of English with 31 participants from 3pm to 4 pm.* *Prinjal Shiyal from Department of English had participated in this event.*
*Mono Acting*	*This was held at Atal Auditorium from 2 pm to 5 pm with total 21 participants including Ruchi Joshi from Department of English.*
*Photography*	*This competition was held at External Building from 3:30pm to 5:00pm wherein 18 students from 18 institutions participated and captured various shots in the campus.* *Rohit Vyas from the Department of English had participated in this photography competition.*
*Rangoli*	*Total 28 participants from 28 institutions participated in this event held from 5 pm to 7:30 pm, showed their skills by making rangoli with different materials.* *I participated in this event and made a rangoli from orbeez balls.* *Here are the pictures of all participants’ Rangoli.*
*Folk Song*	*With total 31 participants Tamsa Pandya from the Department of English participated in the competition held at New Court hall from 7 to 10 pm.*

Day 4- 28^th September 2019

*EVENT*	*INFORMATION*
*Group Song (Indian traditional)*	*This was one of the cultural event wherein 68 participants from 18 institutions participated held from 08:30 am to 12:30.*
*Skit*	*This event was held at Atal Auditorium from 8 in the morning to 12:30. Total 72 number of students participated from 12 institutions and performed on current burning issues for Indian society.* *Hina, Nirali, Alisha, Prinjal, Nasim, Monica under the guidance of Alpa Ponda and Kaushal Trivedi performed an extraordinary skit on LGBT theme.*
*Installation*	*In this competition, three students from the Department of English participated and made a chandrayaan.* *Participants- Ruchita, Avni, Bahvnesh*

The valedictory Function

Vibhavariben Dave was the chief guest of the prize distribution ceremony, Digubha Chudasama, Meranbhai Gadhvi addressed the audience with their thoughts. Mahipatsingh Chavda gave a very wonderful thanking speech in this function.

The blog would remain incomplete without mentioning the name of the anchors- Shaktisinh Parmar for anchoring the fest exceptionally well for three days and Himal Pandya Sir for doing a tough job with extreme easiness.

Dr. Firoz Dekhiya sang વૈષ્ણવ જન તો તેને કહિયે જે પીડપરાઈ જાણે રે…. with his tuneful voice.

Click here to watch the video.

Congratulations to the KPES College for winning the general championship award and SSCCM for winning the Runners up trophy.

Thank you Dr.Dilip Barad Sir for encouraging us to participate in this youth fest as well as to have an enriching experience. Thank you to team managers Dr.Heenaba Zala ma'am and Vaidehi Hariyani ma'am for constant support.