NYK organizes District level declamation contest at GDC Boys Udhampur
Udhampur: As part of the celebration of "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, today Nehru Yuva Kendra Udhampur Ministry of Youth Affairs& Sports GOI, organized a District level declamation contest on Patriotism and Nation Building in the premises of Government Degree College Boys Udhampur.
District Information Officer, Udhampur Rajinder Kumar Digra was the chief guest wherein District Youth Officer, Nehru Yuva Kendra Udhampur Khushal Gupta presided over the programme on the occasion.
The programme started with lighting of the traditional lamp followed by Saraswati Vandhana.
As many as 30 participants from across the District participated in the contest and threw light on the given topic.
At the outset, Khushal Gupta welcomed the chief guest, Jury members and the participants on behalf of Nehru Yuva Kendra Udhampur. He briefed the participants about the objectives of the programme and the idea behind this initiative. He added that the participants at the district level were shortlisted after being screened at block level declamation contests.
He informed that the district level winners of the Declamation contest will compete at the State/U.T level that will be organized very soon.
While addressing the participants, the chief guest appreciated the tirelsss efforts made by Nehru Yuva Kendra for organizing this contest, he said that such contest will help participants to channelize their hidden talent on a common platform which would help in building self-confidence amongst them besides helped in disseminating awareness among the public.
He urged the department to organize more such programmes in near future also. The chief guest also threw light on the life history of Swami Vivekananda, APJ Abdul Kalam and their role in Nation Building and highlighting the significance of the Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav event & its celebration.
He said that the Government of India and UT Government launched various welfare schemes. He asked the participants to aware the public about the benefits of those Government schemes.
During the programme, the contestants from all blocks spoke vehemently on the topic and expressed their views courageously. Amandeep Singh from Block Ramnagar clinched first position while Suhani Gupta from Block Ramnagar bagged second and Meenakshi Devi from Block Moungri stood third position respectively.
Dr. Rippy Bawa, Prof. Pooja Dheeman and Amar Dev Singh acted as judges. The day long event concluded with the vote of thanks by Accounts & Programme Assistant Souravdeep Singh.
At the end, the merit certificates were given to all the participants.
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