South Zone inter-university youth festival from today - Jan 18.

South Zone inter-university youth festival from today - Jan 18.

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Jan 18, 2016:   MU - Mangalore University is all set to host the 31st South Zone inter-university Youth Festival at its Mangalagangotri campus for five days from today January 18.

According to P.L. Dharma, Director, Students’ Welfare, Mangalore University, 700 participants from different universities already arrived at the campus.   At least  80 students would arrive today Monday morning. Later it is expected  other youth would join as the inaugural session would be at 4 pm on Monday and there are no competitions scheduled.

Youth from conventional and technological universities in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry would participate in the festival. Maximum of 40 students from a university could participate.   The objective of the festival is to promote national integration, communal harmony, peace and prosperity.

Director, Dharma said that youth have been accommodated in different hostels in the campus. There would be 200 student volunteers in addition to staff who would be on duty.  The university is hosting the festival for the second time after 2003.

Competitions :  There would be 25 competitions on five stages which have been named after well known literary personalities of Kannada. They would be conducted in music, dance, theatre, fine arts and literary categories.   The judges recognised by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) would judge the competitions. Mangalore University team, consisting 38 students from different colleges, would participate in the competitions.

Procession : Youth  donning unique cultural attire and symbols would take out a procession from Sheik Ali Road to the Mangala auditorium, the main venue of the competitions, at 3 pm.

Cine star Prakash Rai would inaugurate the festival in the presence of Sampson David, Joint Secretary, AIU, Delhi.