2,000 students to participate in Bamu youth fest

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Aurangabad: Over 2,000 students from 175 affiliated colleges of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (BAMU) will be demonstrating their skills and talent in different art forms during the four-day youth festival at the university from October 29.
Mustajeeb Khan, director of students welfare at Bamu, on Tuesday said the university has set up 15 committees for the success of the festival.“Total 1,070 boys, 846 girls, 157 male team leaders and 106 female team leaders have confirmed their participation in the festival. We have appointed 57 supervisors to ensure necessary arrangements.”
“The students will be performing in total 35 art forms during the event. We have created seven stages where different events will be held simultaneously. Adequate signages will be put on the campus on which events are taking place at which stage. We have also taken special care for making the best food and accommodation for the participants,” university authorities said.
Folk dance, classical dance, group singing (Indian and western), ‘lawni’, ‘powada’, ‘bhardu’, ‘vasudeo’, ‘bhajan’, ‘gondhal’, mimicry, skit, mime, one-act play, folk drama, ‘rangoli’ making, sculpture, poster making, cartoon making, collage making, elocution, debate, poetry reading, quiz, classical singing, semi-classical singing and playing of traditional instruments are some of the art forms that would be covered during the festival.
Actor Pratiksha Lonkar is scheduled to preside over the inaugural event, while actor Sandeep Pathak is slated to be the chief guest for the valedictory function. Both these actors hail from Marathwada and are expected to serve as an inspiration to students.
The Bamu has jurisdiction over Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed and Osmanabad districts.
The 14th state-level inter-university youth festival held at Bamu in last November had created ripples, with authorities pressing the need for assessing the outcome of student festivals. P N Pabrekar, the governor-appointed representative who was overseeing organisation of the festival, had underlined the need for auditing the outcome of state-sponsored student festivals. It is not a question of expenses, but it needs to be assessed what talent these events have been offering to respective industries and fields in real, he had said.