GUWAHATI, Jan 10: A 49-member contingent of Cotton University brought laurels to the state of Assam by winning several medals at the recently concluded 36th East Zone Youth festival held at University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM).
The youth festival which concluded on Sunday began on 4th January and 15 universities from across the northeast region of India participated in it.
The competitions in which Cotton University bagged the first position are- Cultural Procession, Classical Vocal (solo), Classical Instrumental Solo (percussion), Classical Instrumental Solo (non-percussion), Western Instrumental (solo) and Folk Dance. It also secured the second position in Indian Group Song, Western Vocal (solo), Skit and Quiz competitions. Cotton University also stood third in Mimicry and Folk Orchestra.
Apart from winning prizes in different categories, Cotton University also bagged the Best University title in music section, Second Best University title in dance section, Third Best University in theatre and literary sections and Runner-up Best University title in the overall category. Manipur University of Culture bagged the first position in overall category and Manipur University became the Overall Second Runner-up team. It is noteworthy that Cotton University is the only university from the state of Assam to rank among the top three universities in the overall category.
Commenting on the success of Cotton University at the youth festival, the Vice Chancellor of Cotton University, Prof. Ramesh Chandra Deka commented, ‘The results of the youth festival is a proud moment for us. It is a testament to the fact that there is immense potential and extraordinary talent within the students of Cotton University. Being the VC, I feel proud that the University has been ranked among the top three universities and the only university from Assam to be in the list in the overall category at the youth festival. I congratulate our team and other participating universities as well.’
The contingent of Cotton University was led by faculty-in-charges- Dr Muktikam Hazarika, Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Journalism and Media Studies, Cotton University and Dr. Swapnali Das, Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Assamese, Cotton University.
The other participating universities were- Gauhati University, Tezpur University, Rajiv Gandhi University, Dibrugarh University, Bodoland University, North-Eastern Hill University, ICFAI University, Indian Institute of Information Technology, National Sports University, USTM, Royal Global University and Dhanamanjuri University.
The Cotton University contingent will now compete with universities from across six zones of India at the National Youth Festival 2023 to be held during the last week of February at Jain University Bangalore.
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