10th Panjab University Rose Festival Secretariat Inaugurated

Chandigarh, January 15, 2019: The Festival Secretariat of the 10th Panjab University Rose Festival to be held from 8th-10th February, 2019 was inaugurated here today by Prof. Karamjeet Singh, Registrar, PU. Poster of the Festival was also unveiled by the Registrar. The Registrar also had hands on experience of the working of the website of the festival 'www.panjabuniversityrosefestival.in'. The Registrar appreciated the website of the Rose Festival particularly, the online registration for competitions and efforts of the Organising Committee. The inauguration was attended by Er. R.K. Rai, Executive Engineer-I, Sh. Jatinder Moudgil, Manager Press, Dr. (Mrs.) Navdeep Sharma, Co-ordinator NSS, Dr. D. Dhawan, Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Bharat, Warden, Boys Hostel no. 4, Sh. Deepak Kaushik, President PUNTEF and other members of Organising Committee of the Rose Festival, teaching and non-teaching staff, students and general public. With the inauguration of the 10th Panjab University Rose Festival Secretariat, the sale of the forms for participating in various competitions has started at the festival secretariat and also on the website 'www.panjabuniversityrosefestival.in'. The cost of forms will be Rs. 300 per participant per competition for Singing, Dancing, Fashion & Rose Prince & Princess and Rs. 100 for other competitions. The cost of forms for Flower Competition will be Rs. 50/- per participant per entry. Participation in Band Competition for schools and Painting Competition for Specially abled will be free of cost. Er. Anil Thakur, Divisional Engineer (H)-cum-Organiser of the Panjab University Rose Festival said that the Entries for Photography will be accepted upto 5:00 p.m. on 05.02.2019. Entries for flower competition will be accepted upto 5:00 p.m. on 07.02.2019 at Rose Festival Secretariat and on 08.02.2019 till 10:00 a.m. at Prof. R.C. Paul Rose Garden, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Entries for all other competitions will be accepted upto 06.02.2019 till 5:00 p.m.. Schedule of the festival and terms and conditions pertaining to participation in various competitions are available at the Festival Secretariat and at the aforesaid website. Forms can be submitted at the Festival Secretariat up to 5 pm on all days including holidays. The 10th Panjab University Rose Festival will be a three days event. The festival will be inaugurated on 8th February, 2019 by Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University. The festival will have Judgments of Flower and Photography Competition and Competition of Bands of schools on first day. The first day of the event will have Fashion Competition and Performance by Classical Band in the evening The theme of the Photography Competition will be Life at Panjab University or P.U. Gardens/Landscape of P.U. Campus. The winning entries of photography competition will be displayed at the time of inauguration of the festival on 08.02.2019. On second day i.e. 9th February, 2019, competitions of Singing, Rangoli, Collage Making, Face Painting & Slogan Writing for school, College and University Students as well as general public will be held. The second day of the event will feature Laughter Show in the evening. On third day i.e. 10th February, 2019, competitions of Poetic Recitation, Rose Prince/Princess, Dancing, Mehandi, Painting, Fancy Dress will be held. A Star Night will take place on third day of the festival in the evening. Space will be provided to sponsors to showcase their products and services which will get vast publicity due to huge gatherings expected at the festival like previous years. For entertainment of small children, amusement park and gaming zones will be set up.