Basant Panchami Celebrated at PU

Chandigarh, February 5, 2019: Students of Centre for Human Rights and Duties, Panjab University, Chandigarh celebrated Basant Mela, here today in the front lawn of Emerging Areas Building. Prof Karamjeet Singh, Registrar, inaugurated the same. A fund raising event was also organised by various NGOs. NGOs like Chhoti si Asha and Prabh Asra set up the stalls and sold the hand-made materials by the organisation. Parshada and Peedus people set up an awareness stall where they spread the information about adopting street dogs and organic food respectively. A photo booth was also set up by putting up a swing to mark the celebration. Alongwith this kite flying competition was organised where students from the University participated enthusiastically. First prize was given to Faiz Ahmed from Department of Economics, second prize was given to Ratandeep from Women Studies Department and third prize was bagged by Amrinder Singh from Defence Studies Department. Further, the students of the centre put up food stall including Gol Gappe and Sweet Rice stalls. The event was a huge success with students and faculty from various departments of the University participating enthusiastically.