Grand Finale of International Student's Week 2015 at PCTE

Ludhiana, March 7, 2015: A week long International Student’s Fest culminated into the final day long Affair with a gala rejoicing amidst singing, traditional dancing, three different fashion shows, Guitar Playing, Short Presentations/ documentaries, some sharing and finally a grand lunch.

For the past week PCTE has been celebrating the existence of different races and diverse Culture that has been brought together under the PCTE Family. In the festival foreign and Indian students played games like football & Volley ball. In the finale foreign students displayed their talent in Fashion show, Dramatics, Music, Dance, etc., and documentary of their respective countries showing their culture and rich heritage was also shown on the occasion. Mr. Geer Tong, Second Secretary to Ambassador, Embassy ofSouth Sudan was the Guest of Honour on the occasion.

Tong appreciated the efforts put in by international students to showcase the variety of cultures and traditions on stage. He said that International students after studying in PCTE leave with broader perspectives on a broad range of issues. He also added that Ludhiana being industrial capital of Punjab, foreign students should take advantage of that and try to forge relationships with local industries, which would help in making relations.

On the occasion, Dr K.N.S. Kang, Director General, PCTE group of institutes said that PCTE has 230 odd International students from 30 countries like International students from different part of the world like Colombia, Papua New Guinea, Yemen, Syria, Ghana, Macedonia, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho, Nigeria, Burundi, Angola, Uganda, Rwanda, Namibia, South Sudan, Guinea Bissau, Republic of Congo, Guinea Conakry, Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger, Gambia, Nepal France, Cameroon & South Africa

In the event the different cultural dresses were showcased through fashion shows, which enlightened the audience on how different countries dress. An amazing performance was displayed by South Sudanese & Bhutanese students, who performed their traditional dance. The traditional song sung by Congo Brazzaville students amused the crowd.  Guitar played by a Hayden, a student from Papua New Guinea captured the audience and not forgetting a duet song by Nick and Brett was pick of the event.