DOON UNIVERSITY DEHRADUN

SSR PART-I
DOON UNIVERSITY, DEHRADUN
Every Semester Cultural programs are organised, which involves Group
Dance, Nukkad Natak,
Skits/Plays, Kavi-Sammelan, etc.
Invited lectures are organized on each Friday, under Friday lecture series
programme. During such programmes, Prof D. R. Purohit, Mr. Lokesh Ohri,
Dr. Hemant Adlakha, Prof. Vridhagiri Ganeshan and many other speakers
have delivered lectures on an array of topics.
5.3.2 Give details of the achievements of students in co-curricular,
extracurricular and cultural activities at different levels: University /
State / Zonal / National / International, etc. during the last four years.
The students participate in different cultural and sports events organized at
different levels every year. An illustrative list of achievements made by
students in some of these events is as under.
2013: First Rajiv Gandhi Youth Festival- Students won six prizes in the
festival
2014: 10-Day Regional Dance Workshop in association with Indian School of
Dance -Himadri Chand was awarded Best Dancer of the workshop.
North Zone Inter University Badminton Championship 2014 - Girls won first
prize in the Badminton Singles and second prize in Badminton Doubles
2015: North Zone Sports Meet SPARDHA organized by AIU at GB Pant
University of University and Technology, Pant Nagar – Girls bagged silver
medal in the Women’s’ Basket Ball Tournament.
5.3.3 Does the university conduct special drives / campaigns for students
to promote heritage consciousness?
The University conducts cultural activities from time to time, every year to
promote Hindi and poetic sense among the students. Kavyanubhuti, a
kavisammelan was organized, where Dr. Dinesh Chandra Chamola, was the
chief guest. Indian culture is promoted in the University Campus through
Cultural events like classical dance, classical singing, etc and Regional
(Garhwali and Kumaoini) culture is promoted. Cultural Programmes through
SPIC MACAY have been organized in the University Campus to promote
Indian cultural heritage.
Recently, a talk by eminent anthropologist Prof. D. R. Purohit was organized
by the university that encompassed an audio –visual presentation and involved
performance by artists that gave a glimpse of cultural heritage of Uttarakhand.
5.3.4 How does the university involve and encourage its students to
publish materials like catalogues, wall magazines, college magazine, and
other material? List the major publications/ materials brought out by the
students during the last four academic sessions.
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