Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 29: As a part of National Integration Camp organized by Nehru Yuva Kendra, Jammu during Jammu Festival wherein art camp of painting, sculpture and photography which was organized by Tourism Department, J&K State, concluded here at Mubarak Mandi complex, Jammu.
Feroz Ahmed Khan, Minister of State with independent charge of Science & Information Technology and Minister of State, Youth Services, Sports & Education was the chief guest. The Camp was organized under the over-all supervision of Nabin Kumar Naik, Director, Yuva Kendra, Jammu.
The chief guest appreciated the role of youth for promoting culture by participating in such activities and camps. While giving the details of these events, convener of these events, O P Sharma, an eminent Painter and Photo Journalist of the State, told that the aim of conducting such events is to bring the youth closure to the art and heritage of the State and promote the sense of National Integration among them.
The winners of competitions conducted during the camp wherein in painting section: Professional Category: 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes were bagged by Suneel Dutt, Subina Gul and Sahil Ohri respectively. Consolation prizes were given to Shakti Kumari, Bandana Sharma, Kanchan Billowria, Dr Harpreet Kaur and Amrit Kaur.
In Non-Professional category the achievers included: Hemant Magotra, Shiveta Pandit and Meenakshi as 1st , 2nd and 3rd Prize holders respectively. The consolation prizes were declared for Muzafar Ahmed, Anandita Bharti, Raman Deep Singh, Sudansh Sharma and Momd Abbas. Special certificates of Merit were also declared for Tanu Sharma, Parveen and Rohit Sharma.
In Sculpture Section- Proffessional Category: Kaneesh Panotra, Swantanter Bharat and Mansvi Gupta secured 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prizes respectively. Consolation Prizes were bagged by Chemat Dorjey, Pankaj Kumar and Ashima. In the Non- Professional Category the followings secured 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prizes respectively – Rashmi Mohanta, Deepak Sharma and Neeraj Kumar and consolation Prize was declared for Prashant.
In Photography Section, the winners were Ankush Kesar, Farooq Ahmed and Sachin Sharma as 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively. Consolation prizes were announced in favour of Sumit Sharma, Neeraj Sharma, Sourabh Vaid, Akash Sachan and Priya Sharma.
The jury for these competitions consisted of – Painting Section: Jang S Verman, O P Sharma and Subhash Sharma; Sculpture Section- Jasleen Singh, Ms. Naseem Shora and O, P, Sharma; Photography Section- B. D. Sharma, Anil Saraf and O P Sharma.
The awards giving function will be organized in the very near future.
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