Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 10: NIIT Jammu organized an Inter-School Painting Competition on the topic ‘Use of Computers in Daily Life’, at Kala Kendra, here today.
A large number of students drawn from various schools participated in the Competition. The participating schools included Delhi Public School, Banyan International School, Maharishi Vidya Mandir and others.
According to a handout issued here over 3500 students took part in the competition.
In the final round six paintings were selected in each category and award was given to finalists in every category. The winners were Manavjot Singh of Class 5th of Banyan International School, Kanupriya Sharma of Class 6th of Sainik Public School Jammu, Sanskriti Singh of Class 7th, Pranavi of Class 8th of Banyan International School, Ramanjeet Kour of Class 9th of Guru Gobind Public School and Jasleen Kour, Class 10th of Delhi Public School Jammu.
Renowned Artist, Prof Harsh Vardhan from Institute of Fine Arts and Music who acted as the judge was also chief guest in the Award Ceremony.
Speaking on the occasion, Rahul Sharma, Director of NIIT Jammu said that NIIT is made for exploring talent of the students, while Prof Harsh Vardhan advised the students and their parents to encourage their wards for taking part in such activities to explore their hidden talent.