Director School Education, Jammu, Dr. Ravi Shankar Sharma today inaugurated the three day long ‘Divisional Level Kala Utsav 2022-23 here at Teacher Bhawan Jammu.
The event is being organized by the Cultural and Education Cell of the Directorate of School Education, Jammu, in which around 200 students from the 10 districts will display their talent in 10 different categories. These particapitants are the winners of district level competitions held earlier for boys and girls.
Director School Education Jammu, Dr. Ravi Shankar Sharma, cheif guest on the occasion said that Kala Utsav, which is a regular feature of the academic calender aims to promote finer arts in education and plays a major role in creating awareness about the rich cultural heritage of India and its vibrant diversity. Such events and activities provide the students with a platform to showcase and exhibit their talents in various fields.
One needs to think out of the box to succeed in life during today’s day and age and many career options have come up now a days in the field of finer arts for the students to choose from which are very rewarding, he added. The Directorate is taking every possible step to help the students prepare and equip themselves for such avenues.
On the first day of the Kala Utsav 19 students competed in Dance ( Folk ) category and 16 students participated in Dance ( classical) category where as 18 students competed in the Acting ( Solo ) category.
Mr. Yogeshwar Singh and Mr. Romesh Parwana were the judges for the dance categories while Dr. Sudhir Mahajan and Dr Sanjeev Gupta were the judges for the acting category.
Mr Surjit Singh, Cultural and Education Cell, DSEJ presented the formal welcome address on the occasion with Mr. Ashutosh Sharma and Ms. Supriya Sharma coordinating the events.
