The stage is set for the 4th Kolhan Youth Festival as the host Karim City College, Jamshedpur, is ready to welcome governor Droupadi Murmu, also the chancellor of universities, on Saturday to inaugurate it.
The governor will inaugurate the three-day Kolhan Youth Festival at 10.30am at Karim City College, which is hosting the event for the first time.
On Friday, a team from Kolhan University led by pro vice chancellor Ranjeet Kumar Singh inspected the Sakchi campus of the college and pronounced their satisfaction with the preparations.
"Everything seems to be in place. The college has put in every effort to make the programme successful. We hope the festival is successful and that we can increase its stature and scale every year," the pro VC told the media.
This year, more than 1,000 students are expected to attend the three-day fest.
The college, which has set up 16 committees comprising teachers and students for designated tasks, has prepared more than 40 events in 21 categories.
Students from over 30 colleges in Kolhan's three districts East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharsawan will take part in literary, musical, theatrical, dance and art events. The college has divided the fest into four large domains, literary events that comprises debate, extempore, elocution, creative writing and quiz; cultural ones such as dance, songs and instrumentals; dramatics including skit, mime, mono act, one-act play; and fine arts such as photography, painting, collage, rangoli, poster, face painting, cartooning and sketching.
The fest is also being promoted on social media and branded with a theme song. Based on the theme Shanti Satrangi (seven colours of peace), faculty members Ahmed Badr and Pankaj Jha have penned lyrics and composed the music, respectively.
"Preparations have been hectic since the past couple of weeks but we are ready to do our best. I must give the credit to my students who have stayed back beyond college hours to work for the festival," said Karim City College principal Mohammad Zakaria.
