Malerkotla (Sanjrur District), PUNJAB  /  Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA :

Department of Hindi, Panjab University organized ‘Rukhsat 2018’ the farewell ceremony for M.A fourth semester students on Wednesday.

The students of the department presented a cultural program and brought together the folk dances like Gidda, Himachali Naati and Rajasthani folk dance.

The chief guest for the event was celebrated Bollywood lyricist Dr Irshad Kamil.

He awarded 26 meritorious students with various scholarships. He also presented the special scholarship as a tribute to his mother Begum Iqbal to two meritorious students, Divya and Manjinder.

The Department presented Kamil with his portrait as a souvenir.

Chairperson of Hindi dept, Dr Gurmeet Singh said that the highlight of the program was participation from a number of alumni of the department.

The judges panel comprised choreographer Preeti Arora, budding actor Satish Yadav and transgenderr activist Dhananjay.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Chandigarh News / TNN / May 02nd, 2018