Short Report on Celebration of 150th Birth Anniversary of
Swami Vivekananda
150th Birth
Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda Celebrated in P.G. Govt. College for Girls,
Sector-11, Chandigarh on Saturday, January 12, 2013. The followings were the
main highlights of this gracious event:
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A short film “Swami Vivekananda: A Documentary”
showed to the students and faculty of the college. Several student activities
were held including dance and patriotic songs.
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Dr. Anita Khosla (Head, Hindi Deptt.) and Dr.
Renu Somal (Psychology Deptt.) were stage secretaries and introduced the dignitaries
and Mrs. Achila Dogra (Principal) welcomed the guests.
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A panel discussion on “Relevance of Swami
Vivkenanda’s Philosophy in 21st Century” held and the Adviser to the
Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Mr. K.K. Sharma presided the session. Other
panelists included Dr. Sudhir Baweja (Programme Coordinator, Philosophy and
Vivekananda Studies, USOL, P.U., Chandigarh), Swami Ramrupanda ji (Ramakrishna
Ashram , Sector-15, Chandigarh) , Mr. V.K. Singh (Finance Secretary, Chandigarh
Admn. and Mr. Ajoy Sharma (DHE, Chandigarh). In the whole session an insightful
and informative discussion held and participants enjoyed the session and learned
a lot about Swami Vivekananda’s life and thoughts.
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Following Competitions were held: Essay Writing
(PGGC-11, Chandigarh), Declamation Contest (PGGC-46, Chandigarh) and Slogan
Writing Competition (PGGCG-11, Chandigarh)
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An interactive session was also a part of this occasion.
Students as well as faculty member asked questions and panelists answered the
same and programme got a huge success.
