The 13th inter college youth festival of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences Universit
y, Ludhiana entered in the second phase on the fifth day with stage events.
Sh. Tarunpreet Singh Sond, Cabinet Minister for Hospitality, Labour, Rural Development, Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Punjab formally inaugurated the youth festival as chief guest. He said that vet varsity is doing remarkable work in the field of veterinary and animal sciences. Creative and artistic performances of students are also wonderful. He expressed his views in a very logical and impressive manner 
with fact based statistics. He invited youth to come forward to set up their ventures and enterprises. He said that the Govt. of Punjab will help them from all aspects. S. Kuldeep Singh from USA and Sh. Gagandeep Singh from Canada was honored by Sh. Sond and other dignitaries.
Dr. Jatinder Paul Singh Gill, Vice-Chancellor presided over the function. He motivated the students and said that the youth festival is a unique platform for students to show their hidden talents. The courses of professional degrees are very tough and students find very little time for extracurricular activities even then they are performing in an excellent way.
The day was dedicated to Folk Songs, Creative Dance, Light Vocal & Group Songs (Indian). The venue of these events was the Open Air Theater PAU. Deans, Directors of varsity and faculty members, students and staff of vet varsity and PAU attended the youth festival with great zeal.
Dr. Parkash Singh Brar, Director of Students' Welfare said that i
n today’s event all the four colleges at campus along with College of Veterinary Science, Rampura Phul, Vety. Polytechnic Kaljharani and Khalsa College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Amritsar participated. He said that students are full of talent and we should give them more opportunities to perform at higher stages. The various committees constituted for the organization of the youth festival worked very hard for its success.
Dr. A.P.S. Brar organizing Secretary said that Mime, Skit, One act play and Mimicry would be performed tomorrow beginning 9 am in the morning. The venue will remain the same, Open Air Theatre PAU.
Dr. Nidhi Sharma, Jt. Org. Sec. revealed the results of today’s competitions:
Folk Song
1. Jasleen Johar, Khalsa College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Amritsar
2. Hargun Kaur, Khalsa College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Amritsar
3. Komal, College of Fisheries
Creative Dance
1. Anvi Mahajan, Khalsa College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Amritsar
2. Kanika Dadwal, College of Dairy and Food Science Technology
3. Anushka, Khalsa College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Amritsar
