Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 02 2009:
The twenty fifth East Zone Inter University Youth Festival, Silver Unifest 2009 opened today with a colourful procession of cultural troupes taken part by participating students.
Padmashree RK Jhalajit, theatre personality and Padmashree H Kanhailal and MU Vice-Chancellor C Amuba were the chief guest, guest of honour and president respectively of the opening function held at MU centinery hall.
Speaking at the function, RK Jhalajit said that the festival would bring the sense of oneness amongst various communities of the zone and facilitate the chance of exchanging knowledge.
Song and dance competitions would be the main attractions of the five-day festival.
The nine varsities which are taking part in the festival are Manipur University, Guwahati University, Dribugarh University, Banaras Hindu University, SKM (Jharkhand), Bir Kunwar (Bihar), Rabindra bharti, Ranchi University and Lalit Narayan Mithila (Darbhanga).
The festival is sponsored by Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.