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PRATHIBHA 2021-2022, AN INTERCOLLEGIATE CULTURAL FIESTA: 3 RD & 4 TH DECEMBER 2021 – CULTURAL COMMITTEE OF SFS COLLEGE

PRATHIBHA is an intra-collegiate cultural fest held every year which aims at bringing out talents in the students and to encourage participation of the students in various events. PRATHIBHA imbibes in students the team spirit and a sense of belongingness. It is a fest in which various cultural competitions for UG students are held irrespective of the stream to which they belong to.

PRATHIBHA 2021-22, an intra-collegiate cultural fest including Investiture Ceremony followed by PRAYAAN, inauguration of various departmental associations, was held on 3 rd and 4 th of December 2021 for all UG students, organized by Cultural Committee of St Francis de Sales College. Due to rise in the cases of new variant, Omicron, the non-participants were asked to remain at home and watch the live streaming of the program through YouTube. The purpose behind this step was to avoid massive crowd and to have social distancing. The entry passes were issued only to the participants and volunteers.

Major N Raghu Rama Reddy, Army Veteran and Indian Army Officer, was invited as the Chief Guest for PRATHIBHA 2021-22. He has 24 years of experience in the Indian Army Infantry and Air Defence Artillery and has been honoured with numerous awards by various corporations, governments and the media, in recognition of his service in the army and his commitment to social service after retirement.

The formal inauguration of PRATHIBHA - Cultural Fiesta, took place on 3 rd December 2021 followed by few On-Stage events. The INVESTITURE CEREMONY – Students who got elected as Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary, Deputy Sports Secretary, Cultural Secretary, Deputy Cultural Secretary, Sports Secretary and Deputy Sports Secretary took oath to fulfil all the responsibilities given to them. On this occasion the book “Third Gender - Issues to be tackled” for which the chief editors are Prof. J Benet Rajadurai & Prof. Kusuma R from the Department of Humanities received a copy of the same from the chief guest of the event.

After this formal program, the much-anticipated competitions began. PRATHIBHA 2021-22 has been a brilliant stage to discover the plethora of talents, potentials and skills of our young Desalites.