Chandigarh April 7, 2021
University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Panjab University
felicitated all the participants and winners of the Drawing Competition, an outreach
activity through google meet, on 5th April 2021. The theme of the competition was
“COVID 19 Awareness and its Management”. Pictures speak louder than the words, so
the event was organised to make the students and public more aware about COVID-19
and to give a platform to the budding talents to showcase their creativity.
Under this outreach activity, the entries were invited in the month of March from
the school students of the tricity and the neighbouring states under two categories;
category I for Class 6 to 8 and category II for Class 9 to 12. The entire event was
successfully organised by Dr Anurag Kuhad, Dr Neelima Dhingra and Dr Sangeeta
Pilkhwal Sah under the guidance of Professor Indu Pal Kaur, Chairperson, UIPS.
The felicitation ceremony began with a cordial welcome by Professor Indu Pal Kaur to
the participants and the Chief Guest of the occasion Professor Rajesh Gill, Dean
Research, Panjab University. Professor Rajesh Gill congratulated the participants
and greatly appreciated UIPS for organizing such events and catering to the young
minds apart from maintaining academic excellence.
Professor Indu Pal Kaur congratulated all the participants for their wonderful
drawings. She apprised of that this outreach activity was a small step towards
strengthening our resolve to emerge stronger and face the COVID-19 challenges more
effectively.
More than thirty-eight participants took part in the competition, and highlighted
the COVID-19 pandemic through their creative lens.
Dr Sangeeta P Sah conducted the felicitation ceremony and stressed on the fact that
participation is more important than winning. All the winners were awarded with a
cash prize and certificate of excellence for their exemplary performances. Their
drawings with the name, school and city would be shared on all the social handles
like Instagram, Facebook, twitter and LinkedIn of UIPS to provide maximum
visibility.
Under category 1 (Class 6 to 8), 1st position was bagged by Mehul Garg, class 7,
Ankur school, Chandigarh; 2nd position by Rachit Jangra, class 6th, St. John’s High
school, Chandigarh and 3rd position by Jagseer Singh, Class 6th of Shivalik Kids
School, Jaitu followed by consolation prizes by Akshay Jain, Class 6th Manav Mangal
High School, Chandigarh and by Pranav, class 7th, Delhi Public School, Chandigarh.
Under category 2 (Class 9 to 12) 1st position was bagged by Ms Nandini Kumari,
Class 12th Army Public School, Chandimandir, Panchkula and consolation prize by
Shorya Gupta, of Class 9th, St. John’s High School, Chandigarh.
Shivalik Kids School, Jaitu was awarded certificate of appreciation for maximum
participation of students. All the students were given certificate of participation
for their encouragement.
