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	Sikkim University turns two 27-Aug-2009

Sikkim University turned two on the 2nd of July 2009. Sikkim University in commemoration of the 2nd Foundation Day organized a number of socio-cultural and academic programmes beginning in the month of July and culminating on the 14th of August, 2009. The celebrations began with an Inter College Debate on 27th July, 2009. Students of the affiliated colleges of Sikkim University took part in the competition and debated if “Economic Development is more important than protection of the Environment’. The debate was held at Sikkim Government College, Tadong and Shri G. S. Lama, Sikkim Akademi was the Chief Guest at the function. The second event was a SPIC MACAY programme on 2nd August, 2009, where Ms. Malabika Mitra, a well known kathak exponent performed at Sikkim Government College Auditorium. SPICMACAY is the Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Among Youth and it aims at introducing traditional Indian culture to the youth with the hope that the beauty, grace and wisdom embodied in it will become an integral part of their lives. Classical Indian music and dance, carries with it generations of wisdom dating back to antiquity and is being used as the chief medium for creating awareness among students. Ms. Malabika Mitra, is an artist of rare individuality. She was accompanied by Pandit Dinanath Mishra, who is the disciple of great Tabla Mastero Pandit Sarda Sahai of Benaras Gharana and Sri Pratip Banerjee who is the disciple of the great vocalist Ustad Munawar Ali Khan of Patiala Gharana. Shri Chandra Bahadur Karki, Hon’ble RMDD Minister, Government of Sikkim graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Sikkim University also organised SPICMACAY concerts by Ms. Malabika Mitra at various schools of Gangtok, Tashi Namgyal Higher Secondary School, Tashi Namgyal Academy, and Paljor Namgyal Girls Senior Secondary School on 3rd, 4th and 5th August 2009 respectively. The school students were delighted by the performance which was meticulously planned taking into consideration the age groups of the students. She explained all her steps and the response was over whelming from the students. The Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of Sikkim University, Prof. Mahendra P. Lama in his welcome address has promised to organise SPICMACAY concert in Sikkim every year. ‘Sawaney Jhari', a cultural evening on 8th August 2009 was the next event and students from Sikkim University and affiliated colleges performed traditional dances and songs and brought the evening alive. The highlight of the evening was the 'Welcome song' written by our own Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Prof. Mahendra. P. Lama and performed by the Post Graduate students of the university. The special attraction of the evening was Indian idol and the boy from the neighborhood, Prashant Tamang, who enthralled the audience with his melodious voice and charismatic stage performance. The event was a great success and was attended by over 500 people including students and faculty members from the university and the affiliated colleges, bureaucrats and various dignitaries from the civil society. The event was graced by Ms. Neeru Sewa, Hon’ble Minister for Information and Public Relation and Excise Department, Government of Sikkim as the Chief Guest. All in all, it was an incredible effort by the university students, teachers and staffs. The third programme was a day-long Seminar on the theme Higher Education: Problems & Prospects, where the coming challenges in Higher Education and the National Knowledge Commission and the Yashpal Committee reports were discussed eruditely by local and national scholars. Shri N.K. Pradhan, Hon’ble Minister Human Resource and Development, Sikkim Government was the Chief Guest at the debate. The Valedictory Session of the Second Foundation Day Celebrations was held on 14th August, 2009, at Chintan Bhawan. Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, Chancellor of Sikkim University popularly known as the father of the Green Revolution in India, delivered a lecture, Preparing for Climate Change. The celebrations concluded with a book discussion in which eminent discussants from India and abroad discussed the books, India: State, Arts and Beyond and Bahudha and the post-9/11 World (published by Oxford University Press) written by the Shri B.P. Singh, His Excellency, the Governor of Sikkim. The series of programs was enjoyed by participants from various schools, colleges from both within and outside Sikkim and the response has been very enthusiastic and it has been an exhilarating fortnight for the young University.

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