JAMMU PLUS: SPONSORED Nirvana Academy organises 7th season of Pandit Uma dutt Sharma Sangeet Mahotsav Jammu, 28 December: Nirvana Academy today organised seventh season of musical competition in Pandit Uma Dutt Sangeet Mahotsav at city square Jammu. Sh. Krishan Lal Verma Retd. H.O.D Fine Arts College was the chief guest while Sh. Vikrant Dogra Vice Chairman FIBDO and Sh. Pradeep Dutta Bureau Chief Times Now was the guest of honour on the occasion. Programe was supported by Surya milks, City Square mall, Royal wedding and event planners, Heritage Strings- School of Rock, Federation of Indian Blood Donor Organisations and JMU plus social networking partner. Naval Deep Kour hosted the programme, Sanchit Dewan coordinated the event and sound was designed by Anshul. More than 120 participants from different parts of Jammu region took part in the programme. The main motive of the programme was to explore hidden talent among the children, youth and budding artists of the state so that they can be able to compete with the other talented youth of the country. Participants of Pandit Uma Dutt Sangeet Mahotsav displayed their talent in different age group categories of the competition. Sh. P.S Wazir Retd. Army officer and Golden Guitar Awardee adjudged the programme. Hitesh Badyal President Nirvana Academy told on the occasion that Nirvana Academy had organized various such programmes earlier also and succeeded in bringing all such type of talented, budding artist under one umbrella. Speaking on the occasion chief guest Sh. Krishan Lal Verma threw the light on the life and achievements of Pandit Uma dutt Sharma. He said that Pandit Uma dutt was born in April 1900. Pandit ji received his training in tabla and pakhawaj from his Guru Sardar Harnam Singh. Pandit ji spent 10 years under the guidance of Pt. Bade Ram Das ji at Banaras. Pandit ji was one of the few artists from Jammu, who used to give performances in vocal music from Lahore Music station. Pandit Uma Dutt Sharma gave the responsibility of taking the Santoor on the world stage to his son Pandit Shiv kumar Sharma after extensive research on its possibilities. Prominent among the others were Meenakshi Sharma Gen Secretary NA, Vikas Dogra Vice President Prayas, Vikul Gupta, Shivam Badyal, Paramjeet kour, Neha Verma and Nishant Vaid.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 17:56:09 +0000
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