Rivera Arts Festival
The Rivera 23 international art festival was held at Vellore VIT from last 23rd till yesterday. More than 45,000 students from 700 universities, colleges and foreign universities and colleges participated in this. France, Italy, Portugal, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Japan, Kuwait, Nigeria, USA, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Germany, Syria, Myanmar, Singapore People from 44 countries including Sri Lanka also participated.
More than 150 programs including sports competitions, drama, dance, song and song in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages were held. A total of Rs 17 lakh cash prizes, medals, certificates and trophies were awarded to the winners of the competition.
The closing ceremony was held yesterday. VIT Vellore won the overall championship in various sports and NIT Trichy won the overall championship in Arts and Culture.
To live happily
VIT for the teams that won the overall championship title. Chancellor G. Viswanathan presented the trophy and spoke. Rivera then expressed appreciation to all the students who participated in the ceremony, especially the foreign students. Currently students from 60 countries are studying in VIT. He said that the number of students from various countries will increase in the future.
Famous film actress Rashi Khanna participated as the special guest and interacted with the students and answered their questions. Later he said that he should work hard. At the same time he said that life should be lived happily. He cheered up the students by singing on the stage.
In the ceremony, V.I.D. Vice Presidents Shankar Viswanathan, GV Selvam, Assistant Vice President Gadambari S. Viswanathan, Associate Vice Chancellor Rambabu Kodali and others were present.