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Sports, Youth festival for foreign students at Pune University |
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Pune : Foreign students will get a chance to be at their sportiest and artistic best during the months of December '08 and January '09 at the International Students' Centre, University of Pune (UoP).
Foreign students from around 104 countries are looking forward to the annual sports meet and youth festival that are quite an attraction at the centre. From December 1 to 22, the sports meet will see their participation in basketball, volleyball and football matches. |
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"We are planning to include an Indian team from this year onwards. For that matter, we will encourage Indian students to participate in cultural activities as well," Vasudha Garde, Director of the International Students' Centre, UoP, said.
Registrations for the same are already pouring in. "We have 16 countries each participating in basketball and volleyball, and about 23 countries in football," said Madhav Purang, an MA student at the university and sports coordinator for the event.
UoP's diamond jubilee celebrations will begin next year, and the cultural meet and the much sought-after youth festival, which will be held late January, will be the ones to look out for. |
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Foreign students will not only get a chance to present songs, dance and theatrical performances special to their respective countries, but also partake in putting up a special exhibition. "It's going to be a country-wise exhibition that will showcase each nation's culture, climate, basic geography and history, and its socio-economic aspects," Garde further said.
To be held simultaneously is the food festival that will have students' cooking specialty, dishes typical to their respective countries. Not to forget the annual education fair that will provide information to foreign students at the centre on various courses at colleges and educational institutes affiliated to the UoP. "We will also be providing information on courses at foreign universities that have tie-ups with the UoP," Garde added. |
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A special cultural programme for students studying the English language course at the centre is worth a watch.Around 150 students will participate in the song and dance events that will be held especially for them during the last week of December. In the past, theatrical performances based on Shakespeare's plays, like King Lear and Taming of the Shrew, have run to packed audience.
Highlighting foreign students' views and opinions on important topics will be a special diamond jubilee publication,slotted to be released sometime in early February. It will also contain detailed information on each country.
With the aim of making the cultural meet special in the coming year, Garde has chosen the theme, 'Socio-economic scenario in the world,' to offer some excellent food for thought to the students, foreign and Indian alike.
UoP vice-chancellor Narendra Jadhav and Garde will address the students during a special talk on the same during
early February.
Interesting programmes of academic nature have also been lined up at the centre. Exchange programmes with students from Metropolitan State College of Denver and Salisbury University, Maryland, US, have been slotted to facilitate
give-and-take of knowledge.
Source : indiaedunews |
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