 |
| Indian ambassador Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa releasing the souvenir of the Youth Festival as Col al-Wadani, Friends of Thrissur officials and others look on |
Qtel was the main sponsor of the festival, which attracted more than 1,100 students.
MES won the title, scoring 195 points and finished way ahead of Birla Public School (109 points), which came second. DPS-Modern Indian School were third with 58 points.
Abhijit of MES was crowned the individual champion (Kalarathna) in the boys section while Sruthi Sreenivasan, also of MES was adjudged the girls champion (Kalashree).
At the valedictory function on Friday, chief guest and Indian ambassador Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa lauded the efforts of the forum in organising a festival for the third successive year for children of local Indian schools.The envoy later released the event souvenir.
Head of Traffic Department at Rayyan Security Colonel Talib
al-Wadani, Indian Cultural Centre (ICC) president K M Varghese and Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF) president Nilanghsu Dey spoke at the meeting.
Friends of Thrissur president Shahul Panickaveettil chaired the meeting. General convener V A Haneef welcomed the gathering, treasurer K R Sidharthan proposed a vote of thanks and
Anjali Prasannan anchored the programme.
Besides the ambassador Deepa Wadhwa, Col al-Wadani, Dey and Varghese, classical dance exponent from Kerala Kalamandalam Hemalatha, MES Indian School principal A P Sashidharan, Kalamandalam artistes Priya Kishore and Sneha Shreekumar, local entrepreneur P A Latheesh and upcoming film actress Aishwarya Murali, were among others who gave away the prizes.
Results: Elocution (Juniors): 1. Sahla Sathar (DPS-MIS), 2. Athira Augustine (DPS-MIS), 3. Jessica D’Souza (MES), Seniors: 1. Simi George (MES), 2.Mohd Shaheen (MES), 3. Amal Fathima (Shantiniketan), Poem recitation (English, Juniors): 1. Shreya Raghavendra (Birla), 2. Sahla Sathar (DPS-MIS), 3. Meera Antony (Shantiniketan), Poem recitation (English, seniors): 1. Ann Abraham, 2. Anjali Menon (Birla), 3. Mohamed Shaheen (MES), Poem, recitation (Malayalam, seniors): Sruthy Sivadasn (MES), 2. Shaheed Ali (Shantiniketan), 3. Nadir Abdul Salam (MES), Poem recitation (Malayalam, juniors): 1.Abhijith Krishna (DPS-MIS),2. Sheethal S Panicker (DPS-MIS), 3. Gayathri K Menon(Birla)/Nusaim Abdul Salam (MES), Light music (Girls, juniors): 1. Vinduja Vijayan (MES)/Abhirami Menon (DPS-MIS), 2. Helna Thomas (MES), 3. Sruthy Mohana Kumar (Birla), Light music (Boys, Malayalam, juniors). 1. Abhijith (MES), 2. Nusiam Abdula Salam (MES)/Abhijith Krishna (DPS-MIS), 3. Govind Sudheer (Birla), Light music (Malayalam, girls, Seniors): Sruthy Sivadasan (MES), 2. Gayathri Bini Sugunan (Doha Modern Indian School), 3. Janani Sankara Kumar (DPS-MIS), Light music (Malayalam, boys, Seniors). 1. Nadir Abdul Salam (MES), 2. Naveen Joseph (MES), 3. Rahul MuraliMurugan (DPS-MIS), Light music (Hindi, girls, Juniors) 1. Vasundara Raturi (DPS_MIS), 2. Gayatri K Menon (Birla), 3. Helna Thomas (MES), Light music (Hindi, boys, juniors), 1. Abhijith (MES), 2. Abhijith Krishna (DPS_MIS), 3. Nusiam Abdul Salam (MES), Light music (Hindi, girls, Seniors):1. Sruthy Sivasadan (MES), 2. Ann Maria (MES), 3. Merlin Jose (DPS-MIS), Light music (Hindi, boys, seniors): 1. Nadir Abdul Salam (MES), 2. Naveen Joseph (MES), Vibhav Gautam (MES), Folk dance: (Juniors): 1. Treasa Mariya Antony (MES), 1. Athira James (Birla)/Freda Stanley (Birla), 3. Abhirami (Shantiniketan), Folk dance (Seniors): Athira Rajeev (MES), 2. Aathira Satish Kumar (MES), 3. Mriduladas (Ideal Indian School), Bharatanatyam (juniors): 1. Treasa Mariya Antony (MES), 2. Meera Ajayakumar Nair (MES), 3. Sanika Sudheer Kumar (Birla), Bharatanatyam (Seniors): 1.Athira Rajeev (MES), 2.Syama Muralidharan (MES), 3. Athira Satish Kumar (MES), Mono act: (Juniors): Tresa Mariya Antony (MES), 2. Farzeena Khalid (Shantiniketan), 3. Rahul Suresh Pillai (Birla), Mono act: (seniors): 1. Anjana Anil Kumar (Birla), 2. Anupama Sreedharan (Ideal), 3. Ann Mary James (MES)/Abhinav Manikandan (Birla)/Fathimath Jazeela (MES), Mappilla songs (Girls, juniors), 1. Thansiha Abdul Gafoor (MES), 2. Safa Fathim (Shantiniketan), 3. Adila Jaleel (Shantiniketan), Mappilla songs (boys, juniors) 1. Abdhijith Krishna (DPS-MIS)/Mohamed Ashiq (MES), 2. Nusiam Abdul Salam (MES), 3. Yasen (Shantiniketan), Mappilla songs (girls, seniors): 1. Sruthy Sivadasan (MES), 2. Zareena Mohamed (MES), 3. Camila Jaleel (Shantiniketan), Mappilla songs: (Boys, seniors) 1. Zameel Zubair (MES), 2. Nadir Abdul Salam (MES), 3. Shaheed Ali (Shantiniketan).
Related Story
