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Hiranagar , October 29 : Department of Music Govt. GLDM Degree College Hiranagar organised 21stonline lecture under the series named “Manthan”. Manthan is an online lecture series from Jammu and Kashmir to Kanyakumari organised under the aegis of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat and Azadi Ka AmritMahotsav @75. The lecture was on the topic Folk Music of Sikkim. The Chief Guest of the programme was Prof. (Dr.)Pragya Khanna Principal of the College. She highly appreciated the idea of the series of lectures pertaining to music every week.
The resource person for the lecture Shri Manoj Rai hailed from Sikkim is an artist and founder of Reeyaz Sangeetalaya. He has performed in many prestigious festivals of India.
He in his lecture described in detail about the folk music of Sikkim.He also described in detail about the different communities of Sikkim and their Tradition and culture. He also talked on the influence of Nepali and western culture on Sikkim.
The welcome address was presented byDr. Bharat BhushanHead, Department of Music. He also said that after the compilation of the project all the proceedings and articles from all the lectures will be published into a book form. The work and initiative would be a contribution to the knowledge and literature in the field of music which would further strengthen the institution at large. The project is encouraged and inspired by the worthy Principal of the college Prof. (Dr.) PragyaKhanna.
The webinar was attended by the students, teachers and music lovers from across the nation. Many participants discussed and shared their views about the series. Those who attended the lecture were Prof. RomilaGuleria from GDC, Kathua, Dr. SwarVandanaSharama& Prof. KrishanKanta Sharma from Varanasi, ShriRaju Das ( Deputy Secretary- SangeetNatakAkademi,New Delhi, Prof. LawanyaKirti from Bihar, Dr. Surendra Kumar Sikkim University, Prof Lokesh Joshi from Punjab, Dr. Sanjay Kalotra and Prof. Yash Kumar from GCWUdhampur College,Dr. Nishtha Sharma from Govt. MAM College, Jammu, Prof. Sujat Khan, Dr. Rajesh Sharma, Dr. DavinderKour, Prof. Manjot Singh, Prof. NehaBhagat,DrUshaRani, Dr JyotiRani, Dr. Arun Kumar, Mr. VikramJamwal and Dr. Mukesh Kumar from Govt. GLDM Degree College, Hiranagar. At the end of the lecture Dr. Bharat Bhushan, Head, Department of Music of the college presented the formal vote of thanks.The programme was organised together withDepartment of Sociology and the Department of Physical Education and Sports in consultation and support of Prof. (Dr.) PragyaKhanna, Principal of the college.
