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Statewise break-up of Scholarships awarded under CTSSS 1982-2015
AnnuAl RepoRt 2014-15

Cultural Festival on ‘Unity in Diversity’ for Scholarship Holders

The main objective of these festivals is to create an understanding of the aesthetic and cultural values in order to appreciate
and understand the creative expressions of mankind through the ages and promote experience of beauty through sensory
perceptions. In the Festivals, special efforts are made to involve the youth in cultural development, to inculcate in them a spirit
of harmony and togetherness and to channelize youthful energy in creative and productive pursuits.
The students interact with eminent Gurus and scholars and practice under them to give a synchronized presentation during the
Festival. They are also taken on educational tours to places of cultural and natural importance during these programmes to show
how nature has inspired the creative genius of the visual artist, poet, musician or dancer and to motivate them for making efforts
to conserve our heritage at regional levels.

Two National Cultural Festivals titled ‘Unity in Diversity’ were organized. The first one was organised from September 27 to
October 03, 2014 at Guwahati, Assam in which 113 scholarship holders from 25 States /UTs alongwith escorts attended the
programme and the second festival was conducted from March 23 to 29, 2015 at Hyderabad, Telangana in which 77 scholarship
holders from 17 different States/UTs of the country participated.

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