Youth Festival · University
The Panjab University youth festival with 31 items spanning bhangra, giddha, orchestra, theatre, debate and fine arts.
Sets up a university zonal youth festival in the style of a published Punjab rulebook – 31 events across music, dance, theatre, literary and fine art, including Bhangra, Giddha and orchestra – so a college or university coordinator starts from a working programme instead of a blank page.
A zonal youth festival is a university-run arts competition in which students of affiliated and constituent colleges compete for their institution, and the best performers go forward to a wider inter-zonal round. This template follows the published information and rules booklet of one Punjab-region university’s youth festival and carries its list of 31 events: music, dance, theatre, literary events and a long fine-art block.
Music opens the programme with Light Vocal (Geet, Ghazal or Folk Song), Shabad/Bhajan, Classical Vocal, Group Singing (Indian) and four instrumental events: Instrumental (Percussion), Instrumental (Non-Percussion), Indian Orchestra and Folk Orchestra. The dance block is the most regionally distinctive part: Giddha and Bhangra sit beside Classical Dance and a general Group Dance. Theatre covers One Act Play, Skit, Mime, Mimicry and Histrionics, while the literary events are Poem Recitation, Debate, Elocution, Quiz and Creative Writing (Poem, Story or Essay).
The fine-art block has nine events: On-the-Spot Painting, Photography, Collage Making, Clay Modelling, Cartooning, Still Life Drawing, Rangoli, Installation and Poster Making. Twenty-one of the 31 events are individual entries and ten are team entries (Group Singing, both orchestras, Giddha, Bhangra, Group Dance, One Act Play, Skit, Mime and Debate), all open to both genders.
There is a single group, Open (College), set to ages 16 to 25. The booklet’s published eligibility is bonafide students of affiliated and constituent colleges under 25 on 1 July, with a maximum of five items per student, so treat the age range as a working band. The booklet adjudges performances as first, second and third only, with Commended recognition for standout individuals in group items. The A, B and C grade bands and the 100-mark score field in this template are the app’s defaults for score-based workflows, not the festival’s own rules, and the 10-minute time fields are likewise placeholders to replace with the notice for each event.
Where this event comes from
Zonal and inter-zonal youth festivals are a long-standing format of Indian higher education, in which colleges within a university’s zones send students to compete in a standard list of cultural events. This template follows one university’s published booklet rather than a generic format.
Where this event is run
Punjab and Chandigarh, where a university’s youth welfare department runs a zonal round for its affiliated colleges and an inter-zonal round for the zone winners. The same event list suits any university, college cluster or student union that wants a large festival rooted in Punjabi folk performance alongside the usual classical, theatre and fine-art events.
- Punjab and Chandigarh, India (university zonal youth festival)
- Universities and student groups elsewhere that run collegiate festivals
Key facts
- 31 events: 8 music, 4 dance, 5 theatre, 5 literary and 9 fine art
- One group, Open (College), set to a working 16 to 25 range; every event open to both genders
- 21 individual events and 10 team events
- Punjabi folk items Giddha and Bhangra sit alongside Classical Dance and Group Dance (General)
- The source adjudges first, second and third only (plus Commended); the grade bands, 100-mark field and 10-minute times here are app defaults
- Overall team awards in the source are a zonal trophy and a Vice-Chancellor’s trophy, not modelled as per-event ranks
- Age groups
- 1
- Competition items
- 31
- Competitions
- 31
- Grade bands
- 3
- Rank awards
- 4
Age groups
Every candidate is placed into one of these groups by age, and competitions are run per group.
Open (College)
Candidates aged 16 to 25 compete in this group
Competition items
The events themselves — each with the category it belongs to and how judges score it.
Light Vocal (Geet/Ghazal/Folk Song)
Shabad/Bhajan
Group Singing (Indian)
Classical Vocal
Instrumental (Percussion)
Instrumental (Non-Percussion)
Indian Orchestra
Folk Orchestra
Classical Dance
Giddha
Bhangra
Group Dance (General)
One Act Play
Skit
Mime
Mimicry
Histrionics
Poem Recitation
Debate
Elocution
Quiz
Creative Writing (Poem/Story/Essay)
On-the-Spot Painting
Photography
Competitions by group
The full schedule matrix, sectioned by age group then category — which item runs for whom, and for how long.
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open (College) | |||||
| On Stage | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Light Vocal (Geet/Ghazal/Folk Song) | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Shabad/Bhajan | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Group Singing (Indian) | Team | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Classical Vocal | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Instrumental (Percussion) | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Instrumental (Non-Percussion) | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Indian Orchestra | Team | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Folk Orchestra | Team | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Classical Dance | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Giddha | Team | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Bhangra | Team | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Group Dance (General) | Team | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| One Act Play | Team | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Skit | Team | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Mime | Team | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Mimicry | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Histrionics | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Poem Recitation | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Debate | Team | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Elocution | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Quiz | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Off Stage | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Creative Writing (Poem/Story/Essay) | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| On-the-Spot Painting | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Photography | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Collage Making | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Clay Modelling | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Cartooning | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Still Life Drawing | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Rangoli | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Installation | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Poster Making | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
Grades and ranks
How scores turn into grade bands, and how many points each placing is worth.
| Grade | For | Condition | Score | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Grade (85-100) | Greater than or equal to | 85 | 0 | |
| B Grade (70-84) | Greater than or equal to | 70 | 0 | |
| C Grade (50-69) | Greater than or equal to | 50 | 0 |
| Rank | For | Points |
|---|---|---|
| First | 10 | |
| Second | 6 | |
| Third | 3 | |
| Commended | 1 |
Frequently asked questions
Can I change this template after installing it?
Yes — installing it creates a fully configured, live event, not a locked package. Every age group, competition item, rule and scoring setting can be edited afterwards to match exactly what your event actually needs.
Do I need technical knowledge to set this up?
No. Installing a template does the setup work for you; you only need to review the details (dates, unit or house names) and open registration.
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