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ANU campus comes alive on R-Day

Staff Reporter

Combined parade has teams from various colleges participating for the first time

GUNTUR: The Republic Day parade on the Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU) campus was colourful, well-organised, and left the students a happy lot.

The combined parade, held for the first time on the university campus, attracted teams from various affiliated colleges.

The creativity of the students was evident from their innovative ways of highlighting social issues. Crackers were burst and colourful balloons released into the air after Vice-Chancellor V.Balamohandas hoisted the national flag. Tiny national flags were released into the sky through special fireworks.

Earlier, the Vice-Chancellor was conferred the rank of Honorary Colonel of the National Cadet Corps (NCC).

More than 30 colleges from Sattenepalli, Mangalagiri, Narsaraopet and Nidubrolu vied with their counterparts from Vijayawada, Tenali and Guntur.

The tableau of the Annam Guruvamma Krishna Murthy College depicting Andhra Pradesh as the land of farmers attracted all and was awarded the first prize. While, the tableau of Guntur Abhyudaya College won the second prize for highlighting the need to protect our environment.

There were tribes dressed up in their traditional best in the tableau of Sarada College from Vijayawada.

The bravery of heroes from Palnadu was highlighted by the students of the PNC and KR College, Narsaraopet, while, students from the VJP and DLB College, Mangalagiri, highlighted the need to support the handloom sector. Students jostled to have a photograph with movie star Nagendrababu, who is an alumnus of the university, and was the chief guest of the function.

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