Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 28: Lawrence Public School students presented an opera on Surya Putri Tawi with the theme, Save Tawi Save Jammu on its annual day celebrations at Gen. Zorawar Singh Auditorium. The program started with Suryaputri Tawi Arti followed by rich tributes to Founder Principal Mrs. Shakuntla Joshi & Devender Singh Rana. The school Chairman Wg Cdr M. M. Joshi in his welcome address announced the Jammu Gaurav Samman for socially responsible citizens for their tireless contributions towards the society. The students of the school enthralled the audience with their spell bound artistic performances. The students show cased the journey of the river Tawi from its origin to Jammu, highlighting the diverse cultural heritage of the areas it passes through. Tbe Chief Guest on this occasion was Padma Bhushan Ghulam Nabi Azad honoured prominent religious leaders from all religions along with various heads of social organisations. Those honoured on this occasion included, 1. Lt. Rev. Ghulam Rasool Azad, Eminent Educationist 2. Lt. Rt. Rev. Bishop Aziz William Eminent Educationist 3. Lt. Sh. Dev Dutt Mengi Educationist 4. Lt. Dr. Masud Choudhary (I.P.S) Founder V.C, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University. 5. Gen. Goverdhan Singh Jamwal, Living Dogra Vetran6. Sh. I.D Soni, Eminent Educationist 7. Justice S.K Gupta 8. Sh. R.S Chib, Gen Sect DPAP9. Sh. S.P Vaid (I.P.S.) Former DGP J&K 10. Maj. Gen Sunita Kapoor, 1st & only lady General from J&K 11. Smt. Promilla Khajuria, Eldest daughter of Raghunath Mandir Head Priest 12. Sh. Aslam Qureshi (I.A.S) 13. Padamshree Dr. S.P Varma, Eminent Gandhian 14. Parshotam Dadhichi, President Geeta Bhawan 15. Srdr. Ranjeet Singh Tohra, President Dist. Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee 16. Rajesh Gupta, President Vishva Hindu Parishad 17. Maulana Sarfaraz Hussain, Shahi Imaam Jama Masjid 18. Reverent Father Yessudeep Sandhu, Bishop 19. Sh. Ved Prakash Sharma, President Brahman Sabha 20. Sh. Romesh Gupta, President Mahajan Sabha 21. Bansi Lal Choudhary, Resident OBC Maha Sabha 22. Sh. Pankaj Jain, President S.S Jain Sabha23. Sh. Arun Gupta, President Chamber of Commerce & Industries 24. Sh. Kiran Wattal, Convenor Vishwa Kashmiri Samaj, Vice Preaident Gymnastics Federation of India, President Shri Amarnath ji Yatra Welfare Society 25. Prof. Anupama Sharma, Patron Nami Dogri Sanstha 26. Sh. Sandeep Jain, President Bharatiye Jain Sanghatna 27. Sh. Sohail Kazmi, Board Member WAKF 28. Mahant Rajesh Bittu, Executive Chairman, Sadhu Dharma Sathan Surakshani Committee 29. Amarjeet Singh, Eminent Musician 30. Sh. Happy Singh, Former President Yuva Rajput Sabha 31. Sh. Vikram Singh, President Yuva Rajput Sabha 32. Sh. Shiv Pratap Gupta, Working President Mahajan Sabha 33. Sh. Sidharth Dogra, Founder Editor in Chief Jammu links 34. Sh. Gaurav Gupta, Geo Politics Expert, Secretary Jammu Club 35. Adv. Chander Mohan Sharma, Convenor Tawi Bachao Andolan 36. Jawinder Singh Kuku, International Hockey Coach 37. Jameel Choudhary, Prominent Sr. Gujjar Leader 38. Sh. Raj Kumar, Behrupia Eminent Writer, Musician, Director 39. Sh. Salman Nizami, Chief Spokesperson DPAP 40. Adv. Ajay Sharma Eminent Layer, Social worker 41. Sh. Satish Chander, Folk Performing Arts Choreographer 42. Pranav Kohli Senior Advocate 43. Gursimran Singh Republic TV Journalist 44. Arun Chib UNI Bureau 45. Vishal Bharti Sr Journalist The vote of thanks was presented by Mr. Manish Joshi, Managing Director Lawrence Public School urging all citizens of Jammu to come forward, help Save Tawi Save Jammu. |