National Youth Festival ends

hisar: the seventh national youth festival concluded at hisar on wednesday. about 2,500 boys and girls from 29 states and union territories participated in the seven-day festival. competitions were held in classical dances, one-act play, classical vocal solo and classical instrumental solo. commissioner and sports and youth affairs secretary of the host state of haryana naresh gulati said that non-competitive items and a national youth convention were also organised as part of the festival.special programmes like yuvakrati - a handicraft and social development exhibition, suvichar, kavi sammelan, haryanvi cultural programme, activities of the national adventure club and young artists camp also formed part of the national youth festival. results: folk dance: first - m asvini (tamil nadu), second - richa (haryana), third - neetiraj singh (punjab). folk songs: first - satyapal sandu (rajasthan), second - pfudvolhou (nagaland), third: vinod purohit (madhya pradesh). one-act play (hindi/english): first - sandeep kulkarni (karnataka), second - ajit kumar barik (orissa), third -parveen kumar (bihar). elocution (extempore): first - robin thomas (kerala), second - tejender singh (madhya pradesh, third - anita sawant (chattisgarh). classical vocal (hindustani): first - suganda mishra (punjab), second - bhupendra malhotra (haryana), third - mahesh pandey (delhi). classical vocal (carnatic): first - r jayshanker (tamil nadu), second - jayadas r (chattisgarh), third - jayan t (kerala). sitar: first - rama (punjab), second - supriya shah (delhi), third - mitesh mishra (up). flute: first - jawahar mishra (orissa), second - govind kurm (chattisgarh), third - shivaling appa (karnataka). tabla: first - ashok kurm (chattisgarh), second - islam khan (haryana), third -raghbir singh (punjab). veena: first - b priyadharshini (tamil nadu), second -anurag singh (haryana), third - suparna ravishanker (karnataka). mridangam: first - ar arul (tamil nadu), second - a sarinawas rao (andhra pradesh), third -ravishanker dwivedi (madhya pradesh). harmonium (light): first - neeraj (haryana), second - virendra kumar mishra (up), third - gulshan tandon (punjab). guitar: first - tushar kanti (up), second - tanny mishra (gujarat), third -mahinder kumar (haryana). manipuri dance: sundesh singha (tripura) second - shruthika bm (karnataka). oddissi: first - samir kumar behera (up), second -mousami monhanty (orissa). bharatnatyam: first - parshwanath (karnataka), second - therma antony katticaran (kerala), third - pavitra bhatt (maharashtra). kathak: first - paranami sarmah (assam), second - shefali goel (delhi), third - preeti desai (maharashtra). kuchipuddi: first - d aparna (andhra pradesh), second - tharma antony katticaran (kerala), third - vaishnavi gandhi (gujarat).