Jalandhar, The students of Lovely Institute of Technology (Polytechnic) won two golds, one silver and one one bronze at the recently concluded Polytechnic Zonal Youth Festival (Men) at Patiala, to win the Overall Winners Trophy. The fest was organised by Punjab Technical Institutes Sports, Chandigarh and showcased the best of cultural skills of polytechnic colleges spread in the Patiala Zone. LIT (Poly) had sent a team of 21 students which contested in all the four events of the fest Folk Song, Folk Dance, Skit and Fancy Dress.

Parminder Singh, a student of Diploma (Mechanical) won the gold in folk song, with his excellent rendition of Punjabi song dedicated to the legendary lovers of Land of Five Rivers. The tall and sturdy boys of LI also caught the fancy of the audience, as they danced to the tunes and rhythms of Punjabi dance numbers. The team eventually went on to win the gold in Bhangra competition. The skit performance of students where , the audience was amused with a rare combination of wit and meaningfulness, was adjudged for the runners up prize. The skits theme revolved around the problem of unemployment, and took pot shots at various factors responsible for it. Pardeep Singh, a student of Diploma (Electrical) walked away with the bronze, in the fancy dress competition as he impressed with a wonderful display of Punjabi culture through his dress.

Mrs. Rashmi Mittal, Executive Dean-LPU congratulated the winner students and hoped that the success will be replicated at other competitions as well. Mrs. Mittal said, The success of LIT (Poly) at the Zonal Fest is substantial, and it has raised our ambitions for the national fest. I am quite hopeful that the students from LIT (Poly) will go beyond than just doing a repeat of their performances of ensuing meets. We are eying higher honours in forthcoming competitions of higher level. The winners of the fest will compete in the Polytechnic Inter Zonal Youth Fest (Men) to be held at Hoshiarpur in a few days.