Pandit ji Interacts at Pandit Uma Dutt Sharma Sangeet Mahatosav held at GCW Parade

Jammu, 26 December 2014: A live Interaction session of Padam Vibushan Santoor Masetro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma was today held at Auditorium Women college Parade, where in Pandit ji Interacted with the students of Music , Music instructors and intellects of the society on the Occasion of conclusion of 6th season of Pandit Uma Dutt Sangeet Mahatosav .The Event was organized by Nirvana Academy A Cultural Club in Collaboration with Government College for women Parade and Supported by Hotel Swastik and KC Biscuits. Earlier the Pandit ji was received by Shantmanu IAS Divisional commissioner, Hemala Aggarwal Principal of the college, Sohail Kazami Senior Journalist along with members of Nirvana Academy and students of NSS unit of College. Mrs Akhila Sharma Educationist & Social entrepreneur gave a brief about the history, mission and goals of Sangeet mahatosav organized in memory of Pandit Uma Dutt Sharma father and guru of santoor Mastero pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma every year by Nirvana academy.

During his interaction session Pandit ji emphasized the importance of the classical music and making every effort to keep it alive. As its only classical music which has root cause of our ancient culture. He said that music is merely not a source for entertainment but it’s a in-depth voice of inner soul. It a gift of god for all human souls. He gave some valuable tips to the young artists during interaction. He also promised to devote more time to make this Mahootsav truly a world class through his contribution and moral support. Recalling the contribution of his father he said his father is his institution of music and he contributed a lot for promotion of music in the state by inviting all big music legends of his times to keep up and promote the culture of Indian classic music.
Chairman of organizing committee Narinder Singh Jamwal (Ex-Mayor) while speaking on Occasion said that

it is one of the big achievement of The Mahatosav for us and our institution especially for the kids who will be receiving facilitation at the hands of Pandit shiv Kumar Sharma. He hoped that it would inspire the other students of music to move forward and win laurels for their music Gurus and society at large. while speaking on Occasion said that purpose of the Mahatosav is to give a platform to the young learning musicians to have a firsthand experience of stage and to acquaint with different aspects of Multicultural forms of music. Shantmanu IAS Divisional Commissioner Jammu presided over the function. Principal of College Mrs Hemala Aggrawal presented welcome address while Sohail Kazami Senior Journalist also spoke on occasion. A programme of classical music was also presented by young budding artists along with disciple of

pandit ji on the occasion.
Later Pandit ji presented the Sangeet Mahatosav Trophies along with certificates among the participants .He also presented mementos to Shantmanu Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Principal Women college Parde, Sohail Kazami and Mrs Akhila Sharma. Vote of Thanks was presented by Mrs Neeru Dhalla Professor Women college Prade. Prominent among others were PardumanSingh Jindrahia, Krishan Lal Verma, Naresh Sharma, Umesh Sharma of KC Biscuit, Pawan Kumar Shastri MD Swastik Hotel, Amit Kumar of Daily TAskeen, Meenakshi Sharma, Ashutosh Dubey, Suresh Sharma, Varinder Raina and Deepak Sharma