Report
- The 25th National Reading Day was observed on June 19, 2020 in order to pay our homage to the father of “ Library Movement” in Kerala, late P. N. Panicker, whose death falls on June 19. As a part of the National Reading Day celebrations, the Department of Malayalam organized an Online Poetry recitation Competition for the college level students all over Kerala from 18 June 2020 to 22 June 2020. The programme was coordinated by Mr. Vishal Johnson and Mr. Sreekumar K., Assistant Professors in Malayalam.
The programme was aimed at encouraging the creativity and innovations of the students during lockdown caused by the outbreak of the pandemic Covid 19 disease in Kerala. These innovations and creativity act as stress relievers for many, especially the students. Around 47 students from different colleges across Kerala participated in the Online Poetry Competition. Students were judged on the parameters like confidence, expressiveness, voice modulation, memorization, pronunciation, reciting power, and innovativeness in the presentation of the poem.
The judges were delighted by the high quality performance of the participants and had a tough time deciding the winners of the competition. The winners of the competition were as follows:
Winner: - Anila K. T. ( Arafa Institute for Teacher Education, Attur)
- Second Position: Lakshmi Prabha P. (Mercy College, Palakkad)
- Third Position : Smrithi Krishna T. (M. P. M. M. S. N. Trust College, Shoranur)
The following students received special jury mentioning for their remarkable performance: - Aiswarya J. (M. P. M. M. S. N. Trust College, Shoranur)
- Adithyan Vijay (C. M. S. College, Kottyam)
- Harsha S. ( Yuvakshetra College, Mundur)
- Aswathy Lakshmi (Yuvakshetra College, Mundur)
- Parvathy S. (Bishop Moore College, Mavelikara)
- Athira Menon (St. Mary’s College, Thrissur)
- Karthika Menon (St. Joseph Arts and Science College, Pavaratti)
- Maria Phelna P. J. (Aquinas College, Kochi)
