SKM students’ wing to mark 50th Statehood Day celebrations with art & lit festival

GANGTOK,: The SKM students’ wing on Saturday held its monthly meeting here at Deorali to deliberate on various subjects, future programs and plans. The meeting was presided over by SKM students’ wing president Tshering Wangchuk Lepcha, a press release informs.

Sikkim Art and Literature Festival, an annual initiative of the SKM students’ wing, is in plans to be organised this year as part of Sikkim’s 50^th Statehood Day celebrations.

“The SKM students’ wing has successfully organized the ‘Read & Grow’ program and the Sikkim Art and Literature Festival in the past, and as Sikkim marks 50 years of Statehood, this year’s literary festival will be organized with much vigor and enthusiasm. The Sikkim Art and Literature Festival will serve as a platform for students, scholars, artists, authors, and intellectuals as a whole and will include various constructive programs and events,” the release mentions.

Similarly, the SKM students’ wing plans to organise the Students’ Assembly as part of the 50^th Statehood Day celebrations under the leadership of Chief Minister PS Golay.

The SKM frontal organising is also holding a meet-and-greet program for the newly elected Student Representative Council (SRC) as soon as colleges reopen. This program will provide the SRC members with an opportunity to share their insights while the students’ wing will actively listen to and consider their feedback, the release mentions.

The meeting also included discussions regarding the upcoming Sikkim Student’s Sphere (S3), a student podcast show created for and by students. The selection of hosts and the logo is currently in progress and will be finalized by the end of this month. After its formal launch by the Chief Minister, the podcast show will commence, the release mentions. 

In addition to these upcoming programs, the meeting had constructive and fruitful discussions on various plans and initiatives aimed at the welfare of Sikkim’s students.

The SKM students’ wing delegation also called on SKM secretary general Arun Upreti to apprise him of the discussions held during the meeting, the release mentions.