Cultural Activities

Department of Youth Welfare and Cultural Activities provides a platform to the students to present and to groom their talents and leadership qualities. It also plays a significant role in preserving and promoting rich cultural heritage of Punjab among the Youth.

College is one of the pioneer institutes which contributed in the development of theatre in Punjab. It has produced various theatre personalities like Bhisham Sahni, Gurdial Singh Phul, Dr. Harcharan Singh, Kewal Dhaliwal and Dr. Atamjeet Singh to name a few. In present times theatre and TV artists like Rajiv Thakur, Chandan Parbhakar, Rajive Dhingra, Emanuel, Rajbir Kaur, Mannat Singh, Mukesh Vohra, Ramesh, Dinesh and Mandeep Ghai are performing in various serials and TV shows. Eminent folk singers like Amrinder Gill and Lakhwinder Vadali, Ranjeet Bawa and J Star groomed their talent on the stage of the college.

This department organises Talent Hunt Programme and prepare teams in different cultural events to perform in University and Inter-University Youth Festivals. The department has done commendable job in preserving Theatre and Folk Arts among the youth. Department is proud to have provided spring-board for the famous personalities like Amrinder Gill, Lakhwi nder Vadali, Ranjeet Bawa, Kewal Dhaliwal, Rajiv Thakur, Chandan Parbhakar to name the few.

In 2021-22, Khalsa College Amritsar has Won Overall Championship Trophy in GNDU Zonal Youth Festival 2021 and Second Runners Up Trophy in Inter-Zonal Youth Festival .

College has won Theatre and Literary Trophies also.In all, 86 colleges participated in Inter-zonal Youth Festival. Under the aegis of the Department of Youth Welfare and Cultural Activities and supervision of Dr Surjeet Kaur and Dr Deepak Devgan, students teams made an all round achievement in the festival. College notched First positions in Bhangra,Jhumar, One Act Play, Group Shabad, Gazal,Folk Orchestra, Mimickery,Skit,Mime,Debate,Poetical Symposium,Mehendi,Cartooning, Kawishri and Western Instumental Music and second in Group Song, Classical Dance, Elocution, Quiz, Installation,Vaar Gayan, Western Solo Song etc at Zonal level. Bhangra, Jhumar,Play, Mimickery, Shabad, Kawishri, Mehendi and Poetry also remained champion at Inter Zonal level.

College students also won Best Dancer and Best Actor awards.

College Director of Youth Welfare,Pf Devender Singh, congratulated the students and all teacher incharges for this commendable achievement and expressed his gratitude towards the college Principal Dr Mehal Singh under whose motivational leadership all this became possible.