Jammu University's Zonal 'Display Your Talent' Is On: 27 Competitions, Five Zones and Who Won on Day One

Cartoons of celebrities, classical vocals, group songs: the University of Jammu's zonal-level Display Your Talent 2026 opened on Tuesday, October 13, run by the Department of Students Welfare. It features about 27 competitions across music, dance, literary activities, fine arts and theatre, and gives students from affiliated degree colleges and university departments a stage. Zonal winners advance to the Inter-Zonal level at the university.

Five zones

Vice-Chancellor Prof Umesh Rai envisioned the zonal format "to encourage wider student participation". The zones are Jammu, Rajouri-Poonch, Samba-Kathua, Udhampur-Reasi and Doda-Kishtwar. Prof Pankaj K Srivastava, Director of the Centre for Distance and Online Education, was chief guest at the inaugural function.

Day-one winners

• Group song (Indian): GCW Parade, then the Institute of Music and Fine Arts (IMFA), then MIER College.
• Light vocal solo: Gunjan Chowdhary (Department of History, JU), Gayatri (GCW Parade), Aarav Nargotra (IMFA).
• Classical vocal: Mahima Chibber, Roshni Badgotra (both GCW Parade), Tahira Shamim (IMFA).
• Cartooning: Abuzar Ali (IMFA), Sonakshi Gupta (Political Science, JU), Tanish Kumar (GDC R.S. Pura).
• Poster making: Rupinder Singh (GDC R S Pura), Anushka (IMFA), Sadhvi Jasrotia (IMFA).

Classical instrumental was listed among day-one events but no result was reported. Later days' results will be in the university's notices. For last year's edition, see Display Your Talent 2025.

Source: Daily Excelsior, October 14, 2026 (single source; not independently cross-checked).