Evening saw a cultural evening celebrating World Heritage Day where performers drawn from researchers, local colleges and staff family members put up a memorable show. Ms. Diksha Talukdar initiated the proceedings with her rendering of the Ganesh Vandana before Dr. Ruchi Badola, Dean & Registrar, WII formally inaugurated the function through the traditional lamp lighting ceremony.

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) team put up a creative choreography of the Namami Gange theme song.

The Graphic Era Global School’s choir gave the gathered audience a powerful display of singing, followed by a series of traditional dances put together by school students and staff children including Rajasthani, Nepali, Assamese and a medley of folk dances.

Ms. Shrajani performed a dance to “Buyra Luit Buwa Kivo”, a song much venerated in Assamese culture before Shubhayu and Mebin Aby Jose sang a medley of folk songs to the accompaniment of a guitar. A final series of group dances by Uttaranchal College and NMCG – Punjabi, Garhwali and the unifying Desh Rangeela with the active support of the audience closed the World Heritage Day programme on a shared note as indeed heritage is supposed to be.