ANCSU Collegiate meet enters Day-4

Dimapur, November 1: The All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) Collegiate Meet 2024 which began on October 29 has entered its fourth day with an unfolding of some immensely invigorating events including the first ever Naga Wrestling Competition in an ANCSU Meet.

The evening on October 31, which coincided with the Halloween Day and Diwali celebrations, turned out to be an electrifying one as the much anticipated and the most wooed after ANCSU Beat Contest unfolded with 7 colleges from across Nagaland vying for one of the most prestigious titles in the state. The ANCSU Beat Contest is a biennial event and is conducted in order to encourage and promote the young talents from various colleges of Nagaland.

The Beat Contest was graced by Neibalie Rio, Special Officer to the Chief Minister of Nagaland. The panel of judges included Clement Imsong, Vocalist of Lords of Rock Band, Yangkum Jinger, current drummer of Incipit Band, Mankon Konyak, Lead Guitarist of the band EXI-CHICKEN HEAD and renowned Bassist, Jungshi Aier.

During the battle of the bands, the colleges belted out Bon Jovi’s popular number ‘You give love a bad name’ along with a number of their own choice.

After a very exciting and mind boggling performance by all the bands, the title of the Best Band was awarded to the energetic band from Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung while the Runners Up title was bagged by the band from Sazolie College, Kohima who also won the Best Vocals and Best Drummer titles.

Patkai Christian College, Chumoukedima won the Best Bass Guitarist and Best Keyboardist titles while the titles for the Best Lead Guitarist and the Best Rhythm Guitarist went to Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung and Livingstone Foundation International College, Dimapur respectively. The exhilarating event concluded with the summing up performance by DJ Rhon which kept the crowd asking for more.

The third and the final day of the Knowledge Hub event of the Collegiate Meet was held in the morning on November 1 and was graced by Johnny Ruangmei, Joint CEO of the Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority, Government of Nagaland. A talk on HIV/AIDS awareness was also delivered during the programme by Dr. Hotoka Hesso, S.MO, Art Plus Centre, District Hospital Dimapur.

Imtisangla, COFU, IDAN also walked the audience through the various facets of Financial Literacy. Other highlights of the programme included the result of the Hackathon and prize distribution by Startup Nagaland and special song by students of Immanuel College, Dimapur.

(Page News Service)