Guwahati: Singer Papon Mahanta drove home several messages, including the need to work hard, the importance of safe driving and the merits of blood donation, while inaugurating 'Consensio16-Space Odyssey', the annual techno-cultural management festival of the Royal Group of Institutions (RGI) here recently.
A total of 99 colleges and 600 participants from the northeast and other parts of the country took part in the festival.
Papon was accompanied by Prateek Hajela, commissioner and secretary of the state's home and political affairs department. The singer was conferred the title of 'Pride of Assam' by the RGI for his contribution to Assamese folk music.
Papon shared his musical journey with the students and spoke at length about his passion for music.
Consensio, in its seventh edition this year, included URJAA-The Management Programme, FEST- o FIESTA-Performing Arts, ART BEATS- Fine Arts, TECHNOVANZA-The Technical Events and VOGUE-The Fashion Show. A bevy of celebrities like Mo & the Shooting Stars, Ganesh Talkies and Pink Villa performed to cheering crowds. Rewati Chetri, Miss Asia at World Miss University was the show-stopper at Vogue-The Fashion Show.
For the first time in the northeast, Sunburn Campus, with its international DJs, made an audience of 3000 rock to hit musical numbers.
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