M S University's students gear up to host 'Prerna' at Faculty of Technology and Engineering

VADODARA: Students of M S University's Faculty of Technology and Engineering (FTE) are gearing up to host - Prerna - the national level social event that is entering into its seventh year. Organized with the aim to provide platform to the differently-abled to showcase their hidden talents, Prerna will be held this year on July 28 and July 29.
The organizing team is expecting differently-abled participants not only from Gujarat but also from cities like Jaipur and Mumbai, who will showcase their skills.
"This time we will organize disabled volley-ball and blind cricket tournament. Also, Prerna this year will witness a live performance by 'Ability Unlimited' - the leading dance group of differently-abled, which is Guinness world record holder group that has staged its performance on popular television shows. This group is performing for the first time in Gujarat," said FTE student Sahil Sharma.
While the organizers are expecting around 1,500 differently-abled students to participate, the events are categorized as per disability of the participants.
"We will be organizing 'antakshari', braille writing, chess, clay-modelling, dancing, marble-finding, mimicry, singing for the blind while events like carom, ceramic painting, mehendi, mimicry, pot-designing, rangoli will be for the deaf and dumb. Similarly, events will be held for mentally challenged and physically handicapped," said another student Kaushal Patel.
"Apart from the 30 events for the differently-abled, we will be organizing seven events for visitors, which include 'click-o-pic'(a photography event), 'vision-du-reel' (documentary film making event) , 'touch of colour' (t-shirt painting event) and other adventure events like 'search thy soul', 'in their shoes', 'sixth sense' and our newest event this year 'the mime time'," added Sharma.
"'Search thy soul' and the mime time are interactive events in which both normal people and differently-abled people will participate together so as to help create a strong bond between them," said Patel.