The 20th variation of SHABD-26, JSS Science and Technology University’s (JSS STU) yearly creation and literate festival, began connected the assemblage field present connected Saturday.
The two-day festival, organised by the Editorial Board, the university’s creation and lit club, was inaugurated astatine the Golden Jubilee Bhavan by noted writer and fashionable big of the Kannada quiz programme ‘Thatt Antha Heli’, N. Someswara.
Over the years, SHABD has emerged arsenic 1 of the salient creation and literate festivals hosted by an engineering institution, providing a level for creativity, taste exchange, and literate expression.
Vice-Chancellor A.N. Santosh Kumar, Registrar S.A. Dhanaraj, main C. Nataraju, dean (Student Affairs and Alumni Engagement) M.N. Nagendra Prasad, and subordinate dean-academic (Publications) Vanishri Arun were contiguous astatine the inaugural programme.
As a prelude to the festival, activities specified arsenic ‘bamboozled’ and ‘face painting’ were conducted and received an enthusiastic effect from participants.
SHABD-26 features a wide scope of competitions successful art, English literature, and Kannada literature. The creation conception includes canvas swapping, T-shirt designing, and rangoli, portion the literate conception offers events specified arsenic quizzes and debates, among others.
The festival is unfastened to participants of each property groups. Registration for each events is free, and spot registrations are being facilitated astatine the venue. The organisers person announced a full prize excavation of ₹55,000 for the competitions.
For much details, participants whitethorn interaction the organisers done the festival’s Instagram handle, the.edboard.

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