Bareilly: Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University (MJPRU), Bareilly, organised Talent Hunt Auditions 2026 through its University Cultural Centre to identify students’ hidden talents and provide them with a platform to showcase their creative, artistic and technical skills.
The auditions featured a wide range of activities, encompassing traditional performing arts, literary expression, fine arts and contemporary digital skills. Students participated enthusiastically, demonstrating their abilities across various disciplines.
The performing arts category included classical and folk dances, solo and group singing, instrumental music, drama, acting and mimicry. Literary and communication activities featured original poetry, songwriting, anchoring, debates, speeches and other creative presentations.
The fine arts segment included painting, mehndi, art and craft, best out of waste, cartooning, sketching and modelling. Recognising the growing importance of digital skills, the university also introduced graphic designing, video editing, voice-over and digital presentations.
In his message, Vice-Chancellor Professor Anil Kumar Rai said the university’s responsibility extended beyond providing quality education to identifying students’ inherent abilities and creating opportunities for their development. He emphasised that talent hunt programmes play an important role in building confidence, creativity, leadership skills and overall personality development.
Professor Rai also highlighted the National Education Policy 2020, which places emphasis on multidisciplinary education, skill development, arts, culture and creative expression.
Cultural Coordinator Dr Jyoti Pandey said the primary objective of the programme was to discover students’ potential and nurture their abilities through appropriate guidance and training. She explained that the Cultural Centre organises talent identification and audition programmes at the beginning of every academic session to identify the interests and skills of both newly admitted and existing students.
Based on their performances and interests, students are connected with various cultural activities and given opportunities to participate in future university programmes and competitions.
Dr Pandey added that students’ talents extended beyond conventional cultural disciplines to emerging fields such as digital media, graphic designing, video production, voice-over and creative writing. The expanded range of activities this year aims to ensure that students receive opportunities suited to their individual abilities.
The initiative seeks to develop a structured system for identifying, training and promoting talent, enabling students to represent the university at prestigious cultural, literary and creative competitions.
The programme was organised with the support of Dr Jyoti Pandey and Cultural Club members Mahak Fatima, Piyush Pal, Aditi, Yash, Mohammad Kaif, Kavyansh Mishra, Anuj and others.
Participants included Vishal, Ishita, Anuj, Drishti, Pallavi, Samia, Priyanshu, Chandni, Ruchi, Ariba, Sadhana, Tejwati, Preeti, Lakshmi, Manya, Harsh, Mohammad Afnan, Akshita, Muskan, Abhay Pratap, Agam Swaroop, Shreya, Deepak Goswami, Mahi Gupta, Raghav Agrawal, Raghuvansh, Anshika, Riddhi and Abhishek, among others.
The Talent Hunt Auditions 2026 marked an initiative to channel students’ creative energy, encourage diverse forms of expression and strengthen the university’s cultural environment.
Report by Akhilesh Chandra Saxena, Bareilly
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