chandigarh the fifth statelevel kala utsav 2019 began in chandigarh on november 19 it would be held till november 22 at bhavan vidyalaya sector 27chandigarhin the cultural extravaganza the government government aided and private schools are participating in all participants in different art forms in the category of male and female would be performing music vocal have 33 participants music instrumental has 41 participants dance has 37 participants and painting has 58 participantsthe statelevel function was inaugurated by the education secretary bl sharma the first event of the function was vocal songs in which 14 male and 16 female participatedon the basis of the judgment surjeet singh from government model senior secondary school gmsss in sector 40b secured first position jaskaran singh from gmsss 35 secured second while kunwarveer singh from gmsss 37 b secured third position in male categoryin female category manjinder of gmsss 35 secured the 1st position binita of gmsss 23 nyc secured 2nd position simranjeet kaur of banyan tree sector 48 secured third position under solo music vocal competitionthe kala utsav is an initiative of ministry of human resource development mhrd to promote arts in education by nurturing and showcasing the artistic talents of school students at the secondary stage in the country it is organized every year which helps students to explore understand and display their artistic talents which further gives them the opportunity to understand and celebrate cultural diversity at school cluster state and national level