guwahati after a gap of 25 years gauhati university gu is all geared up to host pragjyoti mahotsava the 33rd east zone inter university youth festival 201718 from january 5 to january 9ranjan kumar kakati director of students welfare said an organising committee along with 19 subcommittees has been constituted assam governor jagdish mukhi will be the chief patron while chief minister sarbananda sonowal education minister himanta biswa sarma cultural affairs and sports minister naba kumar doley and gu vicechancellor mridul hazarika will grace the fest as patronsabout 2530 universities from eastern india are expected to participate in the festival in 26 different music cultural literary and fine arts competitions with approximately 800 participants kakati said he added that all the venues of the competitions will be named after a sociocultural theme of assam representing various tribes of the state