darbhanga governorcumchancellor lalji tandon inaugurated the fiveday interuniversity cultural festival tarang in dr nagendra jha stadium at lalit narayan mithila university lnmu on wednesdayaltogether 480 students from 13 universities in the state are participating in various cultural musical and literary eventsspeaking on the occasion tandon said tarang has given a platform to youths for demonstrating their hidden talent in the field of fine arts culture literature music and other sectors this is an ambitious attempt to connect the new generation with the enriched cultural heritage of this state the governor saidinitiated in the year 2007 the number of participants in the event at lnmu is increasing every year total 27 events of music fine arts dance and literature have been organized this yeari have a strong belief that participants from different places in bihar will be able to share the art and cultural specialities of their region with each other while showcasing the concept of unity in diversity tandon saidlnmu vc prof s k singh said the academic calendar of the university has been regularized and choicebased credit system has also been implemented in postgraduate courses along with introduction of new joboriented coursesthe university has prepared vision2030 document and signed a memorandum of understanding with unicef for equipping the distance education system of this university the vc saidspeaking as a distinguished guest the principal secretary to governor vivek kumar singh said the chancellor has taken steps for qualitative improvement in higher education in the statethe governor meets people takes feedback from them and convey it to the officials at raj bhavan he holds weekly meeting with the assistant professors appointed in 2017 to take feedback from them their suggestions for improvement in higher education is being documented for enhancing the campus vibrancy the biggest challenge is to regularize the academic session in the universities steps have been taken to regularize the session of undergraduate courses till 2019 singh saidstudents migrate not because of lack of teaching in the universities but due to late academic sessions the chancellor has decided that from the beginning of academic session 2019 universities will not engage teachers of colleges and departments in nonacademic works he saidspeaking as another distinguished guest the joint secretary of youth welfare department in association of indian universities aiu sampson david said lnmu is playing a big role in organizing youth festivals