the national games 2015 opened to a grand start at the greenfield stadium in trivandrum on saturday evening several traditional art forms were part of the procession showcasing the art and culture of kerala while sachin tendulkar grabbed the biggest cheers in the audience were prominent personalities from different fields oommen chandy venkaiah naidu i m vijayan beenamol anju bobby george and p t usha a traditional percussion performance wowed the audience but the talking point of the evening was a music performance by mohanlals band lalisom which saw the actor along with other renowned singers on stage panaji the state government has formed a committee to select professionals from the scheduled tribe st community for their outstanding achievements in the field of culture and education the committee will be headed by tribal welfare minister ramesh tawadkar as chairman and will comprise secretary tribal welfare director art culture director education and director tribal welfare as members the order appointing the panel was issued by sandhya kamat director tribal welfare recently