manav rachna institution university celebrated its first founders day with a blood donation camp the inauguration of its central library and a felicitation ceremony awarding alumni achievers at the college campus in faridabad recently the occasion was to commemorate the birth anniversary of manav rachnas founder dr op bhalla satya bhalla chief patron prashant bhalla chancellor manav rachna international university amit bhalla vicepresident manav rachna international university and other dignitaries graced the occasion the function started with the lighting of the lamp and the ganesh vandana by students of manav rachna international school and was followed by a tribute to dr op bhalla the function included a felicitation ceremony where mrius distinguished alumni and students were presented with awards and citations while miss asia pacific 2013 srishti rana an alumnus of the bachelor of journalism at the university received the first dr op bhalla pinnacle alumnus excellence award table tennis ace ankita das who represented india in the 2012 summer olympics was awarded with the dr op bhalla award of excellence in the field of sports while actorturnedmodel mahima bakshi received the award for performance in art and culture speaking on the occasion srishti said im grateful to my alma mater for giving me such honour and recognizing my talent my grooming has been a result of my education here by grooming i mean overall development where i was able to attend personality classes beside the course that i pursued wishing the alumni success in 0future prashant said its a matter of honour for the mr group to see its students achieve success in various walks of life at manav rachna we pay attention to the overall development of the individual dr op bhalla the founder visionary of manav rachna vidyanatariksha emphasized on creating better human beings which is possible only if adequate attention is given to sports and cultural activities i resolve to carry forward my fathers legacy the occasion witnessed the inauguration of the dr op bhalla central library by swami satyamitranand girii maharaj the event also showcased a documentary on the life of dr bhalla