allahabad a variety of cultural events including seminars photo exhibition audiovisual show and documentary presentations would form a part of dastak09 a fourday long function at nirala art gallery of allahabad university the function being organised by centre of photojournalism and visual communication of au from august 7 would host a number of renowned journalists dastak would take place in nirala art gallery from 1130am on august 7 the function would be inaugurated by qamar wahid naqvi news editor of a wellknown hindi news channel who would also be the chief guest of the function dastak would also witness number of exhibitions featuring photographs and short films made by the students of the centre news bulletin adfilms and audiovideo show would be the highlight of the inaugural day the second day of dastak09 would be marked by the presence of parents and other visitors the third day of dastak09 would be dedicated to the alumni of the centre in which students of the last five batches have agreed to participate dastak09 would conclude on august 10 at 330pm in the presence of head of a hindi daily dastak would also have a special audiovisual show on all four days while the photo exhibition would be open from 1100am to 600pm daily