varanasi the fiveday interfaculty youth festival spandan2012 would begin at the banaras hindu university bhu from february 25 as per reports of the varsity administration around 2000 students representing 16 faculites mahila mahavidyalaya four affiliated colleges and rajiv gandhi south campus would participate in the mega event a wide range of colourful and vibrant events of music dance visual arts and others would be the highlights of the twoday programme similarly a number of venues including arts faculty auditorium annie besant hall pt omkar nath thakur auditorium amphitheater and swatantrata bhawan would host the youth festival this year the interfaculty youth festival has assumed special significance as it is being organised to mark the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of pt madna mohan malviya founder of bhu special programmes comprising elocution in three languages including hindi english and sanskrit apart from essay and poster making would be held to mark 150th birth anniversary celebrations of its founder on february 21 this year similarly a special programme on light music would be also organised to pay tributes to padmabhushan bhupen hazarika an alumnus of faculty of performing arts on february 28 the penultimate day of fiveday youth festival a total of 31 competitions would be held in five different categories and application of participants would be invited at dean of students office till february 16 this yearakanksha 2012 the twoday annual cultural programme of faculty of science akanksha2012 would start from february 2 as per reports from the faculty a total of 31 events in various categories of music dance literary events performing arts and visual arts would be organised for two days the winners of these events would represent the faculty in the upcoming spandan2012 the interfaculty youth festival of bhu this year