In 2018, a new university named Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University, Dhanbad was carved out of Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag. It was decided in the meeting of the Art and Culture Board of the new University, B.B.M.K. University that the 1st Inter College Youth Festival would be organised at Guru Nanak College, Dhanbad.
The 1st B.B.M.K. University Inter College Youth Festival named “ANTARNAD 2018” was organised by Guru Nanak College, Dhanbad from 1st December to 3rd December, 2018 at Sardar J.S. Grewal Auditorium at Bhuda Campus.
The Youth Festival was inaugurated with great fanfare in which who’s who of Dhanbad city and the University were present. The 1st B.B.M.K.U. Youth Festival was won by the host institution Guru Nanak College, Dhanbad by bagging 22 prizes. The team was led by Dr. Mina Malkhandi.
Dr. Ranjana Das was the Organising Secretary of the Youth Festival under the supervision of the Principal and other members of the management. It was a very successful event.
Later the University team selected on the basis of the performance of the artists went to participate in the East Zone Inter University Youth Festival which was organised by Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga(Bihar). In this festival B.B.M.K.U team was selected by Dr. Mina Malkhandi and won two prizes:
1. Group Song Indian
2. Classical Solo
The winners of this festival were selected to represent the zone at the All India Inter University Youth festival organised by the Chandigarh University, Mohali. In this festival also the B.B.M.K.U students won the 2nd prize in Group Song Indian and Classical Solo.
It is noteworthy that out of 5 students who participated in the youth festival from the University at the nationals, all of them were from Guru Nanak College, Dhanbad.
Binod Bihari Mahto Koylanchal University, Dhanbad - 1st Inter College Youth Festival “Antarnad” - 2018
The following students were selected to represent Guru Nanak College, Dhanbad: 1. Sharma Lovely Deepak, 2. Shubhankar Das Gupta, 3. Vivek Bose, 4. Madina Mehfooz, 5. Tanushree, 6. Priyanka Kumari, 7. Shubham Ghosh, 8. Ankit Kumar Sharma, 9. Shurbhi Kashyap, 10. Shubhi Baweja, 11. Shujata Kumari, 12. Shuhani Swarna, 13. Akshat Jaiswal, 14. Swarnim Dey, 15. Niharika Singh, 16. Soni Kumari, 17. Kiran Kumari, 18. Amisha Kumari, 19. Nikhat Khatoon, 20. Nairanjana Chaterjee, 21. Isha Singh, 22. Shimran Chabra, 23. Ekta Kumari Singh, 24. Shristi Singh, 25. Ashtha Ranjan, 26. Alisha Kumari, 27. Sneha Singh, 28. Sweta Ranjan, 29. Ayush Viswakarma, 30. Hitesh Srivastava, 31.Ravi Prasad Paul, 32. Abhijeet Kumar, 33. Adarsh Kumar Sharma, 34. Saurav Prasad.
Binod Bihari Mahto Koylanchal University, Dhanbad - East zone Youth Festival - 2018
The following students were selected to represent Guru Nanak College, Dhanbad: 1. Ayush Viswakarma, 2. Shujata Kumari, 3. Ekta Kumari Singh, 4. Astha Ranjan, 5. Ravi Prasad Paul, 6. Shubhi Baweja, 7. Sweta Ranjan, 8. Kiran Kumari, 9. Adarsh Kumar Sharma, 10. Simran Chabra, 11. Niranjana Chatterjee, 12. Nikhat Katoon, 13. Alisha Kumari, 14. Shuhani Swarna, 15. Sharma Lovely Dipak, 16. Akshat Jaiswal, 17. Swarnim Dey.
