Ms. Zohra Chatterji, IAS (Retd.) graced the occasion as Chief Guest. Among the dignitaries present were the President of the Managing Committee Ms. Zarine Viccajee, the Manager Prof. Nishi Pandey, the Principal Dr. Upma Chaturvedi, members of the Managing Committee, Former Principal of the College, Dr. I. Nayyer, alumni of the College, parents and guests were present there.
The program commenced with the ceremonious lighting of the lamp. Rabecca Abbas, the Vice-President of the Student Council presented the Welcome Address. An enchanting performance on Ganesh Vandana by Manu Sahu, Vaishnavi Tripathi, Sanjana Bhandari, Nivedita Mittal and Kratika Singh set the tone of the event. The evening witnessed felicitation of the esteemed alumni of the College, Dr. Parveen Talha, Ms. Z. Viccajee, Mrs. Meenakshi Singh, Mrs. Kirti Narayan and Dr. Anita Bhatnagar Jain.
The College magazine ‘The Avadhite’ 2016-17 was unveiled. This was followed by a comedy play ‘Caught Out’ by Steve Shaw. The play was greatly appreciated and the audience was captivated by the scintillating performances of Maryam Abbas, Vidushi Agarwal, Ankita Mathur, Shreya Dayal, Farah Q. Ahmad and Vishakha Singh.
A group dance on Shiv Tandav was performed by Manu Sahu, Uneet Kaur, Saumya Dixit, Shachika Singh, Garima Srivastava, Muskaan Shukla and Deepanshi Manglani.
A version of the Sufi Song by Shankar Mahadevan ‘Damadam Mast Qalandar’ was performed by Siddiqua Rizwan, Shreya Raj, Simran Kaur, Urvashi and Vidisha Srivastava.
Much awaited part of the evening, the Fashion Show, saw an amalgamation of style and grace on the stage.
The hard work of the support staff was acknowledged and a token of appreciation was presented to them by the Chief Guest.
The evening came to an end with an address by the Chief Guest who congratulated the students for putting up such a wonderful show. The formal Vote of Thanks was proposed by the Student Council President Maryam Abbas and the evening came to an end with the National Anthem being sung by all present.