Madras Engineer Group Adjudged Best Marching Contingent in Services Category

Madras Engineer Group Adjudged Best Marching Contingent in Services Category

The Union Ministry of Defence announced the result of the Republic Day Parade – 2017 on January 28, 2017. For this the Ministry appointed three panels of judges for honoring the participants of the event with the awards in different categories. In Service Category, Madras Engineer Group has been

selected as the best marching contingent while in the Para-Military Forces category, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) were adjudged as the best performers. In the Category of tableaux from the 17 participating states, Arunachal Pradesh stood first for depicting the Yak dance which is a famous imitation of the Mahayana sect of Buddhist tribes of Arunachal Pradesh. Among the Tableaux from the 6 Union Ministries/Departments that participated, Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship won the first prize for depicting the theme ‘Transforming India through Skill Development’ besides highlighting the achievements of the Ministry and its programmes.

Apart from this, the tableau represented by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) on the theme ‘Green India-Clean India’ won a special prize. In Dance category of school children, performance by Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pitampura, Delhi, children won the first prize for their dance based on National Flag. Besides, South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur, received Consolation prize in dance category for their performance of the ‘Saila Karma’ dance which is a popular dance of the Gond Tribe of Dindori district in Madhya Pradesh.