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Students display posters promoting unity, harmony and national integration during National Unity Day activities organised by the Education Department at Pragati College, Raipur, on Saturday, October 31, 2026. Photo: channel24india.com via Pragati College.
Education Department and Community Service Club mark Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birth anniversary with creative activities promoting harmony and togetherness
Key Highlights
• Pragati College’s Education Department conducts poster-making and slogan-writing activities on National Unity Day.
• Students express messages of national integration, communal harmony and collective responsibility.
• The Community Service Club organises the observance marking Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 151st birth anniversary.
• Education Department Head Dr Kamal Narayan Gajpal addresses students.
• Faculty members join the programme and encourage student participation.
Raipur: Students of Pragati College conveyed messages of unity, harmony and national integration through poster-making and slogan-writing activities organised by the Education Department on Saturday, October 31, 2026, to mark National Unity Day and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 151st birth anniversary.
Organised through the college’s Community Service Club, the programme brought together creative expression and reflection on the importance of togetherness in a diverse society.
Participants showcase their artwork depicting unity in diversity during the poster-making activity at Pragati College, Raipur, on Saturday, October 31, 2026. Photo: channel24india.com via Pragati College.
Students used drawings, colours and concise slogans to present their understanding of national unity. Their work featured the Indian tricolour, joined hands, representations of different communities and messages encouraging cooperation and mutual respect.
Creativity conveys the message of unity
The poster-making activity gave students an opportunity to translate ideas about national integration into visual messages.
Students display a tree-themed poster carrying messages of unity, cooperation and progress during National Unity Day activities at Pragati College, Raipur, on Saturday, October 31, 2026. Photo: channel24india.com via Pragati College.
Several artworks highlighted unity in diversity, using symbols of different faiths and cultural traditions alongside images of India and the national flag. Others portrayed togetherness through clasped hands, groups of people and shared commitments to peace.
A poster depicting a tree brought together messages about unity, progress and cooperation, while another used joined hands and the tricolour to communicate solidarity.
Students displayed their completed work and shared the messages conveyed through their designs.
Slogans remember Patel’s vision
A student presents a National Unity Day poster featuring a raised fist framed by the colours of the Indian tricolour at Pragati College, Raipur, on Saturday, October 31, 2026. Photo:channel24india.com via Pragati College.
The slogan-writing activity complemented the posters with brief messages about national integrity and social harmony.
One student’s Hindi slogan recalled the Iron Man’s vision of a united India: “लौह पुरुष का एक ही सपना, अखंड रहे भारत अपना।”
Students of the Education Department create and display posters and slogans celebrating national unity, harmony and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s legacy at Pragati College, Raipur, on Saturday, October 31, 2026. Photos: channel24india.com via Pragati College.
The activities provided a platform for students to connect the occasion with values of respect, inclusion and collective responsibility.
Department head addresses students
Dr Kamal Narayan Gajpal, Head of the Education Department, addresses students during the National Unity Day programme at Pragati College, Raipur, on Saturday, October 31, 2026. Photo: channel24india.com via Pragati College.
Education Department Head Dr Kamal Narayan Gajpal addressed students during the programme, adding an academic dimension to the creative observance.
Assistant Professors Dr Gunjan Sharma, Chinmayee Das, Pooja Sahu, Upasana Shrivastava and Bhuneshwar Kumar Yadaw joined the activities and encouraged the participants.
The programme combined individual creativity with group participation, allowing students to engage with the theme through both artwork and written expression.
