Jammu, Feb 27 :
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday inaugurated Goonj 2026, a unique two-day youth festival at the University of Jammu, reaffirming the administration’s commitment to empowering young minds across Jammu and Kashmir.
According to a post shared on X by the Office of the J&K LG, as per news agency Kashmir News Corner — KNC, the festival aims to provide a distinctive platform for youth from diverse disciplines to come together and “create one future.” The event is designed to educate the mind, energise the body, and ignite innovation among participants.
The Lieutenant Governor emphasised that empowered youth shape the nation’s future, underlining the importance of intellectual depth, creative strength, and innovative leadership for national progress. He stressed the need to nurture balanced minds and bold innovators to ensure sustainable development and long-term advancement.
Post reads, “Today inaugurated Goonj 2026, a Unique Youth Festival at University of Jammu. The two-day event will offer distinctive platform to youth from diverse discipline to create one future. The festival will educate the mind, energize the body and ignite the innovation.”
“Empowered youth engineers the future and I believe intellectual depth, creative strength and innovative youth leadership is essential for national advancement. We must focus on shaping balanced minds and bold Innovators for sustainable development,” it reads.