Surat Beat

Camp held
Jawahar Mirazkar, a system analyst from Bangalore, conducted a counselling camp for students of Interact Club of Nandvidhyaniketan School, Essar Gujarat, Hazira on January 15 and 16. While he was invited by the Rotary Club of Surat, a written aptitude test was held during the camp. A similar camp will be organised for the students of Shardayatan School, Piplod on January 19.

Music festival
A three-day Baiju Shastriya Sangeet Samaroh will be held in the city from January 22. The programme has been organised jointly by the Gujarat Rajya Sangeet Natak Academy Gandhinagar and Naad8217; Surat in memory of late musician Baiju Bawra. The programme, to be presided over by professor R C Mehta, will be inaugurated at Gandhi Smruti Bhavan at 8.30 pm by Pandit Dinanath Upadhyay. Vocalists Viraj Parikh, Ratanlal Sharma, violinist Ramakant Sant will perform on January 22, while D K Dattar will present violin recital and Trupti Mukherjee and Harikant Sevak vocal recitals on January 23.