The Cotton University team

A 42-member contingent of Cotton University brought laurels to the university by winning several medals at the 35th East Zone Youth festival held at Royal Global University, Guwahati.

The youth festival which concluded on Friday began on Monday and over 20 universities from East zone participated in it.

The Cotton University team bagged the top position in Mime and Folk Orchestra competition.

It also secured the second position in Indian song and folk dance competition apart from securing third positions in western vocal (solo), western instrumental (solo) and quiz competition.

The Cotton University team also stood fourth in the classical instrumental and skit competition.

Earlier this year in the 34th East Zone Inter-University Festival held in Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Bihar from January 3 to 7, Cotton University was adjudged over-all champion in the literary category.

Apart from winning prizes in different categories, Cotton University also bagged the first prize for performing Bihu under the folk dance category in the zonal fest.