Chandigarh: Ten undergraduate students from Post Graduate Govt College, Sector 11, participated in the 10th Military Literature Festival (MLF) for the first time Sunday, narrating stories of courage featuring Param Vir Chakra and Ashoka Chakra awardees.The students took part in the “Saga of Bravery and Courage” session, sharing real-life accounts of recipients of the country’s highest wartime and peacetime gallantry awards. MLF chairperson Lt Gen TS Shergill (retd) and Lt Gen JS Cheema (retd) attended the session.Around 150 students from the college’s department of defence and strategic studies also attended the festival. Those pursuing defence journalism interacted with war veterans and senior military officers as part of their academic coursework.Sanjeev Kumar, head of the department, said the festival gave students an opportunity to connect classroom learning with real-world experiences.“This is a major milestone for our students, as platforms like MLF turn classroom theory into real-world learning,” he said, adding that the department hoped to make participation an annual feature.
