Mahindra University organizes Journées de la Francophonie 2022

31^st March 2022, Hyderabad: Mahindra University, one of India’s fastest growing multidisciplinary education institute, celebrated its first ever Francophonie Day titled: Journées de la Francophonie 2022 from 22^nd March to 24^th March 2022. The 3-Day event organized to celebrate the unifying spirit of French language and Culture was inaugurated by the CentraleSupélec's visiting Leadership team Délégué Général du Groupe des Ecoles Centrale led by Prof. Gérard Creuzet. Also present on the occasion were Dr. Yaj Medury, Vice-Chancellor, Mahindra University, Deans & Head of Humanities and Social Sciences Department.

“With nearly 300 million French speaking people across the globe, French is one of the widely spoken languages in the world and the event is a testimony to the unifying spirit of the French language and Culture that bring together people from every continent” said Dr. Yaj Medury, Vice-Chancellor, Mahindra University.

The three-day event, saw many interested students compete for prizes under topics such as poster making (“Afficiel!”), Karaoke and Poetry recitation (“Oh chante hé!” and “Po-aime!”), and Quiz entitled titled “Qui say?”. The competitions culminated in a Soirée francophone, a cultural evening that brought together the university faculty and students to listen to French tunes performed by the Francophone students at the University, followed by prizes distributed by Prof. Yaj Medury, Prof. Bishnu Pal, Prof. Ramakrishna Velamuri and Dr. Mythili N and vote of thanks.

About Mahindra University

Mahindra University, headquartered in Hyderabad (India) is a multi-disciplinary university. It works towards “Educating future citizens for and of a better world” and is envisioned to be a private University that will play a significant role in driving quality improvements and innovation in higher learning in the coming years. Mahindra University will focus on generating new knowledge through engagement in cutting-edge research, create a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship and undertake collaborative projects with industry and other academic institutions. In 2021, Mahindra University launched the School of Management, the Indira Mahindra School of Education and the School of Law. These will be followed by the launch of the School of Media & Liberal Arts in 2022. The University is sponsored by Mahindra Educational Institutions (MEI), a subsidiary of Tech Mahindra Ltd., the flagship IT company of the Mahindra Group, a US $19.4 billion industrial entity that employs in excess of 2,56,000 employees across 100 countries.