Skills Development Centre held a Swathi Thirunal Dance and Music Festival with a variety of Indian classical dance and music programmes. The programme was inaugurated by Arvind Patil, President of Indian Community Benevolent Forum, and Saleem Ponnambath, former president of Bhavans Public School. All the programmes were based on ‘Krities’ in Carnatic and Hindustani music narrated by Swathi Thirunal Maharaja performed by the students and teachers of SDC. During the function Sreekumar Padmanabhan, a renowned painter was honoured. Chief Guest Arvind Patil presented him with a memento.