Prestige Model United Nations (PMUN 2023), being the first event of Annual Fest Urjotsav 2K23, simulated the United Nations, where students acted as representatives of various nations and debated about real-life agendas. The students represented the delegates of different countries, which helped them learn various skills like diplomacy, articulation of thoughts, leadership, and spontaneous thinking.

The event comprised 9 committees of the United Nations – UNSC(United Nations Security Council), UNHRC(United Nations Human Rights Council), UNCSW(United Nations Commission on Status of Women), WHO(World Health Organization), UNODC(United Nations Office of Drugs and Crimes), UNICEF(United Nations Children’s Funds), UNESCO(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), UNEP(United Nations Environment Programme), UNDP(United Nations Development Programme).

The Opening Ceremony of the event started with lamp lighting followed by the inaugural address of Dr. Manojkumar Deshpande, Director PIEMR, who expressed his happiness on the enthusiastic participation and stated that PMUN would prove helpful in the all-round development of every delegate. The Chief Guest for the event was Dr. Rajshekhar Vyas, Former Director General of Doordarshan News, Director of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), and Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; most important, he has been to the UN three times assisting Dr. Manmohan Singh.  

The event concluded with the distribution of certificates to all the winners from each committee in the category of Best Delegate, Verbal recommendation and High recommendation, Chairs & Vice Chairs of all Committees, and Student Coordinators of the organizing committee. The whole event was successfully conducted and coordinated by Prof. Sarita Vijayvargiya, Head Adroit Training Division, in collaboration with Dr. Hemant Sharma, Head Applied Science & Humanities Department, with comprehensive support from faculty members of both departments.