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Organised By: International Management Institute

Key dates:
Fest: November 30 and December 1, 2008

The word Kritva means ‘to do’ and it is this meaning that embodies the spirit of our annual management and cultural festival. Kritva attempts to act as a platform for future managers to voice their opinions and garner their thoughts through a plethora of events including management games, paper presentations, cultural events and adventure games.

The Theme of this Annual Management Festival is “With high risks, come high regards”. Various debates and Speakers sessions are arranged with respect to the fest theme.

Events related to Finance, Human Resources, Marketing and many more are conducted to provide an insight into the various happenings in present Business World.

Organised By: IIT-Bombay

Key dates:
Fest: December 20-23, 2008

MoodIndigo Annual Cultural Festival of IIT-Bombay happens to be the Largest College Cultural Festival in Asia. This event happens to bring around 60,000 students together at IIT-Bombay.

Competitions are held in the following fields:
* DRAMATICS
* DANCE
* LITERARY ARTS
* SPEAKING
* FINE ARTS
* MUSIC

Workshops, Interactive sessions, Exhibitions are a part of this Festival.

The Flagship events are:
1) Surbahaar
2) Thundering Typhoons
3) All the World’s a Stage
4) The Inquizition
5) Mixer Blender
6) Adaa
7) Livewire

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Organized By: Indian Institute Of Technology, Kanpur

Key Dates:
Fest: October 23-26, 2008

‘Right To Insanity’ the tag line , nothing less expected from IIT Kanpur. Antaragni has always been fun filled , entertaining and a different cultural fest and not to forget one of India’s best too. From events in the field of literary, music, dance, fine arts to fashion shows, essay writing, panel discussions, talks , workshops, rock shows, western and eastern musicals and much more.

Also this year the Irish Rock Sensation Glyder is set to burn the stage at IIT Kanpur.There are also Professional plays, Blitzkrieg, Informalz, Discotheque and much more in stored for all you people.

So get registering for your favorite events , if not just be there because this is definitely something you do not want to miss.

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Organised By: BITS Pilani

Key Dates:
Fest: October 20-24, 2008

Oasis is the annual cultural fest of BITS Pilani. This year various events being organised are categorised into Creative, Dance, Intelligentia, Literary, Music, Musing Melody, Oratory, Photography, Theatre and Fashion Parade.

Registrations for the events are open. Visit the site for more details (Link).

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Event: Effervescence 2008 (Website)

Organized By: Indian Institute Of Information Technology,Allahabad

Key Dates:
Fest: October 1-5, 2008

Effervescence is the Annual fest of IIIT Allahabad. Effervescence, the mega combo event happening at Allahabad is going to rock the place. With events after events in every field namely cultural, technical, management, informalz, online and obviously the concerts all the way…

With big names Bombay Vikings ,Euphoria expect nothing less this year.Whatever type of person you are there is something for you name it geeky, funky, crazy and out of control or just to chill out , this is definitely the time and place.

For more details visit the website.

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Organised By: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Key Dates:
Fest: September 17-21,2008

Rendezvous is the annual Cultural fest of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Various events covering Photography, Music, Debate, Literary, Quiz, Dance, Dramamtics are being organised as part of the fest.

For more details on the event and registrations visit here.

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Organized By: R V College of Engineering, Bangalore

Key Dates:
Fest: March 28-30, 2008
Deadline to register for Championship events: March 25, 2008

8th Mile is a techno-cultural festival organised under the banner of R V College Of Engineering, Bangalore. 8th Mile promises to be a platform for the students of educational institutions from different parts of India to showcase their talents in the various technical and non-technical events. But more importantly the fest attempts to inculcate in all of the participants a spirit of sportsmanship and friendship.

The events under the Technical Banner include:

-Chakravyuh-on-spot-programming
-Ideas inc.-Algorithm design
-Mayajaal-web designing
-Jantar mantr-online treasure hunt
-Bot ball-robo-soccer
-Yantriki-fire fighter bot
-Sirkit sudhaaran-circuit debugging
-Junk jung-junkyard wars
-Mech-a-thon-mechanical marathon
-Aavishkar-CAD design
-Tatv-technical quiz
-Kora kaagaz- paper presentation
-Roboshaala-robotics workshop

The events under the Cultural Banner include:

-Tak dhina din-group dance (eastern/contemporary
-Jugalbandi-western and eastern music
-Gaane anjaane-antakshari
-Abhinay-dramatics
-Chitrahaar-photography
-jalwa-ad-mag
-apna filmcity-short movie making
-nautanki-street play

There are numerous events under the business, literary, fine arts and Kannada category. There are events for gamers too which includes Dota, Counter Strike, NFS.

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Organized By: National Institute of Technology, Calicut

Key Dates:
Fest: March 27-29, 2008

Ragam is the annual cultural fest organised by National Institute of Technology, Calicut. The various events which are being organised as part of Ragam are: Group Dance, Solo Dance, Drama, Street Play, Mime. Tableau, Mono act, Pencil Sketching, Clay Modeling, Face Painting, Cartooning, Vegetable Carving and other Musical events. Various Literary events are Extempore, Creative Writing, Debate, JAM. The various events in the general category are Videography, Potpourri, Photography, Mock Stock. Creme de la creme is a contest for all budding fashion designers, the fashion show of Ragam ’08.

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Organised By: DA-IICT, Gandhinagar

Key dates:
Fest: February 29- March2, 2008

Synapse is the Techno Cultural extravaganza organized by Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar. Synapse is best described as the getting together of some of the finest and most creative contemporary minds. Be it the sheer brilliance behind the business ideas, the wonderful, carefree nature and skills behind the cultural platter or the witty, non-conventional thinking behind the technical events, Synapse has it all; in a quantity and quality to make the by-stander stare in awe.

Odyssey, Kernel, Surge, Nexus, BattleDrome and Overclock are the various event categories under the Technical Banner. Masquerade, Seventh Avenue, Zing, Synapcity are the various event categories under the Cultural banner.

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Event: Spring Spree 2008 (Website)

Organised by: National Institute of Technology – Warangal

Key Dates:
Fest: March 7-9, 2008

Spring Spree is the annual cultural festival held by the students of the National Institute of Technology, Warangal. Started in 25 years ago, Spring Spree is an assortment of cultural activities comprising of dance, music, art, literary and quizzing activities along with performances by professional artistes throughout the three days during which the fest is held.

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Organized By : Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune

Key Dates:
Fest: February 15-17, 2008

Epiphany is the annual cultural fest of Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune. Epiphany’08 showcases some good talent attracting many from around the colleges. From common events like vocals, band competitions to something different like spelling bee, amazing race and snap hunt.

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Organized By: National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Key Dates: February 7-9,2008

NITRutsav a perennial feature of the city of Rourkela poised in its own unique way between the pedestals of industry and civilization gathers a crowd from various denominations and thus the creation and sharing of various ideas. As part of their social commitment, they intend to spread the message of global warming and dedicate the burning globe on their event website to this noble cause.

From celebrity Kunal Ganjawala to Rock band Music Machine to rock the place to events like Marketing Strategies and the one and only NITR Roadies.Apart from this there are the other events like theater, dance and music competitions etc…….

That’s not all folks ,there’s more .There is a humor show conducted during the fest which will be presented by the finalists of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge 2 and an Amazing Couple Dance Competition to give the event a sweet and sour taste.

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Organized By: V.N.I.T, Nagpur

Key Dates:
Fest: February 25 – March 2 , 2008

Aarohi the Cultural fest of V.N.I.T, Nagpur which began in the year 1988, has come all the way to the year 2007 -08 and will carry on its legacy of entertaining the youth to the fullest.

The tag line itself “Winners don’t do different things….they do things differently….” defines the enthusiasm in the students of VNIT and their passion to take this event to the heights even they cant imagine . From personality contests to band contests,quizzes to antakshari and much more, it is definitely a fun filled event you would not like to miss.

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Event: Moksha 2008 (Website)

Organised By: Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Delhi

Key Dates:
Fest: February 21-24, 2008

Moksha ’08 the annual cultural fest of NSIT,Delhi being held from February 21-24, 2008 comprises of the most adventurous ,daring and thrilling events like Avalanche, Mudra, Rouge, Fahrenite, Concurrence and Adrenaline to other events like Sanskriti, Literalz, Dhwani(Musicalz),Indradhanush and Informalz.

As they say you never know until you check it out. So this is definitely the event to check out and also give a visit to the capital of INDIA for a change.

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Organized By: IIIT, Hyderabad

Key Dates:
Fest: February 8-10, 2008

Felicity is the Techno Cultural Fest organised by IIIT-H. Felicity has always stood for a celebration where everyone feels involved. Needless to state, they strive to maintain the highest standards in every event- right from judges to organization, participation to entertainment. It is precisely for these reasons that Felicity attracts students from the best colleges throughout India, and especially Hyderabad. They have seen participants from various IITs, NITs across India. Students from reputed colleges like ISB, NIFT, HCU, NALSAR, OU, JNTU etc make up the bulk of participants and audience.

Apart from the events, they also have talks by experts in their fields, workshops taught by the best and performances from the stalwarts. These shall not only attract the best and serve as a congregation for the same, but also bring about a unique mix of ideas, culture and people.

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Event: Unmaad ’08 (Website)

Organized By: Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B)

Key Dates:
Fest: February 1-3, 2008
Online Bollywood Quiz: January 21, 2008

Unmaad is one of the most revered inter-collegiate fests in South India organised by Indian Institute of Managment, Bangalore, and in the past few years, has grown into one of the most awaited events in the country. In fact,they at IIM Bangalore are quite proud to be hosts to such a feeling.

Unmaad is above happiness – more passionate than anger, more life-changing than serenity, more potent than courage, more magical than wonder – it vanquishes fear, makes pity redundant, shreds disgust and metamorphoses sorrow into ecstasy.

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Event: Riviera ’08 (Website)

Organized By: VIT University, Tamil Nadu

Key Dates:
Fest: January 30- February 2, 2008

Riviera is a annual International cultural fest organized by VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu. Riviera is a retrospective experience from Elvis to Hendrix, Psychedelic to Punk, from Disco to Electro. Its the time for reminiscence, insurrection and ecstasy. Witness the portrayal of the future in the reflections of the past at Riviera.

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Organised By: Institute of Technology- Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU)

Key Dates:
Fest: January 24-27, 2008

Kashiyatra is the annual Cultural fest of IT-BHU. Kashiyatra draws huge crowd from colleges across the nation to the whirlwind journey of top drawer competition, gorgeous performances encompassing all art forms, unadulterated fun, crazy events, tremendous prizes. Kashi yatra is an open sesame to a whole gamut of events- four sensational pronites, one of India’s oldest rock competitions, a Fashion Show- that takes breath away and numerous other breathtaking events.

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