IIT-Kharagpur looking for participants across India for its Spring Fest
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur is gearing up for the 55th edition of its annual social and cultural festival – Spring Fest 2014. Scheduled to be held from January 23 to January 26, 2014, Spring Fest will include more than 80 events across seven genres which provide students with a platform to showcase their talents.
IIT KGP is counting on participation of students from across the country in the event.
The three-nationwide events at the Spring Fest that are quite popular are – the rock band competition called Wildfire which will be held in Bangalore, Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata and Mumbai; the street play competition Nukkad which will be held in Bhopal, Pune, Chandigarh, Nagpur, Delhi, Lucknow and Kharagpur; and the street dance competition Shuffle.
IIT Kharagpur Model United Nations Conference, which will be held over three days from January 24 to 26, will also be a part of the fest.
Last year, about 150 colleges had participated in the fest and the footfall of the event was about 30,000.
For more details, check out www.springfest.in.
This post was written by Aditya Singhal, co-founder of askIITians.