A culfest (short for cultural festival) is an annual event organized by colleges in India. Many colleges in India have their own culfests. College (Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an educational institution. ...

Though in theory, cultural festivals can be organized by anybody, all established culfests are organized by high schools or colleges. In some Indian cities, the culfests of the local colleges are important community events. Some more of these festivals may even attract national participation. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Function

Culfests serve the following functions:

• Promote a sense of cultural activity within an academic background.
• Provide an environment to meet people.
• Allow people to participate in various literary or cultural events, with a spirit of friendly competition.
• Provide entertainment in the form of concerts and dances.
• Generate revenue for the college.
• Provide work experience for the student organizers.
• Brand-building for the college.

General format

Most college culfests last from two to five days. The events in a culfest can be broadly classified into three sections:

• Literary events

Literary events usually include quizzes, word games, creative writing and some form of public speaking or debate.

• Cultural events

These include such competitions as music, dance, fine arts and drama.

• Professional events

One or more professionally staged entertainment programs may be scheduled. Typical choices are Indian classical music concerts, Indi-pop shows, mainstream music shows, a rock show, or lighter jazz fusion gigs.

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Culfests organized by high schools are of much shorter duration, two days at the longest. They also tend to be more restrictive than colleges in the events allowed. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

List of culfests in India

The following list is sorted by region.

North

• Rendezvous — IIT Delhi
• Pulse - AIIMS
• Antaragni — IIT Kanpur
• Oasis — BITS Pilani
• Thomso — IIT Roorkee
• Moksha — NSIT
• Tarang — LSR
• Aurora — IIITM
• Effervescence — IIIT-A
• Culrav — MNNIT

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West

• Waves — BITS,Pilani-Goa Campus, Goa
• Mood Indigo — IIT Bombay
• sparsh — NIT Surat
• Aarohi — VNIT, Nagpur
• Malhar — St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
• Brouhaha — Sydenham, Mumbai
• Kaleidoscope — Sophia, Mumbai
• Synapse — DA-IICT, Gandhinagar
• Zeal - ICFAI Business School, Pune

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East

• Carpe Diem — IIM Calcutta
• Alcheringa — IIT Guwahati
• Spring Fest — IIT Kharagpur
• Sanskriti — Jadavpur University
• Recstacy National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

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South

• Incident - NITK
• Spandan — Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry
• Pegasus — Christian Medical College, Vellore
• Backwaters — IIM Kozhikode
• All-go-rhythms — Osmania College of Engineering, Hyderabad
• Euphoria — Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad
• Sangamam — Maturi Venkata Subba Rao Engineering College, Hyderabad
• Saarang — IIT Madras
• Deep Woods — Madras Christian College
• Festember — National Institute of Technology, Trichy
• Kuruksastra—Sastra,Thanjavur
• Crossroads — Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Trivandrum
• Unmaad — IIM, Bangalore
• Cul-ah — Mount Carmel College, Bangalore
• Felicity — IIIT Hyderabad
• Legala — NLSIU, Bangalore
• Autumn Muse — St. John's Medical College, Bangalore
• Nirvana — Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
• RAGAM — NIT Calicut
• Jayciana — Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore
• Equinox — St. Joseph's PU College,Bangalore
• Down Sterling — Loyola College, Chennai
• Techofes — College of Engineering, Guindy
• The Summons — NALSAR, Hyderabad
• Penumbra — V.L.B Janakiammal College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore

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External links

• With all the right vibes, The Hindu, October 5, 2005