Spring Fest

Spring Fest
Type Student-run non-profit organization
Founded 1960
Place Kharagpur, India
Institute Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Prize money 30 lakhs
Guests Salim-Sulaiman, KK, Shaan, Vishal–Shekhar, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shankar Mahadevan, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Slogan The True Spirit of Youth
Website www.springfest.in
A play at Spring Fest, circa 1970

Spring Fest, known as SF, is the annual social and cultural festival of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur held during January in the spring semester.[1][2][3] The first edition was held in 1960.[4] The 58th edition of Spring Fest was held from January 20th to 22nd, 2017.[5]

Activities

During the fest, students from IIT Kharagpur and from different colleges all over the country participate in a multitude of social and cultural activities.[6][7] The ambit of the events encompasses various genres like Dance, Music, Dramatics, Photography, Literature, Quizzing and Fine Arts.[8]

International bands like Dead By April[9] Breathe, the Floyd Sound,[10] Monuments,[11] Led Zepplica,[12] and TesseracT[13] have also performed on the Spring Fest stage.

References

  1. ↑ Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey (30 December 2013). "Femina Miss India prelims at IIT-Kharagpur". Times of India. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
  2. ↑ Spring Fest 2012, a Review Archived 2012-05-23 at the Wayback Machine. Efi-news.com
  3. ↑ Dhar, Aarti (2012-10-17). "Campus carnival". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
  4. ↑ IITians seek more participation from Gujarat for Spring Fest 2014
  5. ↑ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/iitkharagpur-seeks-participants-for-festival-from-across-country/1196732/
  6. ↑ http://www.coolage.in/2012/11/05/nukkad-prelims-spring-fest-iit-kharagpur/
  7. ↑ http://www.coolage.in/2012/11/08/how-blessed-are-we-an-inspirational-evening-for-iit-kharagpur/
  8. ↑ http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/Spring-Fest-2014/2014/01/06/article1984530.ece
  9. ↑ Dead By April
  10. ↑ Breathe, the Floyd Sound Archived 2009-12-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ Monuments
  12. ↑ Led Zepplica
  13. ↑ TesseracT
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