Spring Fest
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 60th edition of Spring Fest was held from January 24th to 27nd, 2019.[5]
| Spring Fest | |
|---|---|
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 A play at Spring Fest, circa 1970 | |
| Genre | social and cultural festival |
| Location(s) | Kharagpur, India |
| Founded | 1960 |
| Guests | Salim-Sulaiman, KK, Shaan, Vishal–Shekhar, Sadhguru , Sunidhi Chauhan, Shankar Mahadevan, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt |
| Filing status | Student-run non-profit organization |
| Sponsor | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur |
| Prize money | 30 lakhs |
| Website | www.springfest.in |
ActivitiesEdit
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, Food Fest and Fine Arts.[8]
International bands like Dead By April[9] Breathe, the Floyd Sound,[10] Monuments,[11] Led Zepplica,[12] , TesseracT[13] and The Order of Chaos have also performed on the Spring Fest stage.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey (30 December 2013). "Femina Miss India prelims at IIT-Kharagpur". Times of India. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
- ^ Spring Fest 2012, a Review Archived 2012-05-23 at the Wayback Machine Efi-news.com
- ^ Dhar, Aarti (2012-10-17). "Campus carnival". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
- ^ IITians seek more participation from Gujarat for Spring Fest 2014
- ^ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/iitkharagpur-seeks-participants-for-festival-from-across-country/1196732/
- ^ http://www.coolage.in/2012/11/05/nukkad-prelims-spring-fest-iit-kharagpur/
- ^ http://www.coolage.in/2012/11/08/how-blessed-are-we-an-inspirational-evening-for-iit-kharagpur/
- ^ http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/Spring-Fest-2014/2014/01/06/article1984530.ece
- ^ Dead By April
- ^ Breathe, the Floyd Sound Archived 2009-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Monuments
- ^ Led Zepplica
- ^ TesseracT