Advaita (festival)

Advaita
Type Student Headed Non-Profit Organization
Genre Techno-Cult
Founded 2013
Place Bhubaneswar, India
Institute International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar
Prize money ₹10 Lakhs
Guests Dr. Sundara Ranjan, Dr. Mrinal Das, Mohammad Irfan Ali, Sneha Kapoor
Slogan "Where imagination meets reality"
Website Advaita : advaita.iiit-bh.ac.in

Advaita, (stylised as AD\/\ITA) is the annual technical and cultural festival of International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar, held during the month of February within the university campus. It is a grand four day festival event, the maiden edition of which was held in 2013. It attracted thousand of students from all over India, including students, academia, corporates and the general public of the state. The third edition of Advaita is going to be held from 5th February to 8th February.[1]

Events

The list of events consists of around 30 events in which various technical, social, cultural events take place. The main attraction of the fest is the Rockathon event in which rock cultured bands participate from all over the country for a handsome amount of prize money. The events taking place in the festival are listed below:

Guests

In IIIT Bhubaneswars' maiden Advaita some prominent laureates including Dr. Sundara Ranjan (Worldwide Head-Strategy and Technology at Persistent Systems) and Dr. Mrinal Das (Vice-President at Sankalp Semiconductors) were invited. In "Advaita 2k14" the famous Indian singer Mohammad Irfan Ali enthralled the audience on the evening of PRONite. PRONite is usually held on the last day of the prodigious cultural festival of IIIT Bhubaneswar. Event gate passes are made and sold by the organizing team for the evening with a nominal fee. The dance workshop for the event was conducted by the famous choreographer cum dancer, The Indian Salsa Princess Sneha Kapoor. Various students from colleges all over the state participated in this workshop.

History

ADVAITA 2014 IIIT-Bhubaneswar successfully hosted Sunburn in ADVAITA 2014, Annual Cultural festival if IIIT Bhubaneswar. Bollywood vocalist Divya Kumar performed in PRONite.

Organization

The whole event is organized by Team Advaita who are known for their good managerial skills. The team consists of members who are selected by the SRC ( Student Relations Committee). The New Indian Express Group, OTV, 92.7 BigFM and ETV cover the fest extensively every year. The core team is responsible for getting sponsorship for the fest, handle publicity throughout India and organize and executes the events. Pre-fest tasks, formulation of events, internal publicity, security and discipline, student accommodation, transportation, guest reception, and arena design are distributed among the heads and members of the core organizing team consisting mainly of third year students.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The coming revolution in IT education". The Hindu. Retrieved 2012-07-29.

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