List of cultural and technical festivals in IITs and NITs

This is a list of cultural and technical festivals held in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) throughout India. Some colleges may combine these festivals with sports or other activities, while others may hold separate sports festivals.

Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)

Name of IIT Photo Short name Location State/UT Cultural festival Technical festival
Name First held Name First held
IIT (BHU) Varanasi IIT(BHU) VaranasiUttar Pradesh Kashiyatra 1981 Technex 1939
IIT Bhubaneswar IITBBS BhubaneswarOrissa Alma Fiesta 2009 Wissenaire 2010
IIT Bombay IITB MumbaiMaharashtra Mood Indigo 1971 Techfest 1998
IIT Delhi IITD New Delhi Delhi Rendezvous 1976 Tryst 1992
IIT Gandhinagar IITGN GandhinagarGujarat Blithchron 2009 Amalthea 2010
IIT Guwahati IITG GuwahatiAssam Alcheringa 1996 Techniche 1999
IIT Hyderabad IITH HyderabadTelangana Elan 2009 Nvision 2011
IIT Indore IITI IndoreMadhya Pradesh Fluxus 2011 Fluxus 2011
IIT Kanpur IITK KanpurUttar Pradesh Antaragni 1966 Techkriti 1995
IIT Kharagpur IITKGP KharagpurWest Bengal Spring Fest 1960 Kshitij 2004
IIT Madras IITM ChennaiTamil Nadu Saarang 1974 Shaastra 2000
IIT Mandi IIT Mandi MandiHimachal Pradesh Exodia 2012 Exodia 2012
IIT Patna IITP PatnaBihar Anwesha 2010 Celesta2010
IIT Jodhpur IITJ JodhpurRajasthanIgnus 2009 Ignus 2009
IIT Roorkee IITR RoorkeeUttarakhand Thomso1980s Cognizance 2003
IIT Ropar IITRPR RupnagarPunjab Zeitgeist 2010

National Institutes of Technology (NITs)

Name of NIT Photo Short Name Location State/UT Cultural Festival Technical
Name First held Name First held
NIT Agartala NITA Agartala Tripura Moksha Aayam 2009
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad MNNIT Allahabad Uttar Pradesh Culrav Avishkar
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology MANIT BhopalMadhya Pradesh Maffick Technosearch
National Institute of Technology Calicut NITC KozhikodeKerala Ragam 1987 Tathva 2000
NIT Durgapur NITDGP DurgapurWest Bengal Recstacy Aarohan
NIT Hamirpur NITH HamirpurHimachal Pradesh Hill'ffair Nimbus
Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur MNIT JaipurRajasthan Blitzschlag 2005 Neuron
Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology NITJ JalandharPunjab Utkansh TechNITi
NIT Jamshedpur NITJSR JamshedpurJharkhand Utkarsh Ojass
NIT Kurukshetra NITKKR KurukshetraHaryana Confluence Techspardha
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur VNIT NagpurMaharashtra Aarohi 1988 AXIS 2000
NIT Patna NITP PatnaBihar Melange Corona
NIT Raipur NITRR RaipurChhattisgarh Eclectika Aavartan
NIT Rourkela NITRKL RourkelaOdisha Nitrutsav Innovision
NIT Silchar NITS SilcharAssam Incandescence Tecnoesis
NIT Srinagar NITSRI SrinagarJammu and Kashmir Techvaganza
S V National Institute of Technology, Surat SVNIT SuratGujarat Sparsh MindBend
National Institute of Technology Karnataka NITK SurathkalKarnataka Incident Engineer
NIT Tiruchirappalli NITT TiruchirappalliTamil Nadu Festember 1975 Pragyan 2005
NIT Warangal NITW WarangalTelangana SpringSpree 1978 Technozion 2006
NIT Delhi NITD New Delhi Delhi
NIT Goa NITG Farmagudi/NITK Goa Spectra 2014
NIT Puducherry NITPY Karaikal Puducherry
NIT Uttarakhand NITU Pauri/NITKKR Uttarakhand prodaya 2013
NIT Mizoram NITMZ Aizawl/VNIT Mizoram GARIMA 2013
NIT Meghalaya NITM Shillong Meghalaya Shishir 2013 Cognitia2013
NIT Manipur – Imphal/NITA Manipur Ougri 2013
NIT Nagaland NITN Dimapur/NITS Nagaland
NIT Arunachal Pradesh NITAP Yupia Arunachal Pradesh Atulyam 2013
NIT Sikkim NIT Sikkim Ravangla Sikkim Udgam Abhiyantran

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