Kaleidoscope Festival, Sophia College

Sophia College for Women, located on Pedder Road (Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) holds an annual intercollegiate festival called "Kaleidoscope", sometimes referred to as K-scope by the young. The first Kaleidoscope Festival was held in 1985, and is celebrating its 27th anniversary this year with the theme Rewrite the Future. The festival is funded by not only the funds provided by the college, but by outside sponsors such as big brands and companies. This festival is known to be organized by the young, for the young.

Sophia College celebrates its female student body, and uses Kaleidoscope as a platform to help them show what they are capable of doing in today's world. There are a total of 21 teams with around 150 students in what is known as the 'Workforce' for Kaleidoscope Festival. The teams consist of a variety of students from different courses and ages- First Year, Second Year, Third Year students all work in collaboration to organize this celebration. Some of the teams include Public Relations, Performing Arts, Informals, Pre-K, Fundamentals, Marketing, Photography, Literary Arts,Souvenirs etc. and are managed by a small group of students called the Executive Community Coordinators - usually a group of three to four Third Year students. These students (workforce and EC Cord) are responsible for every aspect of the festival, from gathering the funds to advertising to organizing all the events that take place.

Lots of events related to various art forms and such are held during the festival, and students belonging to different colleges from around the country participate in these competitions to win various prizes. Mr. and Mrs. K-scope, an unusual pageant, is one of the most popular events held during Kaleidoscope. This year the festival is to take place from the 1 to 6 September 2015

Competing Festivals

Though over 230 college festivals are organized in Mumbai, Kaleidoscopes main competitors are Mood Indigo, Malhar, Umang, Kshitij, EOS and O2 Fest.