Monday, 21 January 2013

19,000 visit cultural fest at IIT-Gandhinagar

Engineering Entrance (PG) , Engineering Entrance

The two-day cultural festival of Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) concluded on Sunday amidst revelry. Blithchron recorded 19,000 visitors, much more than the last edition that had seen 10,000 footfalls. More than 20 events including rock concert, music shows, drama, fashion show and games were organized by the hosts where more than 30 institutes participated.

On day two, thousands of students thronged Pronites, a rock concert featuring Agnee, an Indie-Rock band, and String Theory where various bands from across the state were pitted against each other. BMX (bicycle motocross), continued to be the crowd puller on second day as the professionals from Mumbai enthralled the audience with their stunts. The performers later also provided the spectators a chance to try their hands at the bicycles.

"This year, we had introduced a new event - The Butler Did It - where we provided the participating teams with clips of a murder taking place and then handed them over the material such as forensic evidence, witness statements and crime scene analysis. The teams had to connect the dots and identify the murderer," said Vinit Joshi, a student of IIT-Gn.

Teams also participated in Antaragnee, a street play competition. Blithchron'13 had introduced an online photography contest - 'The Lens Law' which received around 500 entries.

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