Friday, 29 June 2012

Techofes 2012 - South India's Biggest College Cultural Fest


Techofes 2012 - South India's Biggest College Cultural Fest
College of Engineering Guindy (CEG), Anna University will conduct Techofes 2012 from 15th to 18th, February 2012.

Techofes' 12 is the annual cultural fest of college of engineering, Guindy Anna University happening in the month of February, with a footfall of more than 40,000 every year.

Techofes is held for four nights and thee days and draws students from nearly 300 colleges across Tamilnadu and over 100 colleges across India. Techofes attracts around 30,000 students every year.

Techofes'12 is organized by the Students Association and Arts Society, an elected, student-run, non-profit organization.
With an approximate strength of 600, this team works on conceptualization to successful execution every year, with no assistance from any event management company or professionals.

Techofes'12, now in its thirty sixth editions, has snowballed to become one of the biggest fests in India.
The festival draws the best talents of South India to its competitions, covering areas ranging from music and drama to literary, games, arts and quizzing.

There are several events focussed on building social responsibility amongst the youth.
Professional shows and workshops by various groups and prodigies from all over the country are an added attraction.

Techofes is all about bigger, more enthusiastic participation, high performance competitions, amazing pro shows, innovative workshops and attractive prizes.

EVENTS
Pronites: Pronite, the wing of Techofes that organizes pro-shows or concerts, is the biggest crowd puller. Pronite has hosted music legends such as Hariharan, Chinmayi, Karthik, Shankar Mahadevan, Illayaraja, SP Balasubramanyam, Sivamani, Stephen Devassy, Benny Dayal, Naresh Iyer, Vasundara Das.

Star attraction: Techofes has witnessed several top notch celebrities and legends, right from Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini, Vaijayantimala, Vijay, Karthi, Selvaraghavan, Vairamuthu, Gautham Menon, AR Rahman, PC Sreeram & Vikram.

Choreo-nite: Choreo-nite is one of the most watched competition in Techofes. Finalists of the dance competition perform for an audience of 15000 in the acclaimed Open air Theatre, familiarly the OAT of Anna University. The acrobatic and artistic finalists are judged by renowned choreographers like Raja Sundaram.

Rock show: To add the missing international flavour, Techofes ’12 is about to host an international band, performing for the first time in India, the details of which will be disclosed shortly.

Competitions: Competitions cater to the culturally enthusiastic people in different colleges across the country by giving them a stage to showcase their talent. Each of these events have heavy cash prizes and dedicated college teams battling it out for the top prize.

Soupshot: You think you've seen the Devil??...Or the most wackiest scene ever??Did the craziest thing happen to ur friend or did you see the most ironic sign ever??If you think you've seen it all...CAPTURE it beautifully and upload it to http://www.techofes.in/soupshot/ ..The more wacky ur pic the better ur chances to win...Why this kolaveri it is!! Why this kolaveri it will be!!!...So Let's take a SOUP SHOT!!

OTHER EVENT DETAILS

Literary events that include Debates, Creative Writing, discussions, word games and Poem writing contests in English and Tamil

Dramatic events that include Mono Acting, Dumb C and Adzap

Dance events, such as solo and group dancing

Music events such as Solo singing, Classical vocals, Light Music, Anthakshari and Battle of Bands

Art events such as Flower Arrangement, Veg Carving, Junk Arts and Collage

Public speaking events such as Just a Minute (JAM), Ship Wreck, Spell Bee

Creative events such as Face Painting, Fireless Cooking, Mehendi and Pencil sketching

Film/movie making and Photography contests, judged by acclaimed directors

PC and Wii Gaming events

Treasure Hunts and Material Hunts

Multiple category quizzes

Techofes Exclusive events such as Lollu Express, Pickup Drop Escape and Hunts in CEG

Workshops in the arts and other areas

Professional shows, entertaining guest lectures and Celebrity concerts
Best of the Festival events (Variety Show, Choreo-Nite and Mr & Ms Techofes)


Highlights:

THIS YEAR YUVAN SHANKAR RAJA is performing in our concert ! This is the first time he will be performing for a college event !
We are having a Rock Show from an Australian Band !!
Several Celebrities will be performing in our Live in concert !! This is a Non-ticketed event !! Watch out our facebook page for updates on our celebrities !!

Venue:
College of Engineering Guindy (CEG), Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu.

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