BHUBANESWAR: The fifth edition of annual techno-cultural fest of KIIT Deemed to be University ‘KIIT Fest’ kicked off amidst much fanfare and splendor here recently. The three-day mega event is one of the largest tech and cultural fest in Eastern India.
Sunit Tondon, Director, Indian Habitat Centre; Anup Kumar Das, Head, Resource Management, Ericsson, Achyuta Samanta, Founder, KIIT & KISS, and Prof. Hrusikesh Mohanty, VC, KIIT Deemed to be University were present in the inaugural session.
The annual techno-cultural fest of KIIT has enticed a crowd of more than 25,000 students including more than 5000 students from various reputed technical institutes and universities of the country. During this three-day techno-fest, students will take part in 100 different events in various technical, cultural and innovative competitions.
During the inaugural session, ‘KIIT Fest’ Mobile App was launched while annual magazine of KIIT Fest ‘Kritika’, magazine of Civil Engineering Department ‘Nirminite’, magazine of Computer Science Department ‘Kibibyte’, magazine of Electronics Department ‘Kuriosity’, magazine of Mechanical Engineering Department ‘Yantra’ NXT were released by the guest.
On February 16, a live show (Star Night) by Bollywood singer Armaan Malik will be the main attraction, while on February 17, DJ Night by Prayag Mehta (LOST STORIES) and Prakash Iyre, motivational speaker will join the fest. Much fun and excitement awaits this fest which has become bigger with each passing year.
During the fest the School of Mechanical Engineering is organising various competitions in Yantriki, the School of Electrical Engineering is organising ‘Electrifyn’, while School of Electronics Engineering organising ‘Vidnan’, School of Computer Applications organising ‘Mirabilia’, School of Computer Sciences ‘Luminaire’, School of Biotechnology ‘Kinesis’ and School of Civil Engineering is organizing various competitions in the name of ‘Nirminte’. The total prize money for various competitions is Rs 50 lakhs, which is highest amount for any University technical festival in India.
