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Antaragni'13 Festival Conduction Report
Antaragni'13 Festival Conduction Report
Antaragni13
International Carnival
Antaragni13 had association with embassies of Ireland, Egypt,
Italy, USA, Delegation of European Union, Hungary and Finland.
We had the Irish folk music band, The Bonny Men from Ireland,
dance group Cleva Crew from Finland, saxophonist Gianni Denitto
from Italy, rock band The Flying Eyes from USA, Kobzos Ensemble
from Hungary and a performing arts group from Egypt.
The Bonny Men had performed on the opening night Prima Nocte,
The Flying Eyes headlined Synchronicity, The Cleva Crew
performed in Ritambhara and Gianni Dennito performed a fusion
song with Indian Ocean.
India Inspired
A panel discussion held as an endeavor to encourage young minds
to contemplate the issues faced by the nation. The discussion
revolves around themes such as RTI, female infanticide and youth
in politics. Famous personalities who have graced the event over
the years include Anna Hazare, ex-C.J.I V N Khare, Magsaysay
Awardee Aruna Roy and Dr. Arun Shourie.
The topic of the discussion this year was 66 Years of Independent
India: Time for a Reality Check?
This year, India Inspired was a huge success mainly because of the
eminent panleists Mark Tully, Brinda Karat, S Y Qureshi, Rami
Chhabra and Aravind Mohan as moderator. The event was
conducted in main auditorium on October 26th 2013.
Directors Cut
Directors Cut is an event that would appeal to the cinephile in all
of us.
Eminent artists such as Abbas Tyrewala, Piyush Mishra, Sanjay
Gadhvi and Luv Ranjan have graced the movie screening with their
presence during the past and interacted with a lively audience.
This year we had Mr. Nawazuddin Siddiqui for Gangs of
Wasseypur 2 and Mr. Tigmanshu Dhulia for Paan Singh Tomar.
Gangs of Wasseypur 2 was screened on October 25th night in main
auidtorium which was attended by a huge crowd. Paan Singh
Tomar was screened on October 26th night in the outreach
auditorium which was also packed to full capacity. Tugmanshu
Dhulia and Nawazuddin Siddiqui also honored us by being the
judges of dramatics and fashion show competitions.
We also had with us Ms. Elena Kazan for promotion of one of her
movies and judging Ritambhara
Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is the most coveted event of Antaragni as every year it
witnesses the grand performance of the best singers of the country.
This is the high- point of the festival when crowd is driven to frenzy
by famous stars. This is the ultimate euphoria as tidal waves of
energy sweeps off everything in their path. And for Antaragni13,
we had Sonu Nigam for Blitzkrieg. Over the years, Nigam became
a major force in the Indian music industry. He provided playback
singing for Hindi movies and won many awards, notably the title
song of the film Kal Ho Naa Ho. He recorded romantic, rock, sad and
patriotic songs. His performance on the night of October 27th was a
huge crowd puller and a perfect and grand ending to Antaragni13.
Attendance: 17000
Kavi Sammelan:
Kavi Sammelan is an integral part of Antaragni. Kavi Sammelan
is one of the most popular events in Antaragni and many legends
of Hindi poetry entertain every year. Kavi Sammelan was
organized on a much grander scale in the OAT on 25th Oct, and
certainly touched new heights in its 2013 edition. In this
continuation we had the following poets for Antaragni 13-
1. Santosh Anand
2. Suresh Awasthi
3. Anjum Rahbar
4. Sunil Jogi
5. Gajendra Solanki
India Haat:
India Haat is the event in Antaragni where state houses from all
over the country come to IIT Kanpur to present their culture and
traditions to the community and other participating colleges.
Objective of this event is to keep alive the cultural heritage of our
great nation. This event has always been a great attraction among
professors.
Ritambhara:
Velvet Lock:
Mridaksh:
Mridaksh is the personality contest of Antaragni. It is the most
coveted individual event, a fun-filled path to the most sought after
title of Ms. & Mr. Antaragni. It has been one of the most popular
and eagerly awaited event of Antaragni for the past few years.
The event is conducted in two phases:
- Prelims
- Finale
Prelims was conducted on informals stage on 26th Oct and finale
was conducted in Main Auditorium on 27th Oct.
Participation:
1. Prelims - 12 (6 boys and girls each, shortlisted from approx. 80-
100 contestants on the basis of filled questionnaire)
2. Finale - 10 (5 boys and girls each)
Informals:
Calypso:
Calypso was organized on 25th & 26th Oct on Hall-3, Hall-1 cross
roads. The event witnessed a huge crowd. The DJ this time was DJ
Ujval One Vibe from Mumbai.
Committee Agenda
General Conclusion of effective international
Assembly- arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon
Disarmament and States against the use or threat of use of
International nuclear weapons
Security(GA-
DISEC)
Economic And Vulnerability of global markets to natural
Social disasters, terrorism and political affair
Council(ECOSOC)
Human Rights Universal moratorium on capital
Committee(HRC) punishment
International Crisis Committee
Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA)
For spreading awareness amongst the IITK junta and the MUN
enthusiasts outside, the following initiatives were taken:
1. One informal session and a mock Model UN were conducted
before the actual event, with help from our students and
experienced MUNers from other colleges.
2. Information dissemination media like an information cum
registration website, exchange of visual publicity regarding
the event and set up of online communities was put into
place
Some positives that came with the third edition of the event:
1. Prominent exposure of IIT K community to the format of an
event that enjoys great popularity in Delhi and Mumbai
University
2. Several law institutes added to the diversity of student
backgrounds in the festival
Classical Night:
Classical Night was introduced this year and was organized on
25th Oct in OAT. There were performances from Krishna Natrajan
and Subhadra Desai. It attracted a crowd of around 600 and was
highly appreciated by faculty members.
Antaragni'13 Post Festival Financial Report
Income
Money
Money Received Pending
Expenses
Total
Expenditure 9799828.95
Difference 40,571
Events
Mridaksh + Ritambhara + Velvet Lock 6000
Informals 43875
Kavi Sammelan 130000
Disco 10000
India Haat 12000
Workshop 35000
Competition
Quiz (Artists Fee) 65000
Show Management
Light & Sound (Vishal Light & Sound) 339150
Tent (Classic Tent House) 320000
Labour Charge (Arunodaya Sahakari
Shram Samvida Samiti Ltd.) 245520
Auditorium Workers (N Kumar Associate
International) 21337
Outreach Workers 11253
Food Workers (The Warden, Hall 3, IIT
Kanpur) 32570
Professional Shows
Travel
Organizational Costs
Telephone 32928
Accommodation (VH/VFA) 115814
Synchronicity Transfer (VISA) 62000
Student Gymkhana Bamboo Losses 9000
O.T. Electricals (Community Centre) 3336
Student Gymkhana Printing Expenses 7248
Digitech
Sponsorship Back out / Reimbursement Computers (Acer) 20000
Note:
1. There can be more bills of Chaurasiya Xerox Centre as there is a possibility of
sending more branding and marketing reports to the Sponsors.