CLIFFESTO(2018)- Techno-Cultural Festival

Cliffesto-Carnival at the hills. An annual technical and cultural festival of National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand which serves as a platform to emerging and latent talents in the cultural and technical domain. A four day long carnival and one of its kinds in the region and which became a notable event with its increasing popularity with every succeeding year. Cultural and technical arena being open for all, along with peak entertainment in the form of Pro-nites has once again proved a great event this time.

Day 0(March 15, 2018):
Inauguration ceremony

Inauguration ceremony started with lamp lighting by director sir Prof. Shyam Lal Soni, Registrar Col. Sukhpal Singh and chief guest Lt. Col. Vivek Jamdar, second in command of J&K light infantry. After which the Fest Convenor introduced the Sponsors and the organizing team,followed by the performance of "AZAM NIZAMI QAWWAL", performance by PIPE Band of J&K light infantry and Beatboxing by Divyansh.

     

Day 1(March 16, 2018):

A number of Cultural events like inductions of Singing, Dancing, Sketching, Band war events and technical eventslike Robowar, Blind programming, Maze runner, where each event entertained a prize money to winners rangeing upto rupees Ten Thousand each, camouflaged the campusalong with the pro night performance of the famous band "THE LOCAL TRAIN" energized the crowd. Students of NIT, Uttarakhand stood winners of Band War event and bagged a handsome prize money.

     

Day 2 (March 17, 2018):

A day of few more cultural, technical and informal events and "Vogue-The Fashion event" event of main attraction enrolled the highest participation. A student from NIT, Uttarakhand was named Mr. Cliffesto and participants from HNB, Garhwal University bagged other positions. The day ended with the EDM Night by CLUB BANDITZ and KALPANIK BASS which gathered around 1500+ participants.

         

Day 3(March 18, 2018):

The last day of the fest consisted of Finale rounds of cultural events like dancing, singing, poetry and other technical events like Robokick, Floater, code streak, etc. And ended with the mind-blowing performance of HARDY SANDHU and registered a footfall of 2000+ students, highest compared to the past.

     

Team Cliffesto’18 have successfully organized the event. A total of 500+ participants from HNB, Garhwal University, HNB Medical University, GBPEC Ghurdauri, THDC New Tehri, and few more institutes from Roorkee and Dehradun, participated in various competitions. Team Cliffesto’18 processed the prize money to the winners within a month. A total prize money worth around "Rupees Three Lakh" have been transacted as promised to the winners of various events. This is considered to be the greatest achievement by the Committee. This is how Cliffesto’1818 ended as a successful event.

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CLIFFESTO(2017)- Techno-Cultural Festival

The annual techno cultural fest of the institute "Cliffesto" was organized between 17-20th February , 2017.Various pre-fest events like the "Clothes donation campaign", "Blood donation camp", "cleanliness drive", "plantation drive" etc. were organized two weeks prior to the actual fest. "Cliffesto -symphony of illusion 2017" was inaugurated on the evening of 17th February 2017 with the lamp lighting ceremony in the esteemed presence of honorable Registrar Col. Sukhpal Singh, Associate Dean (Student welfare) and faculty members at the inauguration ceremony with the performance of Delhi based Sufi rock band: Rotten Guitars, Cliffesto 2017, symphony of illusion was kicked off . It gave an energetic and exhilarating beginning to the fest. The first day of fest was marked with fascinating events like virtual reality, hoverboard, paintball, robobilliards and a lot more, auditions for solo singing and dancing were conducted. Technical events like code marathon, skydomes, wifi-lifi floater were organised. A huge number of people participated in these events. Racing bikes were exhibited under the bike expo which amazed everyone around .In the afternoon, one of the most coveted events, Battle Of Bands, was organized. From rock to slow music audience remained captivated every moment. In the evening audience was mesmerized by the soulful music of Kabul and Rockveda band's performance. People were enchanted by the show. Many informal events kept the participant involved all day long.

If 1st day was fascinating, second was no less. Events began with the auditions for solo singing and dancing round 2 and final battle for street play. Along with cultural many technical events like Robokick, Reincranation, Quadcopter sprint show, Robowar etc. were organised and then comes the heart throbbing event-"RED CARPET :The fashion show". A large number of participants marked their presence in the event.

Beside this a lot of informal events like Humanoid snake and ladder, Bottoms Up, Humanoid chess were organised to maintain the spirit of the show. In the evening EDM Night was commenced, keeping up the mood, the DJ VH1 Supersonic 1O1 played peppy numbers to which the crowd couldn't resist to stop their legs from shaking.

20th February, Final day of the Cliffesto, began with the final round for solo singing, solo dancing and group dance, Technoplex like BRAHMOS, ROBOCOURSA, CLIFFSHARK were organized for the enthusiastic technofreaks. Duet singing and duet dancing final round revealed some of the best brilliantly choreographed and well-coordinated performances. And in the evening, the most awaited event KANIKA KAPOOR's concert was organized, which filled the air with jest and joy and captivated the audiences with melodious songs and wonderful performances.

Thus Cliffesto 2k17: Symphony Of illusion was marked as one of the best techno-cultural fest which left its imprint on everyone's heart.

Few Glimpses of Cliffesto-2017