This is a list of annual
cultural festivals
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held in colleges in India. This list is divided into several sections that divide colleges on the basis of the
regions
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or
states of India. The only exceptions to this format are
Indian Institutes of Management
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are central government-owned-public business schools for management offering undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and executive programmes along with some additional courses in the field of busine ...
(IIMs),
Indian Institutes of Technology
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are central government owned public technical institutes located across India. They are under the ownership of the Ministry of Education of the Government of India. They are governed by the Instit ...
(IITs), and
National Institutes of Technology
The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are the central government-owned-public technical institutes under the ownership of Ministry of Education, Government of India. They are governed by the National Institutes of Technology, Science ...
(NITs) which are listed separately under their own sections. The largest cultural festival in terms of numbers is
Mood Indigo
"Mood Indigo" is a jazz song with music by Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard and lyrics by Irving Mills.
Composition
Although Irving Mills—Jack Mills's brother and publishing partner—took credit for the lyrics, Mitchell Parish claimed in ...
of
IIT Bombay
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay or IITB) is a public research university and technical institute in Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is considered as one of the best engineering universities in India and is top ranked ...
and it is followed by
rendezvous of
IIT Delhi
The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi is a public institute of technology located in New Delhi, India. It is one of the 23 IITs created to be Centres of Excellence for training, research and development in science, engineering and technolo ...
followed by
Spring Fest
Spring Fest, known as SF (motto: True Spirit of Youth), is the annual social and cultural festival of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur held during January in the spring semester. The first edition was held in 1960. The 60th edition of ...
of
IIT Kharagpur
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) is a public institute of technology established by the Government of India in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. Established in 1951, the institute is the first of the IITs to be established ...
.
Meanwhile the best cultural medfest is
AURA
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* Aura (paranormal), a field of luminous multicolored radiation around a person or object
* Aura (symptom), a symptom experienced before a migraine or seizure
Aura may also refer to:
Places Extraterrestrial
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of
AIIMS Jodhpur
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur (AIIMS Jodhpur; IAST: ''Akhil Bharatiya Aayurvigyan Sansthan Jodhpur'') is a medical institute and medical research public university based in Jodhpur, India. It is an Institute of National Im ...
, followed by Pulse of AIIMS Delhi.
Indian Institutes of Management and other business schools
Indian Institutes of Technology, National Institutes of Technology, and Indian Institute of Information Technology
West India
Goa
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Central India
East India
West Bengal
North India
Delhi NCR
Northeast India
South India
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...
, Puducherry , , Pondicherry , ,
Aarupadai Veedu Medical College Hospital , , Reflex
Kerala
Telangana
Tamil Nadu
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College
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India, college
Cultural festivals in Indian colleges
Cultural festivals in Indian colleges