Techofes is an annual
intercollegiate culture festival at the
College of Engineering, Guindy
The College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG) is a public engineering college in Chennai, India and is Asia's oldest technical institution, founded in 1794. It is also the oldest technical institution to be established outside Europe.
History
Due ...
in
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
, India. The tradition began in 1948. It is a three-day event usually held in mid-February.
Past editions
*Techofes '06 took place starting 10 February 2006.
*Techofes '07 took place starting 14 February 2007. The special visitor was actor
Vikram and the showpiece event was a concert by
Vasundra Das.
*Techofes '10 took place starting 14 February 2010. It included a special screening of ''
Aayirathil Oruvan'' at the presence of its director
Selvaraghavan
Selvaraghavan is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor who has directed and acted predominantly Tamil films. His directorial debut had with ''Thulluvadho Ilamai'' (2002) but his father is credited for business reasons, which stars his ...
. Pro-nite saw a performance by
Karthik.
*Techofes '11 took place starting 16 February 2011.
It saw film making workshops with
Gautham Vasudev Menon
Gautham Vasudev Menon (born 25 February 1973) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema, Tamil film industry. He has also directed Telugu cinema, Telugu and Hindi cinema, Hindi films th ...
and
Sameera Reddy
Sameera Reddy (born 14 December 1978) is a former Indian actress who primarily worked in Hindi films, in addition to Tamil and Telugu language films. Reddy made her film debut with the 2002 film ''Maine Dil Tujhko Diya''. She is best known for ...
.
*Techofes '12 took place starting 15 February 2012. It included performances of
Dhanush,
Anirudh and
Ajeesh
Ajesh is an Indian music composer & singer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He works primarily for the Tamil film industry.
Early life
Ajesh was born and brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His mother found music in him at a very young age and he ...
of the then upcoming movie ''
3'' on opening night, a
sumo wrestling
is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a ''rikishi'' (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring (''dohyĆ'') or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by thr ...
performance and a live-in concert for composer
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja or Abdul Haliq (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer-songwriter. He mainly scores music for Tamil films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of Wes ...
.
*Techofes 2019 took place Starting from February 27 and ending at March 2.
See also
*
Kurukshetra (college festival)
Kurukshetra is an international techno-management fest conducted annually by the College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a four-day event organized by the college's largest technical body, the CEG Tech Forum (CTF) ...
References
External links
Techofes official website
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Culfests