Techofes

Techofes ’12, our thirty-sixth
edition is planned for 15–18 February 2012.

 Introduction
Techofes is the annual cultural festival of College of Engineering Guindy, Anna
University, Chennai held in mid February, and is one of the most popular
cultural festivals in South India. Techofes is held for 4 nights and 3 days
which draws a footfall of about 40,000 students from more than 250 colleges
across South India. Techofes, now in its thirty sixth edition, has snowballed
to become one of the biggest fests in India. The festival draws the best
talents of South India to its competitions, covering areas ranging from music
and drama to literary, games, arts and quizzing. There are several events
focussed on building social responsibility amongst the youth. Professional
Shows and workshops by various groups and prodigies from all over the country
are an added attraction. Techofes is all about bigger, more enthusiastic
participation, high performance competitions, amazing pro shows, innovative
workshops and attractive prizes.

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. Pro-nite saw a performance by Karthik
• Techofes ’11 took place starting 16 February 2011. It
  saw film making workshops by with Gautham Menon and Sameera Reddy.
• Techofes ’12 is planned for 15–18 February 2012.

Pronite
Pronite, the wing of Techofes that organizes pro-shows or concerts, is the
biggest crowd puller. Pronite has hosted music legends such as Hariharan,
Chinmayi, Karthik, Shankar Mahadevan, Illayaraja, SP Balasubramanyam, Sivamani,
Stephen Devassy, Benny Dayal, Naresh Iyer, Vasundara Das.

Star
attraction

Techofes has witnessed several top
notch celebrities and legends, right from Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini, Vaijayantimala,
Vijay, Karthi, Selvaraghavan, Vairamuthu, Gautham Menon, AR Rahman, PC Sreeram
& Vikram.

Choreo-nite

Choreo-nite is one of the most
watched competition in Techofes. Finalists of the dance competition perform for
an audience of 15000 in the acclaimed Open air Theatre, familiarly the OAT of
Anna University. The acrobatic and artistic finalists are judged by renowned
choreographers like Raja Sundaram.

Rock
show

To add the missing international
flavour, Techofes ’12 is about to host an international band, performing for
the first time in India, the details of which will be disclosed shortly.

Competitions

Competitions cater to the
culturally enthusiastic people in different colleges across the country by
giving them a stage to showcase their talent. Each of these events have heavy
cash prizes and dedicated college teams battling it out for the top prize. This
year, Techofes’12 has planned to organize a MIDNIGHT QUIZ, the finals of which
will be conducted when the clock ticks 12 at night.

Other Events include :

• Literary events that include Debates, Creative Writing,
  discussions, word games and Poem writing contests in English and Tamil
• Dramatic events that include Mono Acting, Dumb C and
  Adzap
• Dance events, such as solo and group dancing
• Music events such as Solo singing, Classical vocals,
  Light Music, Anthakshari and Battle of Bands
• Art events such as Flower Arrangement, Veg Carving,
  Junk Arts and Collage
• Public speaking events such as Just a Minute (JAM),
  Ship Wreck, Spell Bee
• Creative events such as Face Painting, Fireless
  Cooking, Mehendi and Pencil sketching
• Film/movie making and Photography contests, judged by
  acclaimed directors
• PC and Wii Gaming events
• Treasure Hunts and Material Hunts
• Multiple category quizzes
• Techofes Exclusive events such as Lollu Express, Pickup
  Drop Escape and Hunts in CEG
• Workshops in the arts and other areas
• Professional shows, entertaining guest lectures and
  Celebrity concerts
• Best of the Festival events (Variety Show, Choreo-Nite
  and Mr & Ms Techofes)

Informals

Informals department organizes fun,
wacky and spontaneous events for the crowd that comes to Techofes. Adventurous
events like treasure hunt, photographic hunt, material hunt and fun events like
paintball, standstill, footloose, Street games are a part of this informals.

Hospitality

Tamil Nadu is well known for its
hospitality. Our College, which has its roots in the culture of Chennai, is
much acclaimed for its hospitality. Each college is assigned a volunteer who is
a first year student of CEG-Anna University to take personal care of the college
team. A team of around 150-200 students work in this cell.

Theme

Kerala culture. This year, we have
planned to portray and exhibit the Kerala culture in our events. The events
kickstart with the traditional Chendamelam, and this year’s Techofes will also
have KATHAKALI performance. Techofes’12 will focus on the almost extinct
martial arts ‘KALARIPUTTU’. By foraying the rich and diversified culture of
India, we strive to preserve the traditional values. Socio Political issues
Techofes, though a cultural event, also concentrates on socio-political issues
through eminent politicians and social activists. Techofes strives to bring out
the social values and political awareness embedded in the young minds.

Cause
Education…..

noʎ ʇsnɯ ǝq
ƃuıןǝǝɟ ʎןןɐǝɹ pooƃ ʇɐɥʇ noʎ,ǝɹ ǝןqɐ oʇ pɐǝɹ sıɥʇ ‘ ʇnq op
noʎ
ʍouʞ ʇɐɥʇ ʎʇɹıɥʇ ǝʌıɟ ʇuǝɔɹǝd suɐıpuı ʇ,uoʍ uǝʌǝ ǝzıןɐǝɹ ʇɐɥʇ ʇı,s uǝʇʇıɹʍ ǝpısdn uʍop uǝɥʍ ʎǝɥʇ ǝǝs sıɥʇ.

Yes, this is the condition of the
modern developing India. Even though the Right to Education act was passed in
2009 we’re still struggling to bring the poor helpless children to school. Even
today on the road I see children begging and laboring to fill their stomach.
It’s not like they don’t want to study, it’s just that they did not get the
opportunity that you got. Don’t you feel helpless and sad when a small boy tugs
at your shirt and begs you for money? Since you were lucky enough to have the
opportunity of attending school then college, it’s upon you to make sure that
every Indian child who wishes to study, gets the opportunity to study. Lets
work towards 100% literacy. Let’s work towards a smarter India.

Our Past Associates

Techofes strives to work towards
this by contributing a specific amount from our cultural fund towards improving
literacy rate. Sponsors & Past Associates Techofes has attracted
sponsorships from various corporates due to huge participation of students from
all over South India. Many prominent names including Airtel, Vodafone, Pepsi,
Samsung, ONGC, State Bank of India, Saint Gobain, Canara Bank, India Cements,
Zuari Cements, TVH have been associated with Techofes.
Some of our media associates were The Hindu, Inox, Radio One, SS Music.

With a heavy footfall of over
40,000 in 4-days, association with Techofes is a matter of prestige and pride
for the corporate involved and is reflected in the range of sponsorships it
attracts.

Organisation
Techofes is organized by Students Association and Arts Society(SAAS), an
elected, student-run, non-profit organisation. Its team consists of students
with the hierarchy order as Core Coordinators, Core Group Members, Coordinators
and Organisers. The Techofes team is headed by 2 Overall Coordinators working
in collaboration with the twenty two Core Group members who head the various
departments Pronites, Competitions, Logistics, Informals, Finance, Marketing,
Media, Publicity, Services, Hospitality, Human Resources and Food and
Beverages. The Coordinators are in charge of the various events and are
assisted by the Organisers in their endeavours. This core team is constituted
early in the year and works over a period of about eight months in preparation
of the 4 day carnival, Techofes. With an approximate strength of 600, this team
works on conceptualisation to successful execution every year and creates one
of India’s largest college cultural festivals. The Techofes team is composed of
students of all years of the institute shouldering the entire responsibility of
the festival with no assistance from any event management company or
professionals.

Contact Details

Techofes Official Website – http://www.techofes.in/
Techofes Facebook Fan Page – http://www.facebook.com/techofes.in/

Techofes Youtube Channel – http://www.youtube.com/techofestv/

Techofes Twitter Page – http://www.twitter.com/techofesceg/