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The International Institute of Information Technology,Hinjewadi,is conducting its Annual Technical and Management Fest 'Dhruva 2012'.

The International Institute of Information Technology (I2IT),Hinjewadi,is conducting its Annual Technical and Management Fest ‘Dhruva 2012’ . On Wednesday,Mumbai-based band Xylophobia will perform at Vikramshila ground,at the I2IT premises. Xylophobia is a rock quintet from Mumbai,comprising members with varying musical tastes. Their musical repertoire includes contemporary hits by bands like The Goo Goo Dolls,Maroon 5 and Coldplay as well as works by The Beatles,The Knack,the Romantics,and even some Hindi songs in the rock genre. They will even play some of their own compositions at the gig. Dhruva 2012 is a platform for the students to showcase their talents and creative skills. It also allows them to display their organisational,management and media skills. A host of events like fashion shows,rock shows,clay modeling,solo and group dance,singing and so on make up the entire fest.

Fest-o-Innovate

The recently concluded Innovation 2K12,the annual technicalfest of Cummins College of Engineering for Women,was choc-a-bloc with project competitions,technical debates,C-matrix and other workshops related to technical fields. The fest was inaugurated by young entrepreneur and inventor Susant Pattnaik. The first edition of the fest was held in 2000. It has come a long since then. It demonstrated the ambitions and skills of the undergraduate engineering students.

Cultural Katta

From March 15-17,the Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University College of Engineering Pune held its annual national techno-cultural fest – Bharatiyam 2012. Thousands of students from over a 100 colleges participated in the various cultural as well as technical events conducted,like Eureka,Gaming Unleashed,Paint Me If You Can,E-Roadies,Box Office,Circuit Junkies,Socio Robots and so on.

Tell a Tale

As a part of a week-long storytelling festival organised by Assitej India and Max Mueller Bhavan,students and faculty of FLAME School of Performing Arts will present ‘Tell A Tale’. The festival will have various German tales (traditional as well as modern) which will be narrated in various Indian languages. The aim of the festival is to introduce German culture to Indian children through storytelling and to provide an opportunity for theatre artists working for young people to experiment with the various styles of storytelling. The festival starts in Delhi today on the occasion of Childrens Theatre Day and will continue for six days in six different cities – Mumbai,Kolkata,Chennai,Pune and Bangalore. The stories will be told in regional languages to add a local flavour. In Pune,the stories will be narrated in Marathi and English and different forms of storytelling will be used. The entry is free for all. Head to Balranjan Kendra,Bharati Niwas Society,Prabhat Road lane 14,behind Income Tax Office,on Wednesday at 6 pm.

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