Srijan
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Srijan is the annual cultural festival of the Indian School of Mines
Indian School of Mines
The Indian School of Mines is a fully residential and co-educational university located in the mineral-rich belt of India in the city of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. It was established in 1926 on the lines of the Royal School of Mines, London...

. It is a three-four day long event held in the first week of March every year. It draws a footfall of more than 5,000 students from more than 100 institutes across the country. Considered to be the largest Culfest
Culfest
A culfest or cultfest is an annual event organized by colleges in India.-General format:Most college culfests last from two to five days...

 of East India Srijan '12 Mar 1-3,2012 is set to break all records to become bigger,better and snazzier.

Introduction

Srijan is the annual Cultural Fest of Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. It not only tests the cultural skills of the youth from all over the country, but it also endeavors to bring together eminent and professional artists from round the globe, all in an attempt to bestow a memorable and spellbinding experience. Srijan, in coherence with the tradition of the institute, promises to mould the chaos in one’s soul into innovation, creativity, promoting competition and celebrating the victorious. Srijan, a.k.a the ‘passion for creation’ or a ‘celebration of creativity' is all about setting your wildest dreams and passions into motion.

Srijan 11

Srijan 2011 was held during 3 - 5 March 2011 as a techno-management Cultural festival. Incredible India theme was beautifully portrayed across the entire campus and festival with a multitude of fusion bands performing. Concerts by Javed Ali
Javed Ali
Javed Ali is an Indian playback singer. He has been singing in Hindi movies from 2000 but shot to fame in 2007 when he sang the song "Ek Din Teri Raahon Mein" from the movie Naqaab and thereafter another big hit "Jashn-e-Bahaaraan" from the movie Jodhaa Akbar . He is currently one of the leading...

 and Hard Kaur
Hard Kaur
Hard Kaur , also known as Hardkaur, is an Indian rapper and hip hop singer, as well as playback singer in Hindi films; she is the first female Indian rapper -Early life:...

 in 'Star Nites' gathered a crowd exceeding 5,000 people from colleges across the nation mainly from cities of Delhi, Allahabad, Lucknow, Kanpur & Kolkata. Performances by Motherjane
Motherjane
Motherjane is an Indian rock band from Kochi, India, formed in 1996. The band consists of Suraj Mani , John Thomas , Clyde Rozario , Deepu Sasidharan and Santosh Chandran . They have released a total of two studio albums, and three singles...

 and inspirational talk by Chetan Bhagat
Chetan Bhagat
Chetan Bhagat , is an Indian author, columnist, and speaker. Bhagat is the author of five bestselling novels, Five Point Someone , One Night @ the Call Center , The 3 Mistakes of My Life , 2 States & Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition...

 organised by management department of ISM Dhanbad were few other notabilities of the fest.

Srijan 10

Srijan 2010 was held during 25 - 27 February 2010 as a techno-management Cultural festival. Srijan 'Colours of Innovation' where colours of nature were meant to set alive saw breathtaking performances by Isha Sharvani
Isha Sharvani
Isha Sharvani is an Indian dancer and actress. She is known for her stylistic and difficult dance performances...

 and Daksha Sheth Dance Company. Simon Webbe
Simon Webbe
Simon Solomon Webbe is an English singer-songwriter, actor and music manager. He is best known as a member of the British boyband Blue.-2001–2005: Early Career And Blue:...

 (Lead vocalist BLUE) , Jal (band)
Jal (band)
Jal is a pop rock band from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The band originally consisted of song writer, vocalist and lead guitarist, Goher Mumtaz and vocalist, Atif Aslam...

 , Juggy D
Juggy D
Jagwinder Singh Dhaliwal, better known by his stage name, Juggy D, is a British Indian singer from Southall, London, England.-Music:...

 and DJ Harshit (Winner of MTV’s ‘War of DJs') flamed the stage in Encore(Star Night) and Pro Show. To add to the glitz and glamour of the events Rannvijay Singh
Rannvijay Singh
Ranvijay Singh Singha , is a VJ and Bollywood actor. He was a participant and also the finalist in the first season of MTV Roadies and that lead to him becoming the host for the MTV show, Roadies. He also became a part of the judging panel for MTV Roadies 8 along with Raghu Ram and Rajiv Lakshman....

 hosted the major part of the fest including Mr. & Mrs. Srijan.

Events

The festival encompasses a plethora of cultural, technical, management as well as gaming events.

Cultural

MR. & MS. SRIJAN This is the personality contest of SRIJAN 2k11. It is the most coveted individual event, a fun filled path to the most sought after title of MR. & MISS SRIJAN. Individuals who love the limelight turn up in hordes to participate and also watch the contestants face a ruthless examination on stage.

PRO-SHOWS 4000 heads banging, 50000 watts of sound, an open air stage, 2 consecutive nights and your chance to be in the midst of it all. Rudra (band)
Rudra (band)
Rudra is a Singaporean band which was formed in 1992, and plays a style of black metal-influenced death metal with interpolations and extended passages of traditional Carnatic music. Additionally, the lyrical content is derived from Sanskrit Vedic literature and philosophy with some songs...

,  Them Clones
Them Clones
Them Clones is an Indian rock band. Them Clones was created sometime in 2000.Inspired by the dramatic world of rock n' roll and of course themselves, their tryst with songwriting has directed them across the course of the thoughtful to confessional, from the assertive to the provocative; but has...

, Parikrama (band), Demonic Resurrection
Demonic Resurrection
Demonic Resurrection is a melodic blackened death metal band from Mumbai, India formed in the year 2000. Demonic Resurrection's current line-up consists of Sahil "The Demonstealer" Makhija on vocals and rhythm guitars, Daniel Rego on lead guitars, Husain Bandukwala on bass, Virendra "Viru" Kaith on...

, Evergreen…the list is endless but the stage the same. These are attended with enough enthusiasm to be considered a religion unto themselves. With people assembling hours before to get up close to their favorite bands, the event is a hotspot for both the audience and the sponsors.

DISCOTHEQUE The music is rocking, come shake a leg and get the party going. Dance aficionados revel in this high energy dancing away into the night on the rocking numbers played by some of the most happening DJs in India like DJ Harshit (winner MTV war of DJ’s). Set up in a fitting proper disc format, this event also has a session in the evening reserved for couples in the house with romantic numbers and dim lights.

UNPLUGGED Tired of the hosh-posh of pedals and distortions………the vintage sound of an acoustic guitar is what you dig………or the classical tabla….then this event is for you. The origins of unplugged are rooted in the flagship MTV event by the same name where the stars played their signature pieces on acoustic instruments while interacting with In house audiences.

HALLA BOL Street play acts as a channel of communication among people. The modern form is different only in the themes enacted. The street play groups analyses the society as it exists, visualizes its future, and then attempts to put the vision across.

RANG MANCHA This competition will see you pass through myriads of challenges where only the most deserving and talented survives. So battle it out through your skills while focusing on every aspect of stage such as expressions, costumes, dialogues, make up, props etc…..

AVALANCHE Here it calls out to all you head bangers out there. It’s Avalanche! the ultimate adrenaline pumping extravaganza at Srijan.

KHAMOSHI Sometimes, silence speaks a thousand words. Mime your stories to graceful gestures. Speak your emotions to attentive silences. This miming competition requires stories, mouths could never narrate; songs, lips could never sing and tales,that ears could never listen.

Colors And Paints

This section of Srijan encompasses a variety of creative events like face painting, t-shirt painting, wall painting, graphiti,etc. Other creative events like paper folding, designing, poster making,etc are too the forte of Colors and Paints.

Gaming

This section of Srijan includes multiplayer gaming events such as FIFA (video game series), Need For Speed
Need for Speed
Need for Speed is a series of racing video games published by Electronic Arts and developed by several studios including Canadian-based company EA Black Box and British-based Criterion Games...

, Age of Empires, etc.

Paigam

Paigam is the one stop stall for all entertaining events of Srijan. Anchored by a group of fun-loving enthusiasts every year Paigam takes the responsibility to make sure that the crowd enjoys utmost by hosting a number of on-spot events.

External links

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