NAAC 2019-2020 Self-Study Report (SSR)
Mepco Schlenk Engineering College (Autonomous), Sivakasi
CRITERION 5 STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION 100
5.3 Student Participation and Activities
5.3.3 : Average number of sports and cultural activities / competitions organised at the
institution level per year
Sport activities & Cultural activities Event Reports
S. No. Document Pages
1. Sport activities/competitions organized at the institution
level for the year 2018 – 2019 1 – 12
2. Sport activities/competitions organized at the institution
level for the year 2017 – 2018 13 – 19
3. Sport activities/competitions organized at the institution
level for the year 2016 – 2017 20 – 24
4. Sport activities/competitions organized at the institution
level for the year 2015 – 2016 25 – 29
5. Sport activities/competitions organized at the institution
level for the year 2014 – 2015 30 – 32
6. Cultural activities/competitions organized at the institution
level for the year 2018 – 2019 33 – 36
7. Cultural activities/competitions organized at the institution
level for the year 2017 – 2018 37 – 42
8. Cultural activities/competitions organized at the institution
level for the year 2016 – 2017 43 – 47
9. Cultural activities/competitions organized at the institution
level for the year 2015 – 2016 48 – 50
10. Cultural activities/competitions organized at the institution
level for the year 2014 – 2015 51 – 54
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5.3.3 Sports activities/competitions organized at the institution level for the year 2018-19
2018 -2019
5th SCS international fide rated open chess tournament - chess (boys & girls)
conducted on 14/04/19 - 17/04/19
Intramurals Sports events was organized on 02.03.2019
Open 3rd state level badminton championship - badminton (boys & girls) conducted
on 10/01/19 - 13/01/19
Mepco sports fest (school) - badminton, chess & volleyball (boys & girls) conducted
on 08/01/19 – 09/01/19
Mepco trophy -state level badminton doubles tournament” for engineering college
faculty – badminton (men) conducted on 14/12/18 – 15/12/18
Mepco trophy- state level inter-engineering college gents staff volleyball tournament. -
volleyball (men) conducted on 16/11/18 – 17/11/18
AU Zone18 - Athletics (men & women) conducted on 27/09/18 – 29/09/18
AU Zone18 - Kho-Kho (men) conducted on 14/09/18 – 15/09/18
Mepco mini marathon (men & women) conducted on 1/9/2018
AU Zone18 - Badminton (men & women) conducted on 20/08/18 & 21/08/18
AU Zone18 - Cricket (men) conducted on 16/08/18 –19/08/18
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5th SCS international fide rated open chess tournament - Chess (boys & girls) Report:
Top seed IM P Shyamnikhil of Integral Coach Factory wins the fifth edition of the
Sivakasi Chess Sparklers FIDE rated tournament held at Mepco Schlenk Engineering College,
Sivakasi from 14th to 17th April 2019. Shyamnikhil finished with a staggering 100% score of 8.0/8
and earned ₹70000 cash and a beautiful trophy. Untitled B Selvamurugan of Tamil Nadu, scored
7.0/8, finished at 2nd position and won ₹50000 cash and a trophy. FM P Maheswaran of Postal also
finished at 7.0/8. Due to a lesser tie-break score, he had to settle for 3rd position. He received
₹35000 cash and a trophy. Both of them suffered their only loss of the tournament against the
eventual champion in the final round. Photo: R Anantharam.
Intramural Sports & Games
Intramural sports events were conducted on 02.03.2019 where the men players are divided
into 6 houses and the women players into four houses. Competitions are being conducted on knock-
out basis for men & women. The events are:
Boys Girls
Athletics Athletics
Badminton, Ball
Badminton
Badminton
Basket Ball Basket Ball
Chess, Table Tennis Ball Badminton
Cricket, Volleyball Chess
Football, Handball Table Tennis
Kabaddi,Kho-Kho Volley Ball
Weight Lifting Throw Ball
Power Lifting Kho-Kho
Best Physique
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To build a rapport between Staff & Students, this year Cricket and Volleyball matches for
Gents Staff Vs Boys & Throw Ball for Lady Staff Vs Girls were conducted.
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AU Zone18 - Athletics (men & women) Report:
Our college organized Anna University Zone 18 Athletics on 27th
to 29th
September 2018.
26 colleges participated in the event. Our college secured overall third position in both men and
women categories.
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AU Zone18 - Kho-Kho (men) Report:
Our college organized Anna University Zone 18 Kho-Kho on 14th
and 15st September 2018.
72 students from 7 colleges participated in the event. Our college secured gold medal.
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AU Zone18 - Cricket (men) Report:
Our college combinedly organized Anna University Zone 18 Cricket match with Anna
Univ. Thirunelveli campus, Thirunelveli on 16th
to 19th
September 2018. 28 teams participated on
the event. Our college secured gold medal.
AU Zone18 - Badminton (men & women) Report:
Our college organized Anna University Zone 18 on 20th
and 21st August 2018. 12 Men and
11 Women team participated in the event. Our college secured gold medal in both men and women
categories.
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5.3.3 Sports activities/competitions organized at the institution level for the year 2017-18
2017 -2018
4th SCS INTERNATIONAL FIDE RATED OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT - CHESS
(BOYS & GIRLS) conducted on 21/04/18 - 24/04/18
Intramurals Sports events was organized on 01.03.2018
MEPCO TROPHY – FACULTY DOUBLES MEN BADMINTON TOURNAMENT. -
BADMINTON (MEN) conducted on 29/12/17 & 30/12/17
AU ZONE-18 - ATHLETICS (MEN & WOMEN) conducted on 08/10/17 – 10/10/17
MINI MARATHON (MEN & WOMEN) conducted on 16/09/2017
AU ZONE-18 - BASKETBALL (WOMEN) conducted on 21/08/17 & 22/08/17
AU ZONE-18 - BADMINTON (MEN & WOMEN) conducted on 1/08/17 & 02/08/17
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Intramural Sports & Games
Intramurals an intra-college sports event was organized on 01.03.2018. Our college Alumni
Er.S.PAVANASAM, Assistant Executive Engineer, Town Sub Division, TNEB; Sivakasi was the
Chief Guest. Selvan J.Akash Michael IVth year Bio-Tech was the champion among the boys and
received the Sv.K.M.Ramalingam Champion Boys Gold Medal and Selvi M.Sangareshwari Ist
year IT was the Champion Girl and received the Sv.K.M.Ramalingam Champion Girls Gold Medal
for the year 2017 – 2018.
The men players are divided into 6 houses and the women players into Four houses.
Competitions are being conducted on knock-out basis for men & women. The events are:
Boys Girls
Athletics Athletics
Badminton, Ball Badminton Badminton
Basket Ball Basket Ball
Chess, Table Tennis Ball Badminton
Cricket, Volleyball Chess
Football, Handball Table Tennis
Kabaddi, Kho-Kho Volley Ball
Weight Lifting Throw Ball
Power Lifting Kho-Kho
Best Physique
To build a rapport between Staff & Students, this year Cricket and Volleyball matches for Gents
Staff Vs Boys & Throw Ball for Lady Staff Vs Girls were c
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MEPCO TROPHY – Faculty doubles men badminton tournament Report:
Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi hosted the Second State Level Faculty
Doubles Badminton Tournament on 29th
& 30th
December 2017. In that 28 faculty members from
various colleges had participated.
WINNER’S
PSR Engineering College, Sivakasi Secured the First Place.
KLN College of Engineering, Madurai Secured the Second Place.
Dr.K.Muneeswaran HOD of the CSE department, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College
distributed the Prizes and gave the Presidential Address. The
Mrs. A.M.K.Saliha Banu, addressed the gathering and Mr. D. Babu, PTI delivered the Vote of
Thanks.
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AU ZONE-18 - ATHLETICS (MEN & WOMEN) Report:
Our college organized Anna University Zone 18 on 8th
and 10st Oct 2017. Totally 386 men,
295 women participated from 24 institutions. Our college secured overall third position.
AU ZONE-18 - BASKETBALL (WOMEN) Report:
Our college organized Anna University Zone 18 Basketball match on 21st and 22
nd August
2017. 11Women team participated in the event. Our college secured gold medal.
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AU ZONE-18 - BADMINTON (MEN & WOMEN) Report:
Our college organized Anna University Zone 18 on 1st and 2
nd August 2017. 13 Men and 10
Women team participated in the event. Our college secured gold medal in both men and women
categories.
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5.3.3 Sports activities/competitions organized at the institution level for the year 2016-17
2016 -2017
Intramurals Sports events was organized on 18.03.2017
MEPCO TROPHY – FACULTY DOUBLES MEN BADMINTON TOURNAMENT. -
BADMINTON (MEN) conducted on 18/12/16 & 19/12/16
MINI MARATHON (MEN & WOMEN) conducted on 17/09/16
AU ZONE-18 - BASKETBALL (WOMEN) conducted on 26/08/16 & 27/08/16
AU ZONE-18 - VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN) conducted on 26/08/16 & 27/08/16
AU ZONE-18 - BADMINTON (WOMEN) conducted on 26/08/16 & 27/08/16
MEPCO TROPHY (School) - VOLLEYBALL (BOYS & GIRLS) conducted on 13/07/16 –
15/07/16
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Intramural Sports & Games
Intramurals an intra-college sports event was organized on 18th March
2017. The men players are divided into 6 houses and the women players into Four
houses. Competitions are being conducted on knock-out basis for men & women.
The events are:
Boys Girls Athletics Athletics Badminton, Ball
Badminton
Badminton Basket Ball Basket Ball Chess, Table Tennis Ball Badminton Cricket, Volleyball Chess Football, Handball Table Tennis Kabaddi,Kho-Kho Volley Ball Weight Lifting Throw Ball Power Lifting Kho-Kho Best Physique
Mepco Trophy – Faculty Doubles Men Badminton Tournament. - Badminton
(Men) Report:
First time Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi hosted the State Level Faculty
Doubles Badminton Tournament for Faculty Members of Engineering Colleges in the State of
Tamilnadu on 18th
& 19th
December 2016. 20 Teams from various colleges participated in the
tournaments.
PSR Engineering College won the First Place.
Kamaraj College of Engineering & Technology become the Runners-up.
Dr.S.Arivazhagan, Principal, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College distributed the Prizes and
gave the Presidential Address. Mr.J.Billy Graham, Director of Physical Education gave the Vote of
Thanks.
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Mini Marathon (Men & Women) Report:
Mepco Mini Marathon 2016 was held on at Mepco Schlenk Engineering College. Totally
350 students (Boys and Girls) participated in the race. Dr.S.Arivazhagan, Principal flagged the race
sharply at 6:30 am. Mrs.A.M.K.Saliha Banu coordinated the race.
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AU ZONE-18 - BASKETBALL (WOMEN) Report
Our college organized Anna University Zone 18 Basketball tournament on 26th
and 27th
August 2016. 5 Women teams participated in the event. Our college secured Bronze medal.
Winners: PSN college, Thirunelveli secured gold medal
Runners: Government College of Engineering, Thirunelveli.
AU ZONE-18 - VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN) Report:
Our college organized Anna University Zone 18 Volleyball tournament on 26th
and 27th
Spetember 2016. 11 Women teams participated in the event. Our college secured Bronze medal.
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Mepco Trophy (School) - Volleyball Report:
Mepco Mini Marathon 2017 was held on 16th September, 2017 at Mepco Schlenk
Engineering College. Totally 558 students participated in the race. Mr. D.Babu, The physical
Instructor welcomed the athletes. Dr. S. Arivazhagan, Principal flagged the race sharply at 6:35
a.m. Mr. P.Muthu Jothiraj, III B.E. (Civil) secured the FIRST place in the boy’s race. Ms.
M.Sangareshwari, I B.E. (IT) secured the FIRST place in the girl’s event. Dr. S. Arivazhagan,
Principal honoured the winners. Mr.N.Lingaraj, Physical Instructor delivered the vote of thanks.
Mrs. A.M.K. Saliha Banu, coordinated the event.
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5.3.3 Sports activities/competitions organized at the institution level for the year 2015-16
2015 -2016
Intramurals Sports events was organized on 12.04.2016
MINI MARATHON (MEN & WOMEN) conducted on 01/10/15
MEPCO TROPHY (College) - BADMINTON (MEN & WOMEN) conducted on
29/07/15 – 31/07/15
MEPCO TROPHY (College) - VOLLEYBALL (MEN & WOMEN) conducted on
29/07/15 – 31/07/15
MEPCO TROPHY - BASKETBALL (MEN & WOMEN) conducted on 29/07/15 –
31/07/15
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Mepco Trophy – Badminton, Basketball & Volleyball (Men & Women) Report:
3rd
State Level Interview Engineering College Volleyball, Basketball, Badminton
Tournament was organized on 29th
, 30th
& 31st July 2015 in our college. 22 Engineering Colleges
from Chennai, Perundurai, Karur, Dindigul, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Valliyur, Kovilpatti,
Virudhunagar, Sivakasi participated.
Badminton Men
11 Engineering Colleges participated in the Men Badminton Tournament. The teams are
divided into 3 pools and League matches were organized and selected 6 teams. The Winners of the
pool are grouped in one pool and organized League matches are decided First Three Places. The
Runners of the pool played League matches and decide Fourth Fifth & Sixth Place.
The Winners are:-
The Winners SSN Engineering College, Chennai.
The Runners KSR Technology, Thiruchengodu.
The Third Place KSRCE, Thiruchengodu.
The Fourth Place Kongu Engineering College, Perunthurai.
Badminton Women
6 Engineering Colleges participated in the Women Badminton Tournament. The teams are
divided into two pools and League matches were organized. Four teams were selected and knock
out matches are organized.
The Winners of Badminton Women are:-
The Winners SSN Engineering College, Chennai.
The Runners PSNA College of Engineering & Technology, Dindigul.
The Third Place KSR College of Technology, Thiruchengodu.
The Fourth Place Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi.
Dr.S.Arivazhan, Principal distributed the Cash Awards and Mementoes certificates to the
Winners. Mr.J.Billy Graham Director of Physical Education welcomed and also proposed the Vote
of Thanks on 31.07.2015
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Volleyball Men
17 Colleges participated in Volleyball Tournament. The first four place winners Mepco
Trophy 2015 are:-
The winners P.S.N.A Engineering & Technology, Dindigul.
The Runners Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai.
The Third Place Einstein Engineering College, Tirunelveli.
The Fourth Place Christian College & Engineering, Ottanchathram.
Volleyball Women
6 Women College teams participated in the Volleyball Tournament. Teams were divided in
to 2 pools and League cum Knock-out Tournament is being organized.
The Winners Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi.
The Runners Kamarajar College of Engineering & Technology, Virudhunagar
The Third Place Einstein College of Engineering, Tirunelveli.
The Fourth Place National Engineering College, Kovilpatti.
Dr.S.Arivazahan, Principal, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi distributed cash awards
to Men teams and Mementoes to Women on 30th
July 2015. Mr.J.Billy Graham Director of Physical
Education welcomed the gathering and proposed the Vote of Thanks.
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Basketball Men
16 Engineering Colleges participated in the Men Basketball Tournament of Mepco Trophy
2015. Knockout Tournament was organized for the teams.
The Winners are:-
The Winners PSNA College of Engineering & Technology, Dindigul.
The Runners SSN Engineering College, Chennai.
The Third Place Kongu Engineering College, Perunthurai.
The Fourth Place PSNA College of Engineering & Technology, Tirunelveli.
Basketball Women
Four Engineering College participated in the Women Basketball Tournament of Mepco
Trophy 2015. League Tournament was organized for the teams.
The Winners are:-
The Winners SSN Engineering College, Chennai.
The Runners PSNA College of Engineering & Technology, Dindigul.
The Third Place Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi.
The Fourth Place National Engineering College, Kovilpatti.
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5.3.3 Sports activities/competitions organized at the institution level for the year 2014-15
2014 -2015
Intramurals Sports events was organized on 21.03.2015
AU ZONE-18 - BADMINTON (MEN & WOMEN) conducted on 17/9/14 – 18/9/14
MEPCO TROPHY (College) - MEN & WOMEN - BADMINTON (MEN & WOMEN)
conducted on 24/07/14 – 26/07/14
MEPCO TROPHY (College) - VOLLEYBALL (MEN & WOMEN) conducted on
24/07/14 – 26/07/14
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Intramural Sports & Games
Intramurals was organized on 21st March 2015.Mrs.L.Leena, B.E.
(Hons.), MBA. Executive Engineer, Tamilnadu Electricity Board Ponruti was the
chief guest. The men teams are divided into 6 houses and the women teams into Four
houses. Competitions are conducted on league cum knock-out basis for men teams
and knock-out for women teams. The events are:
Gents Ladies
Athletics Athletics
Badminton Badminton
Basket ball Basket ball
Chess Ball Badminton
Cricket Chess
Foot ball Kho-Kho
Hand ball Table Tennis
Kho-Kho Volley ball
Table Tennis
Tennis
Weight Lifting
Power Lifting
Best Physique
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Au Zone-18 - Badminton (Men & Women):
Our College hosted the Anna University Chennai Zone 18 Badminton Men Tournament on 17th
and
18th
September 2014 in the Indoor Stadium.
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Mepco Trophy (College) – Volleyball & Badminton Report:
A State Level Inter Engineering College Volley Ball and Badminton Tournament for Men
and Women has been organized by the Department of Physical Education of Mepco Schlenk
Engineering College Sivakasi as MEPCO TROPHY on 24th
to 26th
July 2014. 12 Men teams and
5 Women teams for Volley Ball and 11 Men Teams and 7 Women Teams for Badminton spread
over Tamilnadu participated in this Tournament. The Tournament was inaugurated by
Dr.S.Arivazhagan, Principal, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi on 24th
July 2014 and
distributed the MEPCO TROPHY 2014 and the Certificates to first four place winners on 26th
July
2014.
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5.3.3 Cultural activities/competitions organized at the institution level for the year 2018-19
Gyan Mitra ’19 Report:
An Inter College National level Techno Management Symposium by all Co-Curricular clubs
were organized on 08.02.2019 & 09.02.2019. Various events and guest lectures were organized on
that date. Students from various colleges participated in the competitions and a grand cultural event
was organized by our Fine arts team on the day of function.
FIESTA’ 19 Report:
Fiesta’19 an intra-college cultural competition was organized by a joint act of Fine arts club,
Literary Association, Photography club, Readers club, Innovative Club, NSS, Blue Sky, Health
Club and Consumer Club of Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi on 02.02.2019.
The office bearers of various clubs worked tirelessly to make the events challenging, fun
and thought-provoking. These events sought to uncover the musical, artistic and literary talents of
the students. The registrations were opened a month earlier and were done through our website.
This year we witnessed a staggering 1345 participants who enthusiastically registered and took part
in the events of their liking. Students enthusiastically participated in Fiesta’19 in 19 events. The
Year Duration/Date Name of the activity
2018-19
08.02.2019 &
09.02.2019
Gyan Mitra ’19 - Inter College National level Techno Management
Symposium by all Co-Curricular clubs
02.02.2019 Fiesta’ 19 – an intra-college cultural fest
18.01.2019 Pongal Day Cultural Program was celebrated at Mepco Convention
Centre (MCC) by Fine Arts Club & Literary Association
04.01.2019
Pongal Day celebrations, a group of students of Tamil Nadu
Government Music College, Madurai performed various cultural
activities at MCC
31.08.2018 &
01.09.2018 Legacy’18 - an inter college cultural competition
31.08.2018 &
01.09.2018 Art Gallery – on the day of Legacy’18
28.09.18 Mega Musical Event at the MCC
21.07.18 Fine arts club students performed a grand cultural program during
celebration of Alumni meet of 1998 batch
07.07.2018 College fine arts club team performed various cultural activities as a
part of NSS program at O.Koilpatti.
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event was conducted at 13 venues inside the campus, encouraged and supported by the mammoth
audience of more than 3500.
Like icing on a cake, it was indeed a blessing to have Mr.S.T.Sivaraman, Producer – A&G
Division, Technicolor India, Bengaluru (Alumnus of our college passed out in 2001 – BE CSE), as
our honoured chief guest for the valedictory ceremony. He also graciously gave away the prizes to
the winners of each event. It was especially fulfilling to see the satisfied and proud looks on the
faces of the prize winners. In the end, Fiesta'19 served as a platform for many to discover their
hidden potentials and bring them forward to the limelight. Dr.S.Arivazhagan, Principal of Mepco
Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, presided over the valedictory function.
FIESTA Chief Guest Mr.S.T.Sivaraman address the gathering during Valedictory Function
Pongal Day Cultural Program Report:
Fine arts club & Literary Association celebrated Pongal Day at Mepco Convention Centre
(MCC) on 18.01.2019 especially for the hostellers. As a part celebration the college fine arts team
has arranged for Tamil cultural programme where the students enjoyed the day with cheering
applause.
LEGACY'18 Report:
The ostentatious feat of Legacy’18, an Inter college cultural competition starts on 31st
August 2018 anticipating fiery Participation of students all over Tamilnadu. This feat was held for 2
days (31st August -1st September) with a blistering participation of 812 participants from 54
colleges around the state. This was a fleet mainly excursed by 9 extracurricular clubs of the college,
i.e. Fine arts, Literary, NSS, Readers, Photography, Blue Sky, Innovative, consumer, Health club
and made it an ardent success. Art gallery was organized displaying the works of our students.
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From the rousing website, there were around 1300 plus registrations from various colleges.
It was dazing to have organized around 31 events which had amazing responses from the onlookers.
The spectators were enthralled by the dazzling performances by the very endowed participants.
There we around 250 organizers from various clubs who unwearyingly worked all day long to make
it a colossal success and the staff advisors of various clubs who hurled them around to make the
best use of the resources were the tower of light. As every great errand has its end, we had our
valedictory ceremony on 1st of September after the successful completion of all the events with
Indra Soundarjan, a well-known Tamil author as the guest of honour who gave away Prizes and
certificates to the winners as the relic of appreciation in the presence of Dr.S.Arivazhagan, who
presided over the function with the convivial help of Dr.T.Prabaharan, Convenor of Legacy’18 , In
which the overall trophy was bagged by Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi and the
overall runner up trophy was bagged by M.Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Karur. With much
more anticipation and zeal, they closed the curtains waving goodbye to the resplendent participants
hoping this would come up even more blazing the coming years.
Overall trophy was bagged by Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi
Mega Musical Event Report:
Fine arts club students performed a mega musical concert on 28.09.18. Students sang
several cine songs and their own compositions were played. The crowd welcomed and cheered
them up for their awesome performance.
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Alumni meet cultural Program Report:
Fine arts club students performed a grand cultural program during celebration of Alumni
meet of 1998 batch on 21.07.18. The alumni were felt like home again seeing their wonderful
performance.
NSS Cultural Activity Report:
Our college fine arts students performed various cultural activities as a part of NSS program
at O.Koilpatti on 07.07.2018. The people around the place enjoyed the jaw-opening performance.
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5.3.3 Cultural activities/competitions organized at the institution level for the year 2017-18
2017-18
03.03.2018 Fiesta’18- intra college cultural programme
16.02.2018 &
17.02.2018
Gyan Mitra’18 - an Inter College National level Techno
Management Symposium
11.01.2018 Tamil Folk Dance – Oolai Kudisai Gramiya Kalaikuzhu
09.01.2018 Pongal day cultural programme
11.10.2017 Mega Musical Event
27.09.2017 Mega Musical Event
08.09.2017 &
09.09.2017 Legacy 2k17 - an inter college cultural competition
08.09.2017 &
09.09.2017 Art Gallery - on the day of Legacy’17
11.08.2017 &
12.08.2017 Paavaikoothu – one of the stage plays of Tamilnadu
Fiesta’18 Report:
Fiesta’18 an intra-college cultural competition was organized by a joint act of Fine arts club,
Literary Association, Photography club, Readers club, Innovative Club, NSS, Blue Sky, Health
Club and Consumer Club of Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi on 03.03.2018. The
office bearers of various clubs worked tirelessly to make the events challenging, fun and thought-
provoking.
These events sought to uncover the musical, artistic and literary talents of the students. The
registrations were opened a month earlier and were done through our website. This year we
witnessed a more than 1500 participants who enthusiastically registered and took part in the events
of their liking. Students enthusiastically participated in Fiesta’18 in 17 events. The event was
conducted at 16 venues inside the campus, encouraged and supported by the mammoth audience of
more than 3000.
Gyan Mitra’18 Report:
An Inter College National level Techno Management Symposium by all Co-Curricular clubs
were organized on 16.02.2018 & 17.02.2018. Various events and guest lectures were organized on
that date. Students from various colleges participated in the competitions and a grand cultural event
was organized by our Fine arts team on the day of function.
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Tamil Folk Dance Report:
The Students and the faculty members of Mepco Schlenk Engineering
College,(Autonomous) Sivakasi celebrated Pongal festival on 11.01.2018 at Mepco Convention
centre. As a part celebration the college fine arts team has arranged for Tamil cultural programme.
The cultural programme were performed by Oolai kudisai gramiya kalai kuzhu. The team was led
by Mr.Velmurugan. Various program that reflects tamil culture like Kaaliattam, Karagattam,
Oyilattam, silambattam and thapaattam were performed. Music played with traditional musical
instruments like tappu, parai ,tavil and nathaswaram inspire the audience to know the value of our
heritage. The honourable principal Dr.S.Arivazhagan greeted the performers and delivered the
Pongal message.
Pongal day cultural programme Report:
The Pongal day was celebrated on Jan 9. The celebration comprised of many cultural
events and the event commenced at 5.30 pm in MCC. The event started with Kavithai which
poetically explained the pongal’s necessity. It is followed by Skit which is performed by boys and
the concept is based on Gandhiji’s famous dialogue “Villages are the backbone of our country”.
They have made us to visualize how villages and village people will be during the festival times
especially during pongal. Then it is followed by folk dance, which comprised of Karakattam,
Oyillatam and folk dance which made the audience to feel like a single stage filled with dancers of
different troops. Then came the girl’s skit team. They explained what is actually going on in the 4
days of pongal in every homes now-a-days and explained why each day of pongal is celebrated.
They came up with different morals regarding how the food habits in those of old times helped
those in leading a healthy life and so on. Then came the colorful dance team of girls, who all
danced for different gramiya songs and folk songs. Then the most powerful and astonishing part of
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the event is the tamizh peoples’ bravery game (VEERA VILAYATTU) Silambam. It was
extremely overwhelming to watch a student doing silambam by closing his eyes with some shawl
and also he did rotating a rope like thing which has a stand to fit a glass full of juice and he didn’t
splashed even a single drop. Then the finishing touch was given by boys dance team whose
performance rocked the entire audience.
The entire function was witnessed by Principal, HODs, faculty members and students with
MCC overwhelming response.
Mega Musical Event Report:
The orchestra team of Mepco Schlenk Engineering College performed a Mega Musical
Event on 11.10.17 at Mepco conventional centre during 5 to 6 pm. The event was conducted for
one hour. Members of the orchestra performed a variety of light music songs from recent and past
films. Enthusiastic Audience of around 800 supported the orchestra with their encouraging claps.
Recent hits songs from the film “Vikram Vedha and Power Pandi” were applauded well. Later Hari
Vignesh of II Year Mech, Emmanuael of Final Mech and Lenin of III Year Civil performed
instrumental fusion.
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Also Rajavel of II biotech, Gopal of Final CSE, Shruthi of II CSE and Harini of II civil were
the members of the orchestra, who contributed to the show.
Mega Musical Event Report:
Fine arts club students performed a mega musical concert on 27.09.2017. Students sang
several cine songs and their own compositions were played. The crowd welcomed and cheered
them up for their awesome performance.
Legacy 2k17 Report:
The ostentatious feat of Legacy’17, an Inter college cultural competition starts on 8th
September 2017 anticipating fiery Participation of students all over Tamilnadu. This feat was held
for 2 days (8th -9th September) with a blistering participation of 625 participants from 28 colleges
around the state. This was a fleet mainly excursed by 9 extracurricular clubs of the college, i.e. Fine
arts, Literary, NSS, Readers, Photography, Blue Sky, Innovative, consumer, Health club and made
it an ardent success. Art gallery was organized displaying the works of our students.
From the rousing website, there were around 1000 plus registrations from 52 plus colleges.
It was dazing to have organized around 30 events which had amazing responses from the onlookers.
The spectators were enthralled by the dazzling performances by the much endowed participants. As
a feather to the cap, there were renowned guests in which one of them happened to be Nyayiru
Pattimandram fame Mr.Avani Madasamy for the inaugural Function as a chief guest. There we
around 250 organizers from various clubs who unwearyingly worked all day long to make it a
colossal success and the staff advisors of various clubs who hurled them around to make the best
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use of the resources were the tower of light. As every great errand has its end, we had our
valedictory ceremony on 9th of September after the successful completion of all the events with
Dr.L.Rajaram, Joint secretary of Sree Sangeetha Sathguru Samajam as the guest of honour who
gave away Prizes and certificates to the winners as the relic of appreciation in the presence of
Dr.S.Arivazhagan. who presided over the function with the convivial help of Dr.T.Prabaharan,
Convenor of Legacy’17 , In which the overall trophy was bagged by Thiyagarajar college of
engineering, Madurai and the overall runner up trophy was bagged by M.Kumarasamy College of
Engineering, Karur. With much more anticipation and zeal, they closed the curtains waiving
goodbye to the resplendent participants hoping this would come up even more blazing the coming
years.
Overall Winner Trophy was bagged by Thiyagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai.
Overall Runner up Trophy was bagged by M.Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Karur.
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Paavaikoothu Report:
Thol Paavai koothu a traditional stage play famous in Tamilnadu and kerala was organized
by our fine arts team to encourage the traditional arts on 11.08.2017 & 12.08.2017. Series of plays
were performed by the trained traditional team. Students were very eager to see the traditional play.
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5.3.3 Cultural activities/competitions organized at the institution level for the year 2016-17
2016-17
2.2.2017 to 4.2.2017 Ponniyin selvan drama – 4hrs duration
26.01.2017 Fiesta 2k17 – intra college cultural programme
11.01.2017 Pongal day cultural programme
07.01.2017 Tamil folk dances
17/09/2016 to 18/09/2016 Art gallery – paintings and pencil sketching
17/09/2016 to 18/09/2016 Legacy’16 - an inter college cultural competition
Ponniyin selvan drama Report:
“Ponniyin Selvan Drama” is a very famous “Tamil Historical Drama” staged by SS
International Arts, Music Academy, Chennai. The stage show is tentatively planned during 2nd, 3rd
and 4th of February 2017. The corresponding expected expenditure for 3 days shows (Total of 5
days including stage setting and rehearsal) for 75 members team. Dumbstruck by the 4 hour
caricature it was quite impossible to wink or stop the standing ovation. That was some true piece of
art!!What are we talking about???yes indeed the history brought to real by the team SS
International Live and Magic Lantern by Mr.Ilango Kumanan and directed by Mr.Praveen. The epic
“Ponniyin Selven”... it was indeed a magic tat flipped us through centuries in seconds and seemed
like we were indeed a part of the epoch. It was not just a play it was a treasure unlocked to tell us
how proud we should be to entitle our self as being a part of Tamilnadu. Amazing us with
astonishing performances of a crew of 58 artists, they sure did gather aficionados all the three days
they were here. Our day of exhilaration started on 02.02.17 to 04.02.17 and had a perpetual
extolation from everyone till then, leaving us with a crave to want more of a visual treat. It was
difficult bidding good bye to the finest squad but it was quite staggering to see them giving their
views heart out. Any grand start slowly winds up its way into a magnificent finish we did culminate
it up with an exquisite valedictory where the artists were honoured with memento from the
honourable principle and correspondent. And we had some amazing feedbacks from the principal
and managing heads of the college telling what we just wanted to express as an individual. And not
to forget we did see some adored artist speak sharing how great it was to perform. Every moment of
those 4 hours was an epitome of what it was to live in the 10th century .It did make us want to go
back and live there forever.
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Fiesta 2k17 Report:
Republic Day Celebrations and Fiesta’17 an intra-college cultural competition was
organized by a joint act of Fine arts club, Literary Association, Photography club, Readers club,
Innovative Club, NSS, Blue Sky, Health Club and Consumer Club of Mepco Schlenk Engineering
College, Sivakasi on 26th of January 2017. Students enthusiastically participated in Fiesta’17 in 17
events. The event was conducted at 13 venues inside the campus, encouraged and supported by the
mammoth audience of more than 3500. Dr.S.Arivazhagan, Principal of Mepco Schlenk Engineering
College, Sivakasi, presided over the Inaugural function.
Mr.K.R.Ram Kumar (Alumnus of our college passed out in 2005 – ME CSE), Engineering
Manager, Honeywell Technologies Solutions, Madurai, was the Chief Guest for the Valedictory
function and handed over the prizes to the winners.
Principal Dr.S.Arivazhagan handing over memento to the Chief Guest
Pongal day cultural programme Report:
Pongal celebration was organized by Fine arts club and Literary Association of Mepco
Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi on 11.01.2017 from 4.45pm to 6.15 pm. Students and staff
of our college performed the following, that were fully enriched with Tamil tradition.
Classical Dance
Folk Dance
Karagam Dance
Skit and Mime
Kavithai and
Silambam
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The Mepco Convention Center was filled with fruitful performances by more than 70
students. Audience of about 1400 students enthusiastically joined the celebration.
The Fine arts club and Literary Association organizers and the staff advisors were the back
bone of the great traditional festival. The pillar of the event was none other than our beloved
Principal Dr.S.Arivazhagan. The program was concluded by our Principal by his valuable speech
which seeded the Tamil tradition in the hearts of the students.
Tamil folk dance Report:
Pongal celebration was organized by Fine arts club and Literary Association of
Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi on January 07, 2017 from 4.45pm to 6.15 pm at the
Mepco Convention Centre. M.Velmurugan and Team from “Naam Padaipaaligal”, Sivakasi
performed the following events that were enriched with Tamil tradition and enthralled the audience.
Karagaatam
Oyilaatam
Mayilaatam
Otha Kaal Kuthirai
Thappaatam
Silambaatam
Audience of about 1500 students enthusiastically joined the celebration. The Fine arts club and
Literary Association organizers and the staff advisors were the back bone of the great traditional
festival. The pillar of the event was none other than our beloved Principal Dr.S.Arivazhagan.
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Legacy’16 Report:
Legacy16 an inter college cultural competition was organized by a joint act of Fine arts
club, Literary Association, Photography club, Readers club, Innovative Club, NSS, Blue Sky,
Health Club and Consumer Club of Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi. Art gallery was
organized displaying the works of our students.
Legacy ’16 following the success of its preceding venture Legacy ’15, to accommodate its
number of events to 30, spanning for 2 days, the 17th and 18th of September 2016. The event
witnessed a participation of 600 dynamic student artists from 30 premier institutions in Tamil Nadu.
The event was conducted at 11 venues inside the campus, encouraged and supported by the
mammoth audience of more than 3000. Dr.Parasuram Ramamoorthy , Chairman, Velvi Trust,
Madurai , presided over the Inaugural function on the 17th of September 2016 & Dr.S.Mallika,
Master of Music, Ph.D, Principal, Co-ordinator, Rani Lady Meiyammai Achi Tamil Music College,
Madurai, presided over the Valedictory ceremony on the 18th of September 2016.
The various events organized are as follows: Orchestra , Group Dance , Solo Singing , Solo
Instrumental , Free Style Solo, Dramatics , Kavithidal , Neeya Naana , English Debate , Satanic
Quiz , Dumb-C , Best Manger , Idea Presentation , Face Painting , Rangoli , Pencil Sketching , War
with Words , Short Film , Trailer Time , Treasure Hunt , Yoga , Martial Arts, Divide & Conquer ,
Monster’s Muss , Kalakkal Galatta , Radio Mirchi , Marketomania , Liphomaniac , Extempore and
Pixie.
The synergy of 9 clubs transformed the entrenching moment into everlasting memory. The
overall winner’s trophy of Legacy’16 was bagged by - Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College
(Autonomous), Sivakasi & the runner’s trophy was bagged by Sethu Institute Of Technology,
Kariyapatti . The enthusiasm of the organizers was laudable. The days of Legacy ’16 will remain
as the place of Elysium in the history of Mepco.
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5.3.3 Cultural activities/competitions organized at the institution level for the year 2015-16
2015-16
23.03.16
A mega event for classical dance and orchestra was organized at
MCC. Our college classical team performed classical dance for
about 40 minutes depicting history and importance of the same with
the audience of nearly 1400.
06/02/2016 Fiesta’16 an intra-college cultural competition
12.01.2016 Pongal Day Cultural Program was celebrated at Mepco Convention
Centre (MCC) by Fine Arts Club & Literary Association.
5/09/2015 to
6/09/2015 Legacy15, an inter college cultural competition
Mega event Report:
Fine arts club students performed a mega musical concert on 23.03.16. Students sang
several cine songs and their own compositions were played. The crowd welcomed and cheered
them up for their awesome performance.
Fiesta’16 Report:
Fiesta’16 an intra-college cultural competition was organized by a joint act of Fine arts club,
Literary Association, Photography club, Readers club, Innovative Club, NSS, Blue Sky, Health
Club and Consumer Club of Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi on 6th of February
2016. Fiesta’16 witnessed a participation of 1288 students in 17 events. The event was conducted at
13 venues inside the campus, encouraged and supported by the mammoth audience of more than
3700. Dr.S.Arivazhagan, Principal of Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, presided over
the Inaugural function & Mr.M.Mohammed Sujayath Ali, Co-founder & CEO of Voonik (Alumnus
of our college passed out in 2001 – BE CSE), presided over the Valedictory ceremony and handed
over the prizes to the winners.
The various events organized are as follows:
1. Group Dance
2. Solo Singing
3. Solo
Instrumental
4. Solo Dance
5. Dramatics
6. English
Potpourri
7. Tamil Potpourri
8. Quiz
9. Best Manger
10. Pencil Sketching
11. Poster Making
12. Treasure Hunt
13. Yoga
14. Pixie
15. Monsters Muss
16. Divide and
Conquer
17. Radio Mirchi
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The synergy of 9 clubs transformed the entrenching moment into an everlasting memory.
The enthusiasm of the organizers was laudable.
Team of Fiesta’16 with our Principal and Chief Guest Mr.M.Mohammed Sujayath Ali
Legacy15 Report:
Legacy15 an inter college cultural competition was organized by a joint act of Fine arts
club, Literary Association, Photography club, Readers club, Innovative Club, NSS, Blue Sky,
Health Club and Consumer Club of Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi. Legacy ’15
following the success of its preceding venture Legacy ’14, to accommodate its number of events to
30, spanning for 2 days, the 5th and 6th of September 2015. The event witnessed a participation of
929 dynamic student artists from 43 premier institutions in Tamil Nadu. The event was conducted
at 11 venues inside the campus, encouraged and supported by the mammoth audience of more than
2000. Dr.Subbulakshmi Mohan, Principal of TamilNadu Govt. College of Music,Madurai presided
over the Inaugural function on the 5th of September 2015 & Mr.S.Mohan Gandhi, I.R.S ( Retd.),
Former Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, and Senior Trustee, Tamil Isai Sangam, Madurai
presided over the Valedictory ceremony on the 6th of September 2015.
The various events organized are as follows:
Orchestra, Group Dance, Mono Act, Solo Singing, Solo Instrumental, Solo Free Style,
Drama, Kavithidal, Neeya Naana, English Debate, Quiz, Dumb-C, Best Manger, Idea Presentation,
Face Painting, Rangoli, Pencil Sketching, Slogan Writing, Short Film, Trailer Making, Treasure
Hunt, Yoga, Martial Arts & much more.
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The synergy of 9 clubs transformed the entrenching moment into everlasting memory. The
overall winner’s trophy of Legacy 15 was bagged by St.Joseph Institute of Management, Trichy
and the runner’s trophy was handed over to two colleges - Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College
(Autonomous), Sivakasi & Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai The enthusiasm of the
organizers was laudable. The days of Legacy ’15 will remain as the place of Elysium in the history
of Mepco.
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5.3.3 Cultural activities/competitions organized at the institution level for the year 2014-15
2014-15
07/03/2015
Tamil Dedate (Pattimandram) and Classical Dance by Fine Arts
and Literary students were conducted after 4:30pm in MCC for our
college students
24/02/2015 NSS camp cultural programme at Servainayakanpatti
20/02/2015 Gyan Mitra’15 – intercollege technical fest
05/09/2014 &
06/09/2014 Legacy’14 - Two Days Inter Collegiate Cultural Competition
25.07.2014 Fiesta’14 an intra-college cultural competition
Tamil Dedate (Pattimandram) and Classical Dance Report:
Fine Arts and Literary students conducted Tamil Debate and Classical dance on 07/03/2015
after 4:30pm in MCC for our college students. Students willingly participated in the debate and
expressed their talents.
NSS Camp Report:
A cultural programme was organised for NSS Camp conducted at
Servainayakanpatti by Fine Arts students on 24/02/2015 where they performed Orchestra, Mime
and Group Dance. The people around the village enjoyed the show and applauded our students for
their performance.
Gyan Mitra’15 Report:
A cultural programme was organized for Gyan Mitra’15 at MCC for student participants
from other colleges after 5:00pm on 20/02/2015. Various events and guest lectures were organized
on that date. Students from various colleges participated in the competitions and a grand cultural
event was organized by our Fine arts team on the day of function.
Legacy’14 Report:
Legacy ’14 following the success of its preceding venture Legacy ’13, expanded to
accommodate double its number of events to 30 spanning for 2 days, the 5th and 6th of September
2014. The event witnessed a participation of 616 dynamic student artists from around 29 premier
institutions in Tamil Nadu. The event was conducted at 11 venues inside the campus, encouraged
and supported by the mammoth audience of more than 1500. Thiru K Vaidhyanadhan (Editor,
Dinamani) presided over the Inaugural function on the 5th of September 2014 & Mr R Prabhaharar
(Professor, Dept. of Tamil, American College, Madurai) presided over the Valedictory ceremony
on the 6th of September 2014.
The events are as follows:
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FINE ARTS
1. Orchestra
2. Group Dance
3. Mono Act
4. Solo Singing
5. Solo Instrumental
6. Solo Free Style
7. Drama/Mime/Skit
LITERARY
1. Kavithidal
2. Neeya Naana
3. English Debate
4. Amalgam
5. Quiz
6. Dumb-C
7. Spell Bee
8. War With Words
9. Monsters’ Muss
MANAGERIAL
1. Market-o-Mania
2. Best Manger
3. Idea Presentation
4. Divide & Conquer
OTHERS
1. Face Painting
2. Rangoli
3. Pencil Sketching
4. Slogan Writing
5. Short Film
6. Trailer Making
7. Photo Contest
8. Treasure Hunt
9. Yoga
10. Martial Arts
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The overall winner’s trophy of Legacy 14 was bagged by Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College,
Sivakasi
Fiesta’14 Report:
The fine arts club started the academic year by conducting the cultural fest FIESTA
14 on July 25, 2014. A total of about 5 events were organised and conducted successfully.
There was an overwhelming response when 400 and odd students responded for the event.
The event, as scheduled, was started at 9.00 am simultaneously in Mechanical seminar hall
and ECE seminal hall. About 25 student office bearers were involved in organising the event.
To make the joint more effective about 14 staff members were invited as judges. “Mime”, our
first event, was stage drama and was held at the Mechanical seminar hall. About 170 students
participated to exhibit their artistic talents via several themes. Nearly 22 teams with 7 to 8
members each enacted on the stage which lasted from 9.00 am to 12.00 pm. “Solo singing”,
the simultaneous event that took place in the ECE seminar hall, had 60 participant singers,
who sang out the voice in them. “Fashion Parade”, was held to bring out the modernism in
students minds. About 4 boys teams each with 10 members participated by taking up theme
based costumes.
Judges also had query time to question them about fashion and their theme related
questions. It took place at the Mechanical seminar hall from 12.00 pm to 12.40 pm.“Solo
instrumental event was paralleled at ECE seminar hall and about 10 students with their
instruments’ took the viewers to enjoyment. Regular lunch break was exercised and
participants were requested to be on time. “Choreo Broom”, the dance event was started
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around 1.40 pm and involved various versions like solo dancing, Group dancing, and
Adaptive dancing, was students exhibited enormous talent and energy to woo the audience.
The event had a total of 120 and odd students who all finished dancing by 4.00 p.m. There
was enough time left to announce the winners for every event. The staff organiser
congratulated the organisers and winners.