Antaragni

Antaragni (festival)
Genre	Non-Profit, Student run Organization
Location(s)	Kanpur, India
Years active	51
Founded	1965
Next event	20–23 October 2016
Patron(s)	Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Website
www.antaragni.in

Antaragni (Hindi: अंतराग्नि; English: The Fire Within) is the annual cultural festival of IIT Kanpur, held in the month of October, and is one of the most popular college festivals in India. It is a four-day-long festival, attracting participation from over 200 colleges of India. It includes professional shows, competitions, performances by amateur rock bands, Ustads and Pandits, fashion shows, Indian folk dances, and a lot of other events. Antaragni has included performances by Amit Trivedi, Vishal Shekhar, Sonu Nigam, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, Poets of the Fall, Sunidhi Chauhan, Raghu Dixit and Adnan Sami. The festival also aims to serve as a platform for the expression of youth opinion on social problems.

Antarāgni (in Hindi antar means "within" and agni means "fire") stands for 'The Fire Within'. The name of the festival was changed from Culfest to Antaragni in 1993. It began as an inter-collegiate cultural event in 1964, and now draws in over 100 colleges in India. Antaragni is a non-profit organisation run completely by the students of IIT Kanpur.

Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

Poets of The Fall

Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy-Farhaan

Glyder

KK

Advaita

The Dream On campaign allows participants to be mentored by people working in industry. Dream On was held for the first time with Antaragni'12. The winners were provided with direct internship and training opportunities with organisations including Shiamak Davar's Institute for Performing Arts, Barry John Acting Studio, Lalit Parimoo's Acting Academy and Swarnbhoomi Academy of Music.

India Inspired is a political forum, with politicians, leaders and media persons. Issues which are socially relevant and with an emphasis on youth culture are discussed. In the past years it has witnessed participation from the student community and has led to spirited discussions. Speakers at this event have included Shekhar Kammula, noted Telegu film director; Vineet Joshi CBSE chairman; and Vasundhara Das, actress, singer and social activist.

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