Sparsh (Festival)
| Type | Student-run, non-profit organization |
|---|---|
| Genre | Techno-cultural |
| Place | Surat, India |
| Institute | Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology |
| Website | www |
Sparsh is the annual techno-cultural festival of the Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology. It usually takes place in the second or third week of February, and is one of the largest of its kind in the Western Region. This five-day festival consists of mega-attractions, informal events, technical events, managerial events and numerous other competitions. The festivities of the day are followed by "Sparsh Nights - the Inaugural Night, Singing Night, Dancing Night, Fashion Night and Celebrity Night.
Sparsh was started back in 1993 by the students of SVNIT (earlier known as, Sardar Vallabhbhai Regional Engineering College (SVREC), Surat) with a very small budget. It was more of a college level annual fest then. As years passed by, it started gaining more and more popularity among other local colleges and its magnitude began to increase ever since. By 2000, Sparsh was considerably bigger than other college festivals in Gujarat, with numerous programs and events, but this was not the end to it. The magnitude increased even further in 2003 when the College was granted Deemed University status with the approval of the UGC/AICTE and was renamed Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology.By 2007, when the Parliament of India passed the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007 declaring it an Institute of National Importance, the fest made a nationwide impact and college students from all over India began participating, making it one of the biggest college fests of its kind in the Western Region. Sparsh 2012 raised the bar of Sparsh to make it one of the most attractive festivals in the country, attracting some of the most popular artists from the country. This year also marked the Golden Jubilee of SVNIT Surat. By 2012 the budget of the fest went up to Rs 40 lakhs and it attracted major sponsors like Toyota, DLF, Airtel, Coke along with 50 other sponsors.
The fest started gaining the attention of sponsors and eventually the budget has kept on increasing every year. The stage of Sparsh has witnessed performances by various famous personalities like Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Udit Narayan, Kailash Kher, Salim Sulaiman, KK, Daler Mehndi, Mohit Chauhan and various other national and international personalities.
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