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Spring Fest, popularly known as SF, is the annual social & cultural festival of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur held during the month of January in the spring semester. Spring Fest is usually held for 3 days and 4 nights in the weekend closest to 26 January, India's Republic Day. The first edition was held in 1960 and since then it has grown to be one of the largest student run college fests in India.
Kshitij is the annual techno-management fest of IIT Kharagpur, one of the India’s premier technical institutions. Started in the year 2004, the idea of Kshitij was conceived with the aim to provide the technically inclined youth a national-level platform, where their talent and expertise would be recognized and duly rewarded. Having grown exponentially since its nascent years, Kshitij receives overwhelming participation from the student community all over the world.
Illumination (popularly known as Illu) is a festival unique to IIT Kharagpur. It gains inspiration from and is celebrated on the day of Diwali, the festival of lights. The process was started by Azad Hall as a celebration of Diwali but it later became a competition. The chatais are sometimes even of the order of 20 feet in height, and overall some 20,000 lamps are lighted. Traditionally, themes from the Ramayan and the Mahabharat have been popular choices.
Cultural Fests & Events
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