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Malang : Dance Jam

The dance club of SVNIT conducted The Dance Jam, this year virtually. It was a theme based group dance competition and one of the three main group dance events held by Malang. The event witnessed the participation of over 70 dancers. The participants were split into 6 teams and each team was assigned a unique theme with the help of a spin wheel. The teams were supposed to come up with a team name and make a 2:30 minute upto 4:30 minute-long video justifying the theme. They were given a period of 3 weeks.

The videos were released on Malang’s social media channels – Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, over the span of a week, starting from 11th Sept, 21 to 16th Sept, 21. The teams were given three days for publicity.

The event was a success and saw a very good response, despite being an online event. Malang wishes to organize more such events because the spirit of dance should never die, even if it is virtual.

The Art Club of SVNIT held an online watercolor workshop on August 8, 2021. Mrs. Mamta Mishra, a well-known artist, served as the workshop's host. The session was conducted on Google Meet Platform. The event witnessed a participation of 35+ students.

The host, Mamta Mishra, began the session with primary colors, the color wheel, and the fundamentals. She next went over several washes, such as simple, graded, variegated, and so on. Then, she moved on to some fun areas like glazing, wet effects, brush work, and so on. She taught subtraction and lifting by creating a little, lovely artwork. She finished by going over the attendees’ questions.

The lovely workshop session came to an end thereafter. Throughout the year, Akriti plans to host numerous additional workshops on various genres and events. Dis-tunes was conducted by Raag: The Music Club of SVNIT in September 2021. It was an open-for-all solo singing competition. Participants had to submit 1 minute long videos of themselves singing. They had the freedom to sing in any language as well as play 1-2 instruments. Music production and any kind of audio editing were prohibited.

The deadline for the entries was 19th September, after which the entries were uploaded on the official Instagram page of Raag-CHRD. The entries were judged by 2021 graduate RAAG members based on the scale, texture, rhythm, tempo, creativity, and likes on Instagram.

This event was first conducted in 2020 to keep music enthusiasts active during the lockdown. This year, 25+ students participated and Raag hopes to organize more such musical events throughout the year.

The Drama club of SVNIT, i.e, Kirdaar conducted an event called “Dashavataar” on 15th August 2021 which was performed by the 3rd year Students of our college. The screening of the event took place via the Zoom.

This particular event was a pre-scripted play based on a TV- serial named Lapataganj. In the show, Lapataganj, the story is inspired by the writings of Sharad Joshi, who was a Hindi satirist. The story is set in an imaginary small town called Lapataganj (meaning a lost place). The stories make the viewers laugh, while simultaneously making them empathize with the situations people face in their daily lives.

The trailer of Dashavataar was released on the official Instagram handle of Kirdaar on 11th August 2021. The genre of the play was "Farce". After completion of a particular scene, the actors switched their characters, so we witnessed amazing versatility from the actors. During the event, alumni of SVNIT, Mr. Jay Shah, Ms. Apurva Jaiswar and Mr. Lokottam Jha were invited as guests. It was an amazing experience for everyone. SVNIT’s dramatics club KIRDAAR organized a virtual event “Suramya” on 14th November 2021. The main concept of this event was a poetic play where all the teams got different genres of Navrasas like Hasya, Shringar and Veer.

Total of three teams participated in this event consisting of 11 members each. The screening took place at 3 pm with a panel of judges which consisted of three alumni of the club. All the teams' videos were played in the Meet and were simultaneously judged. Wagon wheels and public polls were used to decide who would go first, second, third, etc.

The Best Play of Suramya was presented to "Team Alfaaz - Pehlu Pyaar Ke" and the best actors for the event were Krupa Vaghamshi & Deeya Wanjare. The event concluded with a vote of thanks by the Kirdaar heads and ended successfully.

SVNIT’s dramatics club KIRDAAR organized a virtual Drama event “OFF STAGE” on 29 August 2021. This year’s event off-stage’s main theme was “ WHAT IF? ” a question that asks someone to imagine what might happen or what might have happened.

There were 5 teams, each team had 12 students from 2nd year and 3rd year seniors as mentors. The teams were randomized and random topics were assigned to each team to remain fair and make the event more exciting. Each team presented their video on a Google meet which was judged by the committee. 2021 Graduates, Somya Mudgal, Advait Avadhane, and Shivang Vyas, were the 3 judges, who judged the teams according to the judging criteria provided beforehand. There were four types of rewards: best actor, best-scripted play, bestedited play, and overall best play. About 100 people were involved in this event. The memories made here will be mesmerized forever. Drama is a form of art which holds the power to engross the audience, bundle them in a web of emotions and leave them a memory to cherish forever - with this thought, we concluded the event.

On 28th August 2021, Convex: The Photography Club of SVNIT conducted a college-wide photography workshop. This particular workshop was focused on Mobile Photography and the guest speaker was Mr. Khush Kalavadia. Khush Kalavadia is a prolific photographer with years of experience in his arsenal. He demonstrated multiple facets to capture the purple beauty of the world, without the need of any heavy gear, just a smartphone and a good eye.

The workshop gave the audience an insight into various manual photography settings like shutter speed, ISO, aperture followed by its application which was demonstrated via a simulation software. Participants were also introduced to several camera tricks which would augment their skills in photography. The speaker also suggested a few Manual Photography applications for both Android as well as IOS users. The workshop concluded with a question-and-answer session.

The event saw 80-100 participants and proved to be an enriching experience for everyone involved. Convex aims to organise similar workshops, distributed across a spectrum of genres in the upcoming academic year.

In the month of July, Cinewood, a short film-making team event was started by the film making Club of SVNIT: CINEPHILIA. After choosing the teams, each team had to present their synopses before the 8th of August 2021. All the production houses introduced themselves in the official group of Cinephilia. 4 teams pitched their synopsis and the producers chose the project they wanted to work on. The process of scriptwriting and shooting followed. All the teams had to submit their final product by the 7th of September. On 10th September 2021, all 4 short films premiered on YouTube and simultaneously got judged on Google Meet. After a brief discussion between the judges, the winner and runner-up were announced Vetal’s B-237 won the event and Cine Crew’s Rahul Sharma Ki Prem Kahani finished as runnerup. From 7th October 2021, CHRD hosted an Online Quiz competition ‘NAV - TRIVIATRI’. An Exhilarating series of daily quizzes for the 9 days of Navratri, each day with a unique and fun topic ranging from IPL, movies, logos, our very own CHRD, cartoons, advertisements to pop-culture etc. All the participants were divided in groups for efficiency and better interaction with the host. The Hosts played a keen role in preventing the event from turning into a boring school quiz. The favorite feature about the quiz was the platform, KAHOOT ! The shape-shifting leader-boards after every round, the ticking timer, the anticipation of who would answer which question first - gave all of us a good adrenaline rush.

Each member played for the pride of their club. Though it wasn’t even close as dancing in circles on “Dholida Dhol re Vagad” but, it was special for each of us as we came and sat for 20 minutes every evening like a small family and cheered and booed with smiles as wide the sky. Which made our Navratri feel complete!