Fresher’s Talent Hunt saw large numbers of first year students participating in a variety of events.
During the week leading to October 13, a number of competitions like elocution, poster making, slogan writing, rangoli, spell bee, and photography were held for students, giving them a platform to display their talent and prove their mettle. Elocution on the topic “Challenges in the field of Education” witnessed eloquent speakers drawing attention to challenges from the perspective of students teachers and parents. They recommended the adoption of flexible learning structures as well the need to create more educational opportunities for the disadvantaged sector. The poster making competition tested the creativity of the students and the winning design was incorporated into the invite of World Mental Health Day. Several rounds of Spell Bee exposed the spelling strength of the participants. Photography contest on the theme “Emotions” saw a number of interesting entries. Rangoli designs on the theme “Save Earth” also tested the creativity of the students.
The three main group events which saw students practicing hard were Group Dance, Battle of the bands, and Style Icon. As the judges went around giving them feedback to improve, the students did their best to improve, incorporating all the suggestions till the day of the prelims. It was a close call but the judges chose the best who went on to perform for the function on October 13th. Dr Anita Manuel, Dean (SA) welcomed the audience and introduced the guests. Singer and actor Ms Soundarya Nandakumar was the chief guest. She gave power packed and heartfelt rendition of popular numbers to regale the audience. The other two guests were casting director and alumni Mr Arun and Mr Aravind who spoke how they had to overcome various challenges and defeats to reach where they were. Student bands et the stage on fire with their stirring performances, the three winning dance teams showed why they were the best while the best two of the style icon teams sashayed on the stage displaying creations with attitude and impeccable choreography. The audience cheered the performances with gusto.
After the performances came the prize distribution where the winners received gift vouchers and certificates. Ankith (Mech) and Monica (CSE) compeered the entire show. The Vote of Thanks was delivered by another student Vinay (Mech). As all good come things must come to an end, so did Freshers’ Talent Hunt. It was a fun day, a day for the first year students to remember even after they passed out of college!
