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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7a/Spring_Fest_Logo_2009.JPEG/250px-Spring_Fest_Logo_2009.JPEG" decoding="async" width="250" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7a/Spring_Fest_Logo_2009.JPEG 1.5x" data-file-width="325" data-file-height="277" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Spring_fest.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Spring_fest.jpg/250px-Spring_fest.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Spring_fest.jpg/375px-Spring_fest.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Spring_fest.jpg/500px-Spring_fest.jpg 2x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="423" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A play at Spring Fest, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1970</span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data">social and cultural festival</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Kharagpur, India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1960</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Guests</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Salim%E2%80%93Sulaiman" title="Salim–Sulaiman">Salim–Sulaiman</a>, <a href="/wiki/KK_(singer)" title="KK (singer)">KK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaan_(singer)" title="Shaan (singer)">Shaan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishal%E2%80%93Shekhar" title="Vishal–Shekhar">Vishal–Shekhar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sadhguru" title="Sadhguru">Sadhguru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunidhi_Chauhan" title="Sunidhi Chauhan">Sunidhi Chauhan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shankar_Mahadevan" title="Shankar Mahadevan">Shankar Mahadevan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hariprasad_Chaurasia" title="Hariprasad Chaurasia">Hariprasad Chaurasia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pandit_Vishwa_Mohan_Bhatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt">Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">80,000+</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Patron(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/IIT_Kharagpur" title="IIT Kharagpur">Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Filing status</th><td class="infobox-data">Student-run non-profit organization</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Prize money</th><td class="infobox-data">30 lakhs</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.springfest.in">www.springfest.in</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Spring Fest</b>, known as SF (motto: <b>True Spirit of Youth</b>), is the annual social and cultural festival of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology,_Kharagpur" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur">Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur</a> held during January in the spring semester.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first edition was held in 1960. The 66th edition of Spring Fest will be organized from 24th January to 27th January 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inception_and_growth">Inception and growth</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spring_Fest&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Inception and growth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first edition of Spring Fest was held in 1960, which makes it one of the oldest college fests in India.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was conceived as a platform for the students of IIT Kharagpur to showcase their extra academic skills. Over the years, it began to attract participants from the neighboring colleges of West Bengal. In the last decade or so, the fest grew in scale, attracting participants from all over India and as well as abroad. The 2019 edition of the fest received a footfall of over 80,000 people.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2021 Spring Fest was held online drawing 100k live viewers.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activities">Activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spring_Fest&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the fest, students from IIT Kharagpur and from different colleges all over the country participate in a multitude of social and cultural activities.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ambit of the events encompasses various genres like Dance, Music, Dramatics, Photography, Literature, Quizzing, Food Fest and Fine Arts.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tremendous participation and aggressive competition are seen in all the events, especially the flagship events of SF, namely Nukkad, Shuffle, Wildfire, Rangmanch, Centrifuge, and Lake Side Dreams. The preliminary rounds of Nukkad, Shuffle and Wildfire happen nationwide. Every city that Spring Fest visits to conduct prelims, the whole atmosphere turns festive and the creative lot throng to the venue to see the show of talent. </p><p>Other non-competition based events include Hard-Talk, which involves talks/conferences by eminent personalities from a variety of fields, a talk by motivational speakers and various workshops on Filmography, mocktail making, cupcake dressing etc. The number of these events is particularly large and serves to cater to the very large number of participants — both local as well as from other colleges all over the country. </p><p>The hub for major activities during the fest is called the Arena, which has the Informals and Perpz stage. The informals stage hosts various fun filled casual activities, for which the participants can win numerous prizes. The Perpz stage is an all day dance floor with a DJ, that attracts huge crowds. Apart from this the arena also has numerous food and corporate stalls. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pro_Nights">Pro Nights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spring_Fest&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pro Nights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The evenings are notable for the "Pro-Nights", more commonly known as Star-Nites — the biggest events in Spring Fest which usually involve live concerts by some of the most famous musicians and bands of national and international acclaim. All the Star Nites are free to attend for any student of the institute and all registered participants. The <a href="/wiki/Genre" title="Genre">genres</a> of music are wide and varied and involve pop, rock and fusion bands. The venue for these events is the Tagore Open Air Theater (TOAT) and Jnan Ghosh Stadium which usually get packed to their full capacity during the Star-Nites, with crowds of up to 23,000 people. Famous Indian artists like <a href="/wiki/Armaan_Malik" title="Armaan Malik">Armaan Malik</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sachin%E2%80%93Jigar" title="Sachin–Jigar">Sachin–Jigar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shalmali_Kholgade" title="Shalmali Kholgade">Shalmali Kholgade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Farhan_Akhtar" title="Farhan Akhtar">Farhan Akhtar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amit_Trivedi" title="Amit Trivedi">Amit Trivedi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salim%E2%80%93Sulaiman" title="Salim–Sulaiman">Salim–Sulaiman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pritam" title="Pritam">Pritam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kailash_Kher" title="Kailash Kher">Kailash Kher</a>, <a href="/wiki/KK_(singer)" title="KK (singer)">KK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Papon_(Assamese_singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Papon (Assamese singer)">Papon</a>, <a href="/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaan_(singer)" title="Shaan (singer)">Shaan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunidhi_Chauhan" title="Sunidhi Chauhan">Sunidhi Chauhan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishal%E2%80%93Shekhar" title="Vishal–Shekhar">Vishal–Shekhar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shweta_Pandit" title="Shweta Pandit">Shweta Pandit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shankar_Mahadevan" title="Shankar Mahadevan">Shankar Mahadevan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shivamani" title="Shivamani">Shivamani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sukhwinder_Singh" title="Sukhwinder Singh">Sukhwinder Singh</a> and classical performers such as Pandit <a href="/wiki/Debashish_Bhattacharya" title="Debashish Bhattacharya">Debashish Bhattacharya</a>, Pandit <a href="/wiki/Hariprasad_Chaurasia" title="Hariprasad Chaurasia">Hariprasad Chaurasia</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=L._Sriram&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="L. Sriram (page does not exist)">L. Sriram</a>, Pandit <a href="/wiki/Vishwa_Mohan_Bhatt" title="Vishwa Mohan Bhatt">Vishwa Mohan Bhatt</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pandit_Divyang_Vakil" title="Pandit Divyang Vakil">Pandit Divyang Vakil</a> have performed here. Bands like <a href="/wiki/The_Local_Train" title="The Local Train">The Local Train</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coshish" title="Coshish">Coshish</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_Chaos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Order of Chaos (page does not exist)">Order of Chaos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pentagram_(band)" title="Pentagram (band)">Pentagram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swarathma" title="Swarathma">Swarathma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Underground_Authority" title="Underground Authority">Underground Authority</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kryptos_(band)" title="Kryptos (band)">Kryptos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parikrama" title="Parikrama">Parikrama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Euphoria_(Indian_band)" title="Euphoria (Indian band)">Euphoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean_(band)" title="Indian Ocean (band)">Indian Ocean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Strings_(Pakistani_pop_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Strings (Pakistani pop band)">Strings</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Spunk_(band)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spunk (band) (page does not exist)">Spunk</a> have also performed. </p><p>International bands like Dead By April<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Breathe, the Floyd Sound,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Monuments,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Led Zepplica,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> TesseracT<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and The Order of Chaos have also performed on the Spring Fest stage. </p><p>Spring Fest has also hosted many EDM artists from across the world namely <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nina_Suerte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nina Suerte (page does not exist)">Nina Suerte</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Progressive_Brothers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Progressive Brothers (page does not exist)">The Progressive Brothers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diego_Miranda" title="Diego Miranda">Diego Miranda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zaeden" title="Zaeden">Zaeden</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zephyrtone&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zephyrtone (page does not exist)">Zephyrtone</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spring_Fest&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spring Fest consists of more than 130 events from varied genres that provide a platform for students where they can prove their mettle and caliber.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The fest conducts its <b>Hitch Hike - Nation Wide Prelims</b> held in 8 cities for events like Wildfire, the national level rock band competition; SF Idol, Solo Singing competition; Shuffle, the street dance competition;Shake a Leg, Solo Dance Competition; Two for a Tango, Duo Dance competition; and Nukkad, the street play competition. Wildfire attracts registrations from multitudes of bands, and prizes in the 2019 edition were worth more than 5 lakh INR.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Spring Fest 2018 for the first time added preliminary round for the events Hilarity Ensues and Poetry Slam which was held in cities closer to Kharagpur namely Kolkata, Ranchi and Bhubhaneshwar. These rounds were termed as the <b>Eliminations</b> round.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most of the socio-cultural activities are day events which involve dramatics, music, dance competitions, fine arts contests, quizzes, food fest, gaming and other literary events. Judges of the competitions are reputed and famous personalities from different fields and organisations. Centrifuge, the inter-collegiate dance event, is arguably the most keenly followed event of the fest. The other notable events are Rangmanch, the inter-collegiate dramatics event; Sargam, the eastern musical jamming competition; and Mary Bucknell Trophy, the prestigious quiz competition.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Notable additions of the previous editions have been Prom Night, Silent DJ, Poker Night, Fashion Show, Beat Boxing competition and many more.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_guests">Notable guests</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spring_Fest&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable guests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Every year many esteemed personalities of different fields from around the country are invited as guests and judges for different events and competitions. Some of the prominent guests to participate in the festival are <a href="/wiki/Ashish_Vidyarthi" title="Ashish Vidyarthi">Ashish Vidyarthi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rakesh_Bedi" title="Rakesh Bedi">Rakesh Bedi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Purbayan_Chatterjee" title="Purbayan Chatterjee">Purbayan Chatterjee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Makrand_Deshpande" class="mw-redirect" title="Makrand Deshpande">Makrand Deshpande</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gilad_Dobrecky&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gilad Dobrecky (page does not exist)">Gilad Dobrecky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dr._Kumar_Vishwas" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. Kumar Vishwas">Dr. Kumar Vishwas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lilette_Dubey" class="mw-redirect" title="Lilette Dubey">Lilette Dubey</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pt._Debashish_Bhattacharya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya (page does not exist)">Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kailash_Kher" title="Kailash Kher">Kailash Kher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ankan_Deka" title="Jim Ankan Deka">Jim Ankan Deka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rahat_Indori" title="Rahat Indori">Rahat Indori</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagesh_Bhosle" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagesh Bhosle">Nagesh Bhosle</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Divya_Jagdale&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Divya Jagdale (page does not exist)">Divya Jagdale</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ankur_Deka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ankur Deka (page does not exist)">Ankur Deka</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Freddie_Bryant&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Freddie Bryant (page does not exist)">Freddie Bryant</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dr._Ashok_Viswanathan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dr. Ashok Viswanathan (page does not exist)">Dr. Ashok Viswanathan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Naseeruddin_Shah" title="Naseeruddin Shah">Naseeruddin Shah</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_Carnival">International Carnival</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spring_Fest&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: International Carnival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The International Carnival was conceived for the first time in Spring Fest 2014. It consisted of acts and performances from all around the globe. Among these were <a href="/wiki/Chris_Cheong" title="Chris Cheong">Chris Cheong</a>, a magician and mentalist from Malaysia; <a href="/wiki/Jack_Glatzer" title="Jack Glatzer">Jack Glatzer</a>, a violinist from Portugal; <a href="/w/index.php?title=Murray_Molloy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Murray Molloy (page does not exist)">Murray Molloy</a>, a sword swallower from Ireland; <a href="/w/index.php?title=Almost_Trio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Almost Trio (page does not exist)">Almost Trio</a>, a juggling duo from Hungary; and <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Kay" title="Jonathan Kay">Jonathan Kay</a>, an indo-jazz saxophonist from Canada. The second edition of the International Carnival in 2015 revamped the international performances, with street performances by Ronaldo Fanzini and Monsieur Gusto from Ireland, and an enchanting Indo-Canadian folk music performance by Autorickshaw Trio from Canada. In 2016, Spring Fest bore witness to a never before seen concept of unified music from around the Globe. With musical performances from all around the world, the Global Music Festival was a huge success. Performances by the post-rock band Paint the Sky Red from Singapore; the indie pop band Pleasantry from Singapore; the Irish folk music duo Fasta Duo; the Israeli rock band Ouzo Bazooka; and the seven piece contemporary folk music band Skipper's Alley from Ireland, all coupled with a sensational star night featuring <a href="/wiki/Dead_By_April" class="mw-redirect" title="Dead By April">Dead By April</a> from Sweden, escalated the first Global Music festival to produce a sensational boom. Also, the third international carnival in 2016 continued the ongoing momentum with four exhilarating acts, which included Tommillusions, a magician from Singapore; Shazet, a beatboxer from Malaysia; Logy Logan (Logy On Fire), a street juggler from Ireland; and Murray Molloy from Ireland. Spring Fest 2019 again had a number of international guests to show off their skill and interact with the crowd. These include Scalia, basketballer from Malaysia; Extra Crunchy, Graffiti Artist Duo from Israel; Bruno Eddie, Portuguese Fire Artist; Sophie von Metern, Swedish Musician; Cis Bakelijia, Breakdancer from Belgium; Daniel, Spanish Beatboxer; Anders, a Danish guitarist; and <b>The Order of Chaos</b>, a Canadian metal band. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media_and_publicity">Media and publicity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spring_Fest&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Media and publicity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SF is notable for being one of the largest student events in the country and is often cited as an example of the management skills of IITians in general.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The fest has attracted a large amount of coverage from the electronic and print-media. <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> India and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Telegraph_(Kolkata)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Telegraph (Kolkata)">The Telegraph</a></i>, Kolkata, have covered the fest extensively in previous years.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Numerous articles have appeared about Spring Fest in various newspapers all over India. Spring Fest 2020 had more than 150 articles printed in various newspapers across the country which included newspapers like The Times of India, Hindustan Times, and Dainik Jagran.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure_of_the_organization">Structure of the organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spring_Fest&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Structure of the organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Spring Fest team is composed of the core team, the design team, the web team and the media cell. The core team consists of third years, called the core organizing team heads headed by the executive heads and second years who form the core organizing team members. The core team is responsible for getting sponsorship for the fest, handles publicity throughout India and organizes and executes the events. Pre-fest tasks, formulation of events, internal publicity, security, student accommodation, transportation, guest reception, and arena design. are distributed among the heads and members of the core organizing team. First year form the associate member team and are primarily responsible for the publicity aspect of the fest. The previous years' core team heads are called Steering Committee Members. They provide guidance to the core team over important issues. The design team and web team are responsible for designing the websites and various creatives used in publicity while the Media Cell is responsible for media and public relations aspect. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spring_Fest&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFJhimli_Mukherjee_Pandey2013" class="citation news cs1">Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey (30 December 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Femina-Miss-India-prelims-at-IIT-Kharagpur/articleshow/28157767.cms">"Femina Miss India prelims at IIT-Kharagpur"</a>. <i>Times of India</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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