Techofes

Techofes
Genreintercollegiate culture festival
Location(s)Chennai, India
Founded1948
Major eventsTechofes Awards,Pro-shows, Choreo-Nite, Live-in Concert, Mr & Ms Techofes
Filing statusStudent Run, Non Profit Organization
SponsorCollege of Engineering, Guindy
WebsiteTechofes

Techofes is an annual intercollegiate culture festival at the College of Engineering, Guindy in Chennai, India. The tradition began in 1948. It is a three-day event usually held in mid-February.

Past editions

  • Techofes '06 took place starting 10 February 2006.[1]
  • Techofes '07 took place starting 14 February 2007. The special visitor was actor Vikram and the showpiece event was a concert by Vasundra Das.
  • Techofes '10 took place starting 14 February 2010. It included a special screening of Aayirathil Oruvan at the presence of its director Selvaraghavan. Pro-nite saw a performance by Karthik.[2]
  • Techofes '11 took place starting 16 February 2011.[3] It saw film making workshops with Gautham Vasudev Menon and Sameera Reddy.[4]
  • Techofes '12 took place starting 15 February 2012. It included performances of Dhanush, Anirudh and Ajeesh of the then upcoming movie 3 on opening night,[5] a sumo wrestling performance[6] and a live-in concert for composer Yuvan Shankar Raja.[7]
  • Techofes 2019 took place Starting from February 27 and ending at March 2.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Techofes `06 ... four days of non-stop fun on the cards". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 10 February 2006. Archived from the original on 3 September 2006. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Pro Nite". techofes10.org. Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Events at Techofes". Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Techofes 11". techofes11.org. Archived from the original on 7 February 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Dhanush, Anirudh at it again". thehindu.com. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  6. ^ "When titans clashed at 'Techofes'". thehindu.com. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Techofes 2012 - Live-in-concert". techofes.in. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
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