College experience is all about becoming part of the real world. The extra and co-curricular events in college give students an inkling of what to expect when they are ready launch their career.
The extracurricular events, conducted by some institutions, have established themselves for their uniqueness. For instance, inter-college fests such as IIT Madras’ Saarang and Shaastra, Anna University’s Kurukshetra and Loyola College’s Down Sterling, along with VIT Vellore’s Gravitas, and SRM’s Milan, are much awaited events. Not just for students of the institution but also for students from other colleges.
Most college management and faculty give students their space — to learn from their peers and use the window to learn about themselves as well. National institutes such as IIT-Madras give students freedom to plan and design the events. Deemed universities also allocate funds for cultural programmes. But there are some colleges where this aspect is mere tokenism.
