About Event

Saarang (means 'Chital' or Spotted Deer in Sanskrit, a common sight on IIT Madras campus) is the annual social and cultural festival of IIT Madras. It is a 5-day long festival usually in the second week of the year. Founded in 1974, Saarang is the second oldest college festival in India. It was started in the name of 'Mardi Gras' with a small number of quizzes and music events. It adopted the name 'Saarang' and grew with the help of corporate sponsorship, collaboration with large-scale event organizers and international artists.

Saarang is a not-for-profit, entirely student-run, ISO 9001:2015 organization. All organizing members of the festival are current students of IIT Madras. 450 coordinators are organized as per function, in 12 departments, each headed by a 'core coordinator'. The 12 departments are led by the 2 cultural secretaries, who are elected by the institute annually in March.

Event Guests

Manoj Bajpayee, Usha Uthup, Gautam Vasudevan, Nag Ashwin, Nassar, Rukmini Vijaykumar, Nasser, Lal, V Kamakoti

Pro Nites

Pop night : Farhan Akhtar Live Rock night : Thaikkudam Bridge + RJD the band (opener) EDM night : Matisse and Sadko + Holy C (opener) Classical night: Taraana

Event Theme

UTOPIA

Departments:

Arts Textile Design Fashion Media Food

Accommodation

https://accomodation.saarang.org/

Certificates will be provided to Winners

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