🔧 Technical Events
1. Veridex – Paper Presentation
2. 60 Second Engineer – Technical Quiz
3. Beyond Belief – Fables to Facts
4. Comphyst – Guess The Component
5. Protova – Project Expo

🎯 Non-Technical Events
6. Zapora – Rapid Fire
7. Brandora – Ad-Zap
8. Synqra – Connection
9. Sketchron – Technical Pictionary
10. Mimoza – Dumb Charades

🏆 TECHNICAL EVENTS
💡 Idea Ignite | 🎤 Tech Talk | 🤖 AI Prompt Master | 💻 Code Storm | 🐞 Bug Smash | 🛠️ Prototype Fest | 🧠 Byte Battle | 🔤 Word Matrix

🎭 NON-TECHNICAL EVENTS
🌟 Spotlight | 🎬 Clip Clash | 🎥 Click and Cut | 🎭 Mystery Mask
🎬 SYNOVA 1.0

🎬 CUT & CLICK

Short Film Competition

🌐 Theme

“Technology for a Better Tomorrow”

📜 Rules & Regulations

1. 👥 Team Size
Each team must consist of 4 students.

2. 🎥 Originality
The short film must be original and created entirely by the participating students.

3. 🎭 Student Participation
Students may take up roles such as acting, direction, cinematography, editing, and production.

4. 🌐 Theme
The film must be based on or clearly connected to the given theme: “Technology for a Better Tomorrow.”

5. 📱 Equipment
Mobile phones or cameras may be used for shooting the film.

6. ⏱️ Duration
The film must not exceed 5 minutes.

7. 🎵 Audio & Media
Only original or copyright-free music, images, and video clips may be used.

8. 🚫 Content Restrictions
Offensive, obscene, discriminatory, or politically sensitive content is strictly prohibited.

9. 🤖 AI & Animation
AI-generated content and fully animated films are not allowed. The film must be based on real, student-created video footage.

10. ❌ Previous Work
Films that have been previously published or submitted to another competition are not eligible.

11. 📥 Video Submission
All participating teams must submit their final short film in MP4 format to gvgsynova@gmail.com on or before September 21, 2026.

12. 📁 File Naming
The video file must be named in the following format:
CollegeName_TeamName_FilmTitle.mp4

13. ⚠️ Submission Responsibility
Teams must ensure that the submitted video is accessible and plays properly. Videos submitted after the deadline or in an inaccessible format may not be considered for screening.

14. 🖥️ Screening
The submitted films will be screened during the competition according to the schedule decided by the event coordinators.

15. ⚠️ Technical Responsibility
Teams are responsible for ensuring that their submitted video meets the required format, duration, and quality before submission. No changes or replacements will be permitted after the submission.

16. 🏆 Decision
The judges’ decision will be final and binding.

TECHNICAL, NON TECHNICAL,CARNIVAL,PREMIUM EVENTS , FLAGSHIP EVENTS ,CulturalS

Technical Events
1. Paper Presentation
2. Startup Idea Pitching Contest
3. Mini Hackathon
4. Workshop – Tinkerer's Lab
5. Tech Quest
6.CAD Wars
7. Robo Race

Non-Technical Events
1. FreeFire Tournament
2. Prompt Engineering Challenge
3. Cricket Conquest – IPL Auction
4. Blind Fold Challenge
5. Photography
6. Logo Design
7. Pixel Facefest

DAY 1 – TECH-TALK
🎯 Technical Event: CIRCUIT IQ

🔹 DAY 2 – WORKSHOP
🤖 AI for Engineers: Practical and Emerging Technologies

💡 Non-Technical Event: SIGNAL-LINK
🏆 Main Presentation: SIGNEX’27

👥 Team Size: 2 Members

💰 Entry Fee: ₹250/- per head
🎓 Workshop Access: Participants who pay ₹250/- can also attend the Workshop on the next day.

DAY 01:
Technical Events:
🔖 Cogniquest – Paper Presentation
🔖 Technova
🔖 Project Presentation

Non-Technical Event:
🔖 Funtrix

DAY 02:
🔖 Workshop – AI for Engineers: Practical Applications and Emerging Technologies

Cultural Events:
🔖 Solo Singing
🔖 Solo Dance
🔖 Photography
🔖 Short Film Contest

🟠 Day 1
Pencil Drawing
Dumb Charades
Duet Dance
Mehndi
Poetry Writing
Solo Dance
Wealth From Waste
Classical Dance
Face Painting
Extempore
Adaptune
Photography
🔵 Day 2
Group Dance (Folk)
Group Song
Group Dance (Western)
Solo Song
Ad-Zap
Bridal Makeup
Mime
Instrumental Melody
Fashion Show
Team Parade

## Zephoria’26 – Fest Events

Two-Day National-Level Technical Symposium | October 8 & 9, 2026

### 🎯 Day 1 – Technical Events

October 8, 2026

Paper Presentation

Present innovative ideas, research, and technical insights.

Project Expo

Showcase creative projects and innovative solutions.

Quiz

Challenge your knowledge, speed, and intelligence.

Vibe Coding

Unleash your creativity through innovative coding experiences.

Workshops

Gain practical knowledge and hands-on technical experience.

Mystery X

Discover the unexpected in an exciting mystery event.

### 🎉 Day 2 – Non-Technical Events

October 9, 2026

Solo Dance

Showcase your individual talent, rhythm, and expression.

Group Dance

Celebrate teamwork, coordination, and synchronized performances.

Dance Battle

Bring your moves, energy, and competitive spirit to the dance floor.

Short Film

Express your imagination through cinematic storytelling.

IPL Auction

Experience the excitement of strategic bidding and team building.

E-Sports

Compete, strategize, and showcase your gaming skills.

Mystery Y

Step into the unknown and take on the mystery!

Zephoria’26 – Explore. Experience. Evolve.

Event Title: SHORT FILM COMPETITION & SCREENING
Conducted by: CSE(AI&ML) Department

Lights, Camera, Action! 🎬

Unleash your creativity at the ZEPHORIA 2K26 Short Film Competition & Screening, where stories come alive through the lens. This event provides college student teams with an opportunity to showcase their filmmaking skills, creativity, storytelling, and original ideas.

Participants can submit their original short films for evaluation and screening. The event welcomes creative storytellers who are ready to Create, Capture, and Inspire through cinema.

Date: 9th October 2026
Venue: TBA
Entry Fee: ₹350
Participants: College Student Teams

Highlights:
Short Film Competition and Screening
Platform to showcase creativity and storytelling
Open category for short film entries
Opportunity to have your film screened before an audience
Creative exposure and recognition
Exciting platform for college student teams
Rules & Regulations:
Maximum 5 members per team.
Film duration should be 5–10 minutes.
Only original content is permitted; plagiarism is strictly prohibited.
Submission can be made through Pen Drive (physical submission) or Google Drive link.
Judge's decision will be final.

Event Name: ZEPHORIA 2026

Conducted by: CSE(AI&ML) Department

Fest Description:

Vel Tech High Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College proudly presents ZEPHORIA, a two-day national-level symposium filled with energy, talent, and fun.

As part of this symposium, we bring you an exhilarating Group Dance Competition on 26th September 2025! Bring your crew, sync your steps, and unleash your high-voltage energy to light up the stage, captivate the audience, and claim dance floor supremacy.

For complete details, schedules, and registrations, visit us at zephoria.club.

FOR QUERIES , CONTACT:
J YAHSAHSWINI - ph.no. 99089 66393
NANCY - ph.no. 63799 27486
JENI - ph.no. 80561 83325
SURYAPRAKASH - 6383225663

Fest Name: ZEPHORIA 2026

Conducted by: CSE(AI&ML) Department

Fest Description:

Vel Tech High Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College proudly presents ZEPHORIA, a two-day national-level symposium filled with innovation, learning, and fun.

As part of this symposium, we bring you the ultimate Cultural showdown featuring our electrifying SOLO DANCE COMPETITION, where individual talent, rhythm, and passion take center stage. Show off your freestyle, classical, hip-hop, or western moves and command the spotlight!

For complete details, schedules, and registrations, visit us at zephoria.club.

FOR QUERIES, CONTACT:
Jeevalingam - ph.no. 93424 15135
Vinisha Christeena J - ph.no. 94427 32145
Rubika V - ph.no. 81224 51458
ARUN MANI JEEVA S - ph.no. 97901 50630

MYSTERY Y – A team-based mystery and logical reasoning challenge involving observation, analysis, clues, critical thinking and conclusion building.

The event hosts two competitions: Crime Film Review and Short Film Making. The Crime Film Review Competition is an host event open only to students of NFSU, Gandhinagar Campus. However, Short Film Making Competition is open to all film enthusiasts and budding filmmakers across India. The Short Film Making Competition tests your artisticity and creativity by challenging you to make an original crime short film.

The registration for the Short Film Making Competition closes on September 30, 2026. The registration fee for the competition is Rs. 1000 per entry. However if you on or before September 6, 2026, the registration fee is reduced to Rs. 700. Further, the last date for submission of short films is on October 30, 2026. Once the submitted short films are undergone through a review process by our jury, the top films will be screened at Criminologia E Cinema 2026, which will be held on November 27, 2026 at National Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar. The winners of the event will be awarded a first prize of ₹60,000, second prize of ₹30,000, and third prize of ₹10,000 on stage during the event.

The guidelines for submitting short films are listed below.

1. The film should engage with the subject matter of crime or related areas in a creative and interesting way. We encourage filmmakers to base their short films on knowledge and reality.
2. The maximum runtime is 12 minutes total, including all opening and closing credits.
3. You can have a maximum of 10 members who own the film and an unlimited number of members who work on the film.
4. The films should be submitted in an HD MP4 file (1080x1920) in the standard 16:9 Landscape ratio.
5. The film can be in any language, but English subtitles must be included.

Submission of the short films are through online mode only.