Mesmerizing performances, astonishing energy, incredible turnout make Explore ’19 roaring success
Explore’19 – the most awaited fest of Chitkara University was held at the University’s Rajpura campus, amidst much fanfare on March 30, 2019. This year’s theme for the Intra-University Fest was ‘Dream Discover Explore’, organised by the Office of Student Affairs, Chitkara University. The event witnessed astonishing energy, incredible turnout & tremendous positivity.
The fest started with a beautiful opening ceremony in Exploratorium, with the traditional lamp lighting by Hon’ble Dr. Madhu Chitkara, Vice-Chancellor, Chitkara University. The inaugural song was followed by a captivating Odissi classical dance performance by, one of the judges and esteemed guest, Kavita Dwibedi, who is a leading Odissi Danseuse. Though there were several events that spelt zing some worth mentioning were ‘Shiv Parvati’ teamed with Sufi, Fashion show Glitz & Glam, a rocking performance by the band ‘Dhwani’, the performance by dance group ‘Custody’, to name a few.
Over 7,000 Chitkara students participated and ruled hearts ‘exploring, creating, inspiring’’ during 30 events which were organised at this extravagant fest – Glitz & Glam, Thunder Crew, Saaz-E-Sur, Beat the Street, Ampli-Fire and Mr. & Ms. Explore; and other events such as Paint Fiesta, Campus Clicks, Crack the Clue, Lee’s Code, Robo Race, Bollywood Battle, IPL Auction & Sports Quiz, Logo Quiz, A(D)esign, Pit Stop Challenge, War Of Thoughts, TechMaster, Eloquence, Comic-Con, Face Painting, Rangoli, PubG Solo, PubG Squad, CSGo, Fortnite, Fifa; and fun events like Minute to Win it, Dodge Ball, Ringolevio, DekhaUndekha, Tic-Tac-Toe and Pool Tournament.
The esteemed judges for various events included Kavita Dwibedi, leading Odissi Danseuse; Papiha Desai, Theatre Artist, Dancer and Choreographer; Dimpy Mishra, Actor; Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Founder/ Owner Redwings Production; Kiran Sangeeta Murali, Mrs India Globe 2016; and in-house Deans & Directors of the various departments of Chitkara University, Punjab.
The fest concluded with a glittering valedictory ceremony where winners (in respective categories) were awarded trophies and cash prizes worth Rs.3 Lakh by Hon’ble Dr. Madhu Chitkara, Vice-Chancellor, Chitkara University, Punjab; Dr. Varinder Kanwar, Vice-Chancellor, Chitkara University, HP Campus; and Dr. S.C. Sharma, Registrar, Chitkara University, Punjab. Later, energetic and foot tapping Bhangra and Gidha performances, followed by DJ Nite by Maadhyam Band, DJ Sunny, gave the one-day extravaganza a befitting adieu till next year!
Events | Winners | Runner-Ups |
Glitz & Glam | The Reappers (Architecture) | The Glamoratti& Seagulls |
Thunder Crew | Brigadies Bhangra Regiment | NaatiBaddi& 22 Supreme Beings |
Mr. & Ms. Explore | Mr. Explore – Angad | Ms. Explore – Kangana |
Saaz-E-Sur | Ashavjeet Singh (ME) | Keshav (CSE) |
Beat the Street | Samrath & Kundan | Tushar, Harmanpreet, Atul & Manav |
Ampli – fire | Gurkiran | Daksh & Rhythm |
PubG Solo | Ayush Nathami | Pranav |
PubG Squad | PubG Squad | Akil Kochar |
CSGo | Vishal (CSE) | Ankit (CSE) |
Fortnite | Abhisekh Aggarwal | Manav Khatri |
Fifa | Shivam | Sahil Deep |
Campus Clicks | Pranay | Bhawan Wadhwa |
IPL Auction & Sports Quiz | Ankit, Gagandeep & Vikrant (CSE) | Rishav, Saksham, Sanyam & Shyam (CSE) |
Logo Quiz | Meghaa & Ajish (CSE) | Kalash & Niupn (CSE) |
Crack the Clue | Ankit Garg & Navpreet Kaur (CSE) | |
Lee’s Code | Dhairya Bhatia (CSE) | Tarun Mittal (CSE) |
Robo Race | Ishu Bansal & Shivam (Electronics and Communication) | Gaurav & Kshitiz (Electronics & Communication) |
Bollywood Battle | Raghav Gupta & Aarohi Garg (CSE) | Eshpreet Kaur& Saloni Mittal (CSPA) |
A(D)esign | Varun Soorma, Shubham Maini & Nandan (CBS) | Sharmishta & Tavneet Sahni (CBS) |
Pit Stop Challenge | Mongals (Mechanical) | Lakshay Team 2 (Mechanical) |
War of Thoughts | Kartik Mal | Nabi |
TechMaster | Akshit Sood & Surbhi Singhal (BCA) | Ramneet Kaur & Madhu (BCA) |
Eloquence | Pritika Taneja (Architecture) | Alok (Architecture) |
Comic Con | Rahul Dhawan (CSPA) | Aarya Das (CSPA) |
Face Painting | Raghav (Nursing) | Harsh (Interior Design) |
Rangoli | Varinda Muskan(Architecture) | Bharti & Mahima (B.tech) |
Minute to Win it | Anubhav (CSE) | Akshit (CSE) |
Dodge Ball | Trianshul (BFA) | Kartik (B.Arch) |
Ring-O-levio | Himanshu & Afzal (CCHM) | Alok & Parth (B.Com) |
DekhaUndekha | Amit & Shubam (Civil.Engg) | Gurnoor & Bhavya (CSE) |
Tic-Tac-Toe | Vidyut Team(CSE) | Jagrath Boys (Civil) |
Pool tournament | Ashutosh (ECE) | Ayush (CCHM) |