PRE-TERM REPORT

MEDIA AND CULTURAL

COUNCIL
2018-19
 MAJOR EVENTS
Fresher’s Night
Fresher’s Night will be conducted in the second week of august to welcome the incoming batch
of Y18 and provide them exposure to various clubs that exist under Media and Cultural council.

Events

 Musicals

 Dance

 Fine Arts

 Dramatics

 Literary Events

 Fashion Show
 Fresher’s video

Impressions
Impressions, the annual PG cultural festival will be organized in the even semester (preferably last
weekend of January) to promote more active PG participation in the council

Events

 Music Performances

 Dance

 Fashion

 Fine Arts

 Dramatics
 Some filler events such as open mic or stand up
 A DJ night a day before the main event

Competitions

 Photography competition

 Creative Writing

 Poetry

 Pencil Sketching

 General Quiz
Galaxy’19
The major change from this year’s Galaxy shall be to try to lighten the stress on the organizing
team as well as the participants while maintaining the level of competition.

As the new hall allocation might pose some problem in conduction of the events, we would try to
encourage the Y18 batch via Clubs.

Montage Film Festival

The annual film festival, montage shall be organized in collaboration with the SFS in the even
semester.

PARTICIPATION TRIPS
The contingent will go to other colleges and institutes across the nation to
participate in different events such as:

 Rendezvous :(or any other fest prior to Antaragni) in which the whole
contingent will participate.
 Inter IIT : the whole contingent will participate
 Mood Indigo: few clubs might participate in Mood I(subject to financial
and resource availability)
 Other trips: few clubs like Photography, DebSoc, Quiz etc will plan
their trips in accordance with the events of other institutes.
 CLUBS AND HOBBY GROUPS
Dramatics:
Summer workshop

Stage play and Mime/Street play workshops will be organised during summer for Campus
juunta.

Orientation' 18

Two productions will be staged during Orientation Programme to aware incoming batch
about the Dramatics Club as follows-

 Mime (Auditorium)

 Nukkad Natak (Audi Grounds).

Dram Eve 1

We will showcasing two Street Plays (Nukkad Natak) during the first dram eve.

Workshops

Workshop for Nukkad Natak will be organised during the semester.

Dram Eve 2

The club will be performing 2 stage plays, 1 short play and one Nukkad Natak during
second dram eve along with one short film/cine play.

Dance Club
Workshops

 Summer Hip Hop Workshop: The workshop will be conducted by the

professionals. Workshops will be in two phases, one for the IITK junta and the
other for the Dance club members. First phase will focus on basic styles and the
second part would comprise the choreography that we use in various
competitions.

 Bollywood Salsa Workshop: Basics of Bollywood salsa will be in practice by

professionals.

We'll be looking forward to the Flash mobs organised in collaboration with Antaragni
core team, for their marketing purposes.
 Dandiya Night

We'll be organizing DANDIYA NIGHT on the occasion of Navaratri. DJ and Food Stalls
would be the made available for the Navaratri Celebration.

Dance Extravaganza

The annual flagship event of the Dance Club would be organized in the even semester as
every year.

Rang Jama De:

To celebrate the spirit of Holi, we will organizing a get together to celebrate Holi.
Last year this event was a great success, we'll looking forward to maintain its legacy.

Music Club
Semester long music workshop

All the residents of campus shall have an opportunity to learn the basis of music with the
help of a professional. And this workshop shall be conducted throughout the semester.

Summer Workshops

Three weeks long drums, guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, Tabla and Indian classical
vocals workshops to be held during the summer break for the campus residents.
Guitar and piano workshops would be taken by the club members while we plan to
contact a professional for the vocals workshop.

Orientation

There will be a stage performance for the incoming batch of Y18 of two songs to get them
acquainted with the club.

Workshops

A professional vocals workshop to be organized for the campus community just after the
mid-semester examination.

Musical Extravaganza & Acoustic Night'19

We are planning to organize two Musical Extravaganza and Acoustic Night throughout
the complete tenure, One Musical Extravaganza to be organised each semester and
Acoustic night to be organized during the start of the even semester.
 In Galaxy There will be three competitions (Band, Pair on stage and Unplugged/Group
Song) in the competition, for which professionals would be invited to judge the event.

Freshers Music Club would help y18 freshers to prepare and put up a musicals show on
Freshers Night

Fine Arts and Design Club

Summer Projects

 Various projects will be planned under the Fine Arts Club like Paper Sculpture,
Installations and paintings during the summers with more focus on building
permanent projects.

 Design workshop shall also be conducted

Orientation

 A performance of Speed Art and Sand Art will be performed during the Orientation
for the incoming batch. And showcasing the previous work like sculpture and world
record to the Y18 batch.

Workshops & Competitions

 A Professional workshop will be organized during the semester for the campus to
learn new art forms.

 Various Workshops by the seniors will be conducted in PG halls and in the Club
room for the whole campus community.

 A workshop by the club members will be organized for the Prayas

 Workshops will be organized for competitions of Antaragni and various Institute

level Competitions

 Competitions will be organized within the semester to attract more people to the
club

Exhibitions

 The entire club work will be exhibited via exhibitions throughout the year.
 The art work needs publicity. Special focus shall be given in publicizing the art work
produced by the club which might attract some sponsor
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 Antaragni

 Exhibition in the Fine Arts Room will be exhibited

 New Wall Paintings in OAT have been planned

Art Fest

 We are planning to have some of our projects installed within the campus such as
the sculpture to be installed in the academic area, near library.

 Various Performances will be organized.

 Sponsors will be approached to increase the level of Art Fest.
Art gallery and Auction:

 There are various art work kept in the fine arts room which can be used to
decorate the New SAC .

 Many people want to possess the crafts of our club, so we shall have an auctioning
of some of the art work.

Hindi Sahitya Sabha

Summer Workshop

 Workshop on subjects like poetry films, poetry appreciation and poetry

recitation & recording will be organized.

 Interaction Session by a journalist- Reporting, editorial, opinion formation.

 Session on contemporary trends in Hindi literature by an invited writer/poet.

Orientation

 Poetry recitation session and literary quiz will be organized for incoming batch.

Workshops, Discussions and Competitions

 Creative Writing Competition for Fresher's poem and article writing competitions.

o Would include short story, poem and article writing competitions

 Treasure Hunt

o In association with QC and ELS (and if possible SNT COUNCIL)

 Hindi learning Classes are to be organized for non-Hindi speaking community of

the campus, in coordination with the Counselling Service.

 Weekly discussions on literary works will be organized throughout the tenure

 Kavyanjali

 It will be organized with help of the Hindi Cell, IITK

 A poetic symposium on the eve of Independence Day, wherein established names

and aspiring poets would share stage

 Events to familiarize students with competitions held in Antaragni and other

Institute level competitions.

Hindi Pakhwara

 This will be organized with help of Hindi Cell, IITK. Would include
competitions like extempore, poetry recitation etc.

Prem-patra Lekhan

 Love letter writing competition during the Valentine week.

Publications

 Nirvaak: Two editions of the views paper are intended to be published this
academic year

 Antas: Helping Hindi Cell, IITK in preparing the Campus Hindi Literary Magazine.

English Literary Society

 We will start off the session with the publishing of Meander.(Meander is a student
run literary publication that is distributed in the form of a printed newsletter in IIT
Kanpur).
 We will then begin Fresher’s frolica where freshers will be introduced to all the
events of ELS
 Literary discussion will be continued with biweekly frequency
 Run up to Antaragni will done two weeks before Antaragni
 Run up to Galaxy will organised a week before Galaxy
 Galaxy will be conducted as usual.

New events-
Impromptu- It will basically be an event based on extempore with many rounds with
slight variations
Storytelling- Now that poetry slam culture is getting a shape of its own, storytelling will
be introduced to complete the spectrum of English open mic culture.
Debate and Discussion Society

 We shall start the year with the Novice Debating League, which is a tournament
for first-time debaters.
 Following that, there shall be a series of presentations by the secretaries and
coordinators of the club on a variety of different topics, relating to politics, social
issues, global affairs, economics, ethics and justice systems, philosophy,
 feminism etc. - all of which are common themes in debate competitions. These
presentations will be held once a week and will be open for the campus
community to attend and participate in.
 They will all be followed with a discussion session, with emphasis on possible
motions and the cases on either side.
 We plan to continue with our current practice frequency of one debate per week.
 We also plan to attend at least 4 tournaments over the next year, of which at
least one will be a novice competition in Delhi University towards the beginning of
the first semester (exact details to be decided).
 We shall also be conducting the Antaragni PD, as usual. Efforts will be made to
attract as many colleges of decent debating skill as possible.
 Galaxy PD will also be conducted as usual.

Quiz Club
 Summer Quiz meets will be conducted by the Secretaries and Coordinators
staying back (will be conducted weekly or fortnightly)
 Fresher’s Quizzes comprising of multiple quizzes, (at least 5) - General, MELA
(Music, entertainment, literature, arts), India, Business and a quiz on a popular
topic like GoT/Superheroes, etc) for the incoming 1st year batch will be
organized during the start of the Odd semester
 Fresher’s Sci-Tech quiz will be organized as part of Takneek 2016
 Fresher’s Sports Quiz will be organized as part of Fresher’s Inferno 2016
 Quiz Fest (conducted as run-up to Antaragni) comprising of all 5 normal quiz
genres( General, MELA, Tech, India, Sports) plus junta quizzes on popular
topics(GoT, iMDb Top250, Anime, Bollywood, etc.) will be organized
 This year the club will continue proctoring and conducting major national level
quizzes for the campus community and people also residing in Kanpur. These
quizzes include the KQA (Karnataka Quiz Association) Mahaquizzer and QFI
Quiz.
 Quizzes will be conducted in collaboration with the other clubs and hobby groups
throughout the year such as HELM (History, Etymology, Literature, Mythology)
Quiz with English Literary Society, Finance Quiz with the Finance Discussion
Group, Science Quizzes with the Science Coffee House.
 Other quizzes on different topics will be conducted randomly throughout the year
( such as art, world politics, world history, etc)
Participation
 We will participate in the inter-IIT/IIM Quiz Fest Nihilanth and in major National
level quizzes such as the Tata Crucible Campus Quiz. We shall also endeavor to
take part in other national level quizzes outside Kanpur such as those in
Rendezvous or SpringFest.

Book Club
 Cataloguing work shall be finished
 Club website will be made mobile-friendly
 Attempts will be made to improve decoration of club in association with FAC (wall
paintings etc)
  Books shall be purchased as usual (2-3 per week)
 Will conduct open houses at the beginning of each semester to encourage new
students to come to the club
 Will prepare reading lists relating to various genres/movements to interest people
in reading
 Will create Goodreads group here people can share books and reviews,
including alumni

Photography Club
 Summer Workshop :-
Club will conduct a Summer workshop comprising of Lectures, Editing-
Workshops, Guest Lecture by a renowned photographer, two photowalks(one in kanpur
and one outside kanpur), studio-sessions etc.

 Fresher’s Orientation :- An exhibition will be displayed in Audi.

 August :-
Institute level introductory lectures and basic camera handling workshop exclusive
for Y18 + A photowalk for Y18 in kanpur.

 Fresher’s Night :- .Photography competition for Y18.

 September & February :-

Institute level editing workshop + hall-level workshops.

 1 Technical Photo, Review Sessions(Open-House) every month.

 Coverage of all the three fests.

 Antaragni :- An exhibition will be displayed in the events ground.

 November & January :- Guest lecture + Photowalk.

 December :- Inter-IIT Cult Meet.

 March :-
Photo-Fest
A festival in place to revive a fest previously known as “Montage”. Its
basic structure will involve :-
1.Talks by renowned photographers.
2.Workshops by professionals.
3.Competitions followed by prize distribution.
Films Club
Batch Video Y14
Planning, Shooting, editing and releasing batch video of 2018 - 2019.

Summer Workshop
Organizing filmmaking workshops for campus janta. The workshop involves separate
workshops for Cinematography, Editing, Sound, Writing and Production by students and
professionals.
A new initiative proposed by Film Club involves an Animation workshop for campus janta.

Cineplay
Turning Dramatics club summer stage play into Cineplay by adding filmmaking perspective to it.
( In collaboration with dramatics club).

Year long Participation project -

Film club shall create a short film in summer and even semester so that we can participate in
various Open theme filmmaking competitions such as Rendezvous, Mood Indigo.

Orientation and Freshers Night Coverage Video -

Planning, Shooting, editing and releasing Orientation and Freshers night video for Y18 batch.

Workshops for freshers -

Various Technical and creative workshops will be organized for the Y18 batch.

Comedy Sketch Series

Create an innovative comedy sketch series starring Campus residents.

Students’ Film Society

I.ENHANCEMENT OF VIEWING QUALITY REPLACEMENT OF CURRENTLY USED STAINED SCREEN
CLOTH WITH A BETTER AND TIDY ONE.

II.MORE ROBUST COLOURS INTRODUCING 10BIT DIGITAL COLOR ACCURACY ENABLED MOVIES
INSTEAD OF 8BIT WHICH IS OBSOLETE.

III.UNLOCKING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF RESOURCES INTRODUCING THE BEAUTY OF DOLBY

ENABLED SURROUND SOUND IN SUPPORTED MOVIES TO CAMPUS WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN
UTILIZED EVER SINCE.

IV.ULTIMATE HEARING EXPERIENCE REVIVAL OF DEAD BACK AND SIDE CHANNEL SPEAKERS FOR
MULTIPLEX LIKE EXPERIENCE.

V.MORE FREQUENT SCREENINGS SCREENING OF ATLEAST ONE BOLLYWOOD AND HOLLYWOOD

MOVIES IN EVERY WEEKEND.
VI.MORE FREQUENT TV SERIES AND MATCH SCREENINGS INTRODUCING TV SERIES SCREENING
(ONLY SPECEFIC EPISODES SELECTED BY CAMPUS JUNTA ) AND MATCHES WILL BE SCREENED AS
PER AS CAMPUS JUNTA REQUIREMENTS.

VII.INITIATING CONTACTS WITH FILM DISTRIBUTORS THE FACILITY OF WATCHING RECENTLY

RELEASED MOVIES WITHOUT GOING TO ANY MULTIPLEX.(THE MOVIES WILL BE LIMITED AS
HIGH BUDGET MOVIES ARE NOT DISTRIBUTED TO EVEN FILM DISTRIBUTORS)

VIII. SURVEYING AND FEEDBACKS REGULAR SURVEYING AND FEEDBACK SYSTEM WITHIN
CAMPUS JUNTA TO IMPROVISE AND TO PROVIDE HASTLE FREE TRUE VIEWING EXPERIENCE.

Anime
EVENTS DURING SEMESTERS:

● Weekly screening events in OAT/other venues as available.

● Regular marathon screening events in venues other than OAT as available.

● One Anime quiz

● Regular group discussions and meetings.

During Orientation/Freshers’ Week:

● Freshers quiz

● Freshers cosplay

● A convention or group session where we introduce the incoming batch to the Anime Society

. During Summer Semester:

● Offering a project to interested students (which aims at making a programme which can be
used to effectively introduce people to anime. This can be used by the Anime Society for the
coming years).

RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF THE ANIME SOCIETY:

● Creation of a core group of students to aid the working of the society, and meetings with
them.

● Creation and regular maintenance of a website/blog.

Students’ Opinion Society

Students’ Opinion Society is a non-political club based in IIT Kanpur that brings global events into
valuable perspective. We explore current stories in international news, economics, finance and
geopolitics by examining the facts and providing historical context. We cover a range of political,
philosophical, economic and historical topics. "This is a new hobby group, so what I believe is that the
structure is not very properly defined yet. It's like a clay-mound that's not set yet, but can be carved into
something extraordinarily beautiful. I want to contribute to the overall development, publicity and
expansion of the group. I've my own few suggestions:

- Organizing frequent bulla sessions on topics that are decided by polls

- Making a website for the hobby group which may include: -A List of various trending topics and a
discussion forum for each

-A Student Blog which can be accessed by all(both inside and outside the campus)

. -On the same we can also organize blog writing competitions on various topics going around.

- A ""SOS Digest"" which 'll include a roundup of group discussions on various topics with a generalized
common view on different topics, showing different aspects of the situation contributed by the opinion
of our various members and observers.

- Extending the group to PG and PhD students (not very sure if this has been already done, Nice if so)"

- Video presentation on current topics.