Acharya Habba
Acharya Habba is the annual culfest (cultural festival) of the Acharya Institute of Technology in Bangalore. It is a three-day event held in the month of March or April each year. It draws AbOUT 30,000 students from more than 300 colleges from across Bangalore and Karnataka.
The festival also includes the Acharya International Habba, usually on the first or the second day, that has performances by the international students studying in the campus.
Etymology
The word "Acharya Habba" derives from the Kannada word "ಆಚಾರ್ಯ ಹಬ್ಬಾ" — from ಆಚಾರ್ಯ (Acharya), meaning "Acharya Institutes", and ಹಬ್ಬಾ (Habba), meaning "festival". So, collectively the word "Acharya Habba" means the festival of Acharya Institutes.
History
Started in 2005 as an intra-collegiate cultural fest, Acharya Habba has grown into one of the largest inter-collegiate festivals in Bangalore and Karnataka. The 2011 edition of the culfest witnessed Ragini Dwivedi, RJ Prithvi from Radio One and Vinapra cheering up the crowd. Singer Benny Dayal along with his band performed on the April 9, last night, of Acharya Habba 2011.
Events
The list of events organised for Acharya Habba 2011 are :
- Art
:*T-shirt painting
:*Rangoli
:*Face painting
:*Collage making
- Dance
:*Group Dance
:*Duet Dance
- Fashion
:*Fashion Show
- Literary
:*Ink-stinct prose
:*Ink-stinct poetry
:*Debate
:*The GK Quiz
:*Spell Bee
- Music
:*Unconventional music
:*Group song
- Technical
:*Paper presentation
:*On spot programming
:*Web designing
:*Computer gaming
- Theater
:*Street play
:*Rendezvous
:*Mad ads
- Miscellaneous
:*Mr. and Ms. Habba
:*Slow bike race
:*Treasure hunt
:*Rock show
Social Events
- Career Habba
Started on March 5 in 2007, the event is attended by about 16,000 students from more than 100 colleges across the state of Karnataka. The event generated over 2300 jobs from 60 recruiting companies.
- Ethnic day
The Ethnic day marks the multi-cultural and multi-ethnic nature of the institution. The students dress up in their traditional attires highlighting their region/culture of origin.
- Habba marathon
The marathon is a prelude to Acharya Habba. Both students and instructors take part in this event. The marathon covers about , from Bagalkunte to the Acharya Institutes campus.
- Media cup
The "media cup" is a cricket tournament organised at the Smt.Nagarathnama Stadium in the Acharya Institute campus. Various TV channels and other media outlets take part in this event. In the 2011 edition, Sri Sankara TV emerged as the winners, beating Udaya TV by five wickets in the final.
Sponsors
Acharya Habba 2011 was sponsored by the Deccan Herald as the print media partner, YouthV as the youth media partner, Letmeknow as the online media partner, 160by2 as the SMS partner, Radio One as the radio partner and INOX as the multiplex partner.