Dhwani (festival)
Dhwani is the Annual social and cultural festival of College of Engineering, Trivandrum. Dhwani is the biggest cultural fest of Kerala hosted by College of Engineering, Trivandrum.
History
Dhwani started in 1999 when the first EDition of Dhwani was held as a sideshow to the CETEX exhibition, which was celebrating the 60th anniversary of CET. However, the idea for an annual cultural extravaganza at CET was born when a bunch of the college's students attended Indian Institute of Technology Bombay's annual fest, Mood Indigo, in early 2000. “We came back duly inspired to replicate Mood Indigo, which laid as much emphasis on the non-serious/non-competitive aspect of cultural festivals – pro-shows and informal events – as on the cut-throat competitive events,” says Ajay Prasad, of the 1999-2003 batch and former general secretary of the student's union of CET, who along with a few of his batch mates conceptualized the fete named as DHWANI. In spite of countless challenges later the team, which included among others Arun Kunjunny, Balakrishnan M., N.P. Brahmaprakash, Jobin George Mathew, and Aparna Menon, managed to cobble together a three-day event with a number of firsts for Kerala: a full-scale ‘informals' events schedule, satellite TV broadcasting, and a ‘pro nite' – a concert by Balabhaskar. The alumni association also stepped in to raise funds to build an-open air amphitheatre on campus, especially for the event . Dhwani 1.0 was held in February 2001 and attracted about 30 colleges from across Kerala.
Past associates and sponsors
With big corporate names like Tata DoCoMo, Fastrack, media giants like Asianet,Amrita,Rosebowl, Red FM 93.5 sponsoring the event, Dhwani becomes a hot spot for brand recognition and brand promotion. And indeed, Dhwani has carved a niche for itself in corporate circles.
Organisation
Dhwani is a completely non-profit organisation managed entirely by the students of CET The organisational structure of Dhwani comprises the Core group members(or Cores), Co-Ordinators and volunteers. The Cores lead the various departments of Finance, Publicity, Sponsorship, Events, Design, Hospitality, Facilities and Requirements, Security and QMS (Quality Management System).They are assisted by the co-ordinators who are assigned more specific roles.In most cases, the co-ordinators are further assisted by volunteers.