The most anticipated 3-day techno-cultural fest ‘PECFEST: An Indian Odyssey’ is on at the Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University).
The fest began with an inaugural ceremony held in the main arena on November 25, 2022. Prof Baldev Setia, Director PEC, was the chief guest at the inauguration ceremony.
The fest began with the roadshow on November 24. ‘Hop on hop off’ bus took students through Chandigarh streets starting from Hotel Parkview, Sector 24, Chandigarh.
The music club of the college performed the Ganesh Vandana, followed by a folk performance, wherein the energetic troupe of seasoned bhangra dancers mesmerized the audience with their performance. Groovz, a western culture dance competition, saw students swaying to their favourite numbers. Later, a fashion show walk competition, Glitterati, was staged by the students of PEC and other colleges.
PECobians worked day and night to bring marketing deals with the zeal to organize one of the best fests in PEC history. They succeeded in getting many sponsors on board including Trident group, Sparkx, JLPL, Quark City, Jubilee, Canara Bank, Union Bank Of India, HitBullsEye, Xeam Ventures IBS (ICFAI business schools) and Venus Education Services. Tinder India is the experience partner and Crax is the official snack partner. State Bank of India is the official payment partner while Canva, Crimsoune club and Roadies KoffeeHouz are the event sponsors.
PECFEST is known for organizing competitions which cover a wide spectrum of interesting activities. Student Counselling Cell is an all-time achiever in bringing smiles to the faces of participants by organizing witty and exciting contests.
This time a participation of 170 teams and 200 teams was recorded for the event ‘Unveil the Culprit’ and ‘Treasure Hunt’ respectively. Extensive participation was observed from colleges like Thapar University, Delhi University, Chandigarh University and Chitkara University.
ASCE organised NEEV-The PECFEST Olympiad with 500 registrations on Day 1 and 200 registrations for Day 2. Students from all the major schools of Chandigarh participated with huge interest. ASPS conducted events namely ‘Race to Jupiter’ and ‘Para Rocket’.
Rang Punjab De event was organised by Punjabi Editorial Board of College in which there were performances that included Bhangra, Malwayi Giddha and singing.
Besides these events, there were also numerous competitions organized by different clubs and societies of the institute. Kavyanjali, Baazar, IPL Auction, Wordict, different quizzes, Robotics competitions, Spandhan- stage play, Solo singing competition, Open Mic and treasure hunt are the various events that gathered attraction from various colleges and schools within the Tricity and outside as well.
Day 1 witnessed an exemplary footfall of participants from colleges from the Tricity and outside as well. PECFEST coordinated with various schools from Chandigarh. School students were accompanied by teachers and took part in various competitions. This fest gave them an opportunity to experience activities outside academics. A collaboration has been done with major food joints from and around the Chandigarh region and 20 food stalls have been set up.
