List of cultural, technical and sports festivals in IITs and NITs

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See also: List of cultural festivals in Indian colleges

This is a list of cultural and technical festivals held in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) throughout India. Some colleges may combine these festivals with sports or other activities, while others may hold separate sports festivals. The list only consists of festivals with a Wikipedia page.

For a list of all festivals in India, see List of cultural festivals in Indian colleges.

Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)

State/UT	Location	Name of IIT	Cultural festival		Technical festival		Sports festival
			Name	First held	Name	First held	Name	First held
Odisha	Bhubaneswar	IIT Bhubaneswar	Alma Fiesta	2009	Wissenaire	2010
Maharashtra	Mumbai	IIT Bombay	Mood Indigo	1971	Techfest	1998
Delhi	New Delhi	IIT Delhi	Rendezvous	1976	Tryst
Jharkhand	Dhanbad	IIT (ISM) Dhanbad	Srijan	1977	Concetto
Assam	Guwahati	IIT Guwahati	Alcheringa	1996	Techniche	1999
Uttar Pradesh	Kanpur	IIT Kanpur	Antaragni	1966	Techkriti	1995	Udghosh	2002
West Bengal	Kharagpur	IIT Kharagpur	Spring Fest	1960	Kshitij
Tamil Nadu	Chennai	IIT Madras	Saarang	1974	Shaastra	2000
Himachal Pradesh	Mandi	IIT Mandi	Exodia	2012
Bihar	Patna	IIT Patna	Anwesha	2010
Uttarakhand	Roorkee	IIT Roorkee	Thomso	1980s
Uttar Pradesh	Varanasi	IIT (BHU) Varanasi	Kashiyatra	1982	Technex		Spardha

National Institutes of Technology (NITs)

State/UT	Location	Name of NIT	Cultural Festival		Technical Festival
			Name	First held	Name	First held
Uttar Pradesh	Allahabad	NIT Allahabad	Culrav
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	NIT Bhopal			Technosearch
Kerala	Kozhikode	NIT Calicut	Ragam	1987
Haryana	Kurukshetra	NIT Kurukshetra			Techspardha	1995
Jharkhand	Jamshedpur	NIT Jamshedpur			Ojass	2004
Maharashtra	Nagpur	VNIT Nagpur	Aarohi	1988
Karnataka	Surathkal	NIT Surathkal	Incident	1980
Tamil Nadu	Trichy	NIT Trichy	Festember	1975	Pragyan	2005
Telangana	Warangal	NIT Warangal	SpringSpree	1978

See also

• List of cultural festivals in Indian colleges