Dhanak IIST

I have taken admission in the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) located in Trivandrum and there I have heard about the Dhanak Annual Cultural Festival of IIST. Please tell em when this fest is organized and tell me the lists of sponsors of this fest of IIST?

Can you tell the dates for DHANAK 2019, the Annual Cultural Festival, of IIST (Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology)?

[Neelu Bhasin]

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), situated at Thiruvananthapuram is a Deemed to be University under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956. IIST functions as an autonomous body under the Department of Space, Government of India.

It is the first of its kind in the country, to offer high quality education at the undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral levels on areas with special focus to space sciences, space technology and space applications.


DHANAK 2019


DHANAK is the Annual Cultural Festival of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram. ‘Dhanak’ is another word for ‘rainbow’, aptly summarizing the essence – the singularity in a multitude of colors, passion, and people; the variety of cultures, talents, and ideas, splendidly celebrated through their merger in the form of music, dance, literature and visual arts.

In four extensively packed days, it aims to depict an excessive blend of surprises, and much more than what meets the eye. What began as a jot of imagination on paper 10 years ago, is now considered one of the best and the largest intercollegiate cultural fests in Southern India with nearly a footfall of 2000.

In 2019, it enters its 11th glorious edition. Its most awaited moment is the pronite, in which a DJ/Band is invited to perform. Dhanak 2015 witnessed DJ VH1 Supersonic. Progressive Brothers from DJ Sunburn gave their performance in 2016 and Masala Coffee, South India's largest band performed in Dhanak 2017.

It also features themes every year based on which the whole campus is decorated and events are organized, few of which-Popculture, Comic-colors, Pixelated are the most recent ones.

Primarily headed by the current third year B-tech students with enormous contribution from all the other B-Tech, M-Tech and PhD students, the latest edition kicks off on 28th September’19 and extends till 1st October’19.


Contact Detail:
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
Valiamala P.O., Thiruvananthapuram - 695 547
Kerala, India.
Academics
Phone: +91 (471) 2568418, 2568618
Fax: +91 (471) 2568556
Email: academics@iist.ac.in