IIT BHU Gymkhana

Can you tell me in detail about the Students' Gymkhana department in Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University (IIT BHU) Varanasi?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

The Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi Students' Gymkhana manages all student activities at the campus thorough it’s executive and non-executive wings, the Gymkhana councils and the Students' Parliament respectively.

The Director of the Institute is the patron of the Gymkhana while the Dean of Student Affairs (DoSA) acts as the ex-officio President of the Gymkhana.

The Gymkhana consists of 4 Councils namely, the Cultural Council, the Science and Technology Council, the Film and Media Council and the Sports Council.

Each council is headed by a General Secretary and 2 Joint General Secretaries elected by the Councils and a faculty member serving as the Counsellor.

The major annual events organized by the Gymkhana include the
(i) all India cultural meets such as Culfest/Sparsh, Charls A king Memorial Fine Arts Exhibition etc.
(ii) Annual Sports Spardha (inter-institutional competitive events)
(iii) Engineering Models Exhibition Technex
(iv) Technical Paper contests like Prastuti. Besides these several other competitive events and games are also organised at the inter-hostel, inter-class, inter-faculty levels

Cultural Council
 Dance Club
 Theatre Club
 Literary Club
 Quiz Club
 Western Music Club
 Indian Music Club
 Fine Arts Club

Science and Technology Council
 Aeromodelling Club
 Astronomy Club
 Green Club
 Club of Programmers
 Robotics Club
 Technical and Rural Outreach Club
 Society of Automotive Engineers

Film and Media Council
 Media Club
 Design Club
 Outreach Club
 Photography Club
 Animation Club
 Cine Club

Games and Sports Council
It takes care of organising all games and sports activities in the campus.

Students’ Parliament
 Parliamentary Affairs Committee
 Finance Committee
 Emergency Committee
 Festivals Committee
 Nominations Committee
 Hostel Affairs & General Welfare Committee
 Security Committee
 Training & Placement Committee
 Web Management Committee
 UG Academic Affairs Committee
 PG Academic Affairs Committee
 Alumni Relations Committee
 Grievance Redressal & Enquiries Committee

Departmental Fests
 Ceramic Engineering : Keramos
 Chemical Engineering : Udhbhav
 Civil Engineering : Shilp
 Computer Science and Engineering : Codefest
 Electrical Engineering : Prastuti
 Electronics Engineering : Udyam
 Engineering Physics: Jigyasa
 Mechanical Engineering : COMET
 Metallurgical Engineering : Anveshan
 Mining Engineering : Mettle
 Pharmaceutical Engineering : Spirit