Pearl (cultural festival)
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Website | Pearl Website |
Pearl is the annual national
History
The idea of a college fest for
Over the 9 years since its first edition, the fest grew into one of the biggest fests in the states of
Edition | Theme |
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Pearl 2010 | Genesis |
Pearl 2011 | Dreamscape |
Pearl 2012 | World 1-2 |
Pearl 2013 | Hakuna Matata
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Pearl 2014 | Incredible India |
Pearl 2015 | Odyssey of Legends
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Pearl 2016 | Live Evil |
Pearl 2017 | The Carnivalesque Episode |
Pearl 2018 | Wanderlust |
Pearl 2019 | Shades Of Hyderabad |
Pearl 2020 | An Underground Mayhem |
Pearl 2020, which was scheduled to be conducted from March 20 to 22, was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic that was threatening the people all over the world.
Events
All the cultural clubs of BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, organize online and offline competitions in the weeks leading up to and during Pearl. The nature of events and the clubs organizing them are following:[3]
- Art (Shades Club)
- Dance (Dance Club)
- Design (Designers Anonymous)
- Dramatics(Dramatics Club)
- Hindi literary (Tarang)
- Journalistic(Journal Club)
- Literary(English Language Activities' Society)
- Music (Music Club)
- Photography (Photog Club)
- Quizzing(Quiz Club)
- Vfx(VFx Club)
- Foreign languages (Sanskrit and Foreign Language Association)
- Cooking (Cooking Club)
- Fashion (fashion society)
Each of the above clubs organizes multiple competitions in their domain. Popular among them include Till Deaf Do We Part
Aspire Talks
Apart from the events, the Centre for Entrepruniaural Leadership (CEL) and the BITS Embryo of the BITS-Pilani Hyderabad organize the Aspire Talks,[2] wherein people of various walks of life who have distinguished themselves in their professions interact with students and share their life stories.
Pro-Shows and Celebrities
Pearl has hosted many celebrities of vernacular, national and international renown over years since its inception. Each of the three days of the festival ends with a performance by a celebrity performer or band. The people/bands that performed during Pearl are
Apart from pro-shows, Pearl also hosted celebrities promoting films. Pearl 2015 hosted Varun Dhawan and Yami Gautam for the promotion of film Badlapur.[7] The winner of MasterChef India, Pankaj Bhadouria attended the food festival during Pearl 2016.[4] Telugu actors Nani and Vijay Deverakonda visited the campus during Pearl 2015 for the promotion of their film Yevade Subramanyam. Comedian Abish Matthew performed during the comedy night of Peal 2016.
See also
- BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus
- ATMOS -Technical Fest of BITS-Pilani Hyderabad
- Verba Maximus - Literary Fest of BITS-Pilani Hyderabad
External links
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "BITS Hyderabad student fest begins". The Hindu. Hyderabad. 27 March 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Pearl is back". The Hindu. Hyderabad. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "BITS Hyderabad student fest from Feb. 10". The Hindu. Hyderabad. 9 February 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ a b Naidu, Jaywant (22 March 2016). "Cooking is a great career option: Pankaj Bhadouria". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- Times of India. Hyderabad. March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Amplifier To Play In India". Rolling Stone. India. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ "Varun and Yami visit BITS Pilani, Hyderabad". Deccan Chronicle. Hyderabad. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2016.