Techofes Explained

Techofes
Genre:	intercollegiate culture festival
Filing:	Student Run, Non Profit Organization
Founded:	1948
Location:	Chennai, India
Sponsor:	College of Engineering, Guindy
Events:	Techofes Awards,Pro-shows, Choreo-Nite, Live-in Concert, Mr & Ms Techofes
Website:	Techofes

Techofes is an annual intercollegiate culture festival at the College of Engineering, Guindy in Chennai, India. The tradition began in 1948. It is a three-day event usually held in mid-February.

Past editions

• Techofes '06 took place starting 10 February 2006.^[1]
• Techofes '07 took place starting 14 February 2007. The special visitor was actor Vikram and the showpiece event was a concert by Vasundra Das.
• Techofes '10 took place starting 14 February 2010. It included a special screening of Aayirathil Oruvan at the presence of its director Selvaraghavan. Pro-nite saw a performance by Karthik.^[2]
• Techofes '11 took place starting 16 February 2011.^[3] It saw film making workshops with Gautham Vasudev Menon and Sameera Reddy.^[4]
• Techofes '12 took place starting 15 February 2012. It included performances of Dhanush, Anirudh and Ajeesh of the then upcoming movie 3 on opening night,^[5] a sumo wrestling performance^[6] and a live-in concert for composer Yuvan Shankar Raja.^[7]
• Techofes 2019 took place Starting from February 27 and ending at March 2.

See also

• Kurukshetra (college festival)

External links

• Techofes official website

Notes and References

1. News: Techofes `06 ... four days of non-stop fun on the cards. https://web.archive.org/web/20060903122406/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/10/stories/2006021006690200.htm. dead. 3 September 2006. 10 February 2006. The Hindu. 29 October 2011. Chennai, India.
2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20100209023618/http://www.techofes10.org/main/index.php/pro-nite . Pro Nite . 2010-02-09 . techofes10.org . 1 November 2011.
3. Web site: Events at Techofes. 28 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110221023620/http://www.techofes11.org/first.html. 21 February 2011.
4. Web site: Techofes 11 . techofes11.org . 1 November 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110207213506/http://www.techofes11.org/filmw.html . 7 February 2011 .
5. Web site: Dhanush, Anirudh at it again . thehindu.com . 2 March 2012.
6. Web site: When titans clashed at ‘Techofes' . thehindu.com . 2 March 2012.
7. Web site: Techofes 2012 - Live-in-concert . techofes.in . 28 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207075737/http://www.techofes.in/concert/ . 7 February 2012 .