Techofes is an annual
intercollegiate culture festival at the
College of Engineering, Guindy
The College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG) is a public engineering college situated in Chennai, India. It is Asia's oldest technical institution, founded in 1794. It is also the oldest technical institution to be established outside Europe.
Histo ...
in
Chennai
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, 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.
*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
Selvaraghavan is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and actor who has directed and acted predominantly Tamil cinema, Tamil films and few Telugu cinema, Telugu films. He had his directorial debut with ''Thulluvadho Ilamai'' (2002). Still, hi ...
. Pro-nite saw a performance by
Karthik.
*Techofes '11 took place starting 16 February 2011.
It saw film making workshops with
Gautham Vasudev Menon
Gautham Vasudev Menon (born 25 February 1973) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, film producer and actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema, Tamil film industry. He has also directed Telugu cinema, Telugu, Hindi cinema, Hindi and Ma ...
and
Sameera Reddy
Sameera Reddy (born 14 December 1978) is a former Indian actress who primarily worked in Hindi, Tamil language, Tamil and Telugu language, Telugu language films. She made her film debut with the 2002 film ''Maine Dil Tujhko Diya''. Reddy is bes ...
.
*Techofes '12 took place starting 15 February 2012. It included performances of
Dhanush
Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1983), known professionally as Dhanush, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, lyricist and playback singer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. Having starred in Dhanush filmography, 50 films over his car ...
,
Anirudh and
Ajeesh
Ajesh is an Indian music composer and singer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He works primarily for the Tamil film industry.
Early life
Ajesh was born and brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His mother found music in him at a very young age and ...
of the then upcoming movie ''
3'' on opening night, a
sumo wrestling
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performance and a live-in concert for composer
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 31 August 1979), is an Indian composer and playback singer. He mainly scores music for Tamil films along with few Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use o ...
.
*Techofes 2019 took place Starting from 27 February and ending at 2 March.
See also
*
Kurukshetra (college festival)
References
External links
Techofes official website
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