Techofes is an annual
intercollegiate culture festival at the
College of Engineering, Guindy
The College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG) is a public engineering college in Chennai, India and is Asia's oldest technical institution, founded in 1794. It is also the oldest technical institution to be established outside Europe.
History
Due ...
in
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of ...
, 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
Vasundhara Das (born 18 August 1977) is an Indian singer, musician and actress.
Vasundhara's films include '' Hey Ram'' (Tamil/Hindi), '' Monsoon Wedding'' (English), ''Citizen'' (Tamil), '' Ravana Prabhu'' (Malayalam), ''Lankesh Patrike'' (K ...
.
*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 films. His directorial debut had with ''Thulluvadho Ilamai'' (2002) but his father is credited for business reasons, which stars 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, producer and actor who predominantly works in Tamil film industry. He has also directed Telugu and Hindi films that either simultaneously shot with or rema ...
and
Sameera Reddy
Sameera Reddy (born 14 December 1978) is a former Indian actress who primarily worked in Hindi films, in addition to Tamil and Telugu language films. Reddy made her film debut with the 2002 film '' Maine Dil Tujhko Diya''. She is best known fo ...
.
*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, producer, director, lyricist and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Starring in 46 films over his career, among hi ...
,
Anirudh
Aniruddha ( sa, अनिरुद्ध ') is a character in Hindu mythology, the son of Pradyumna and Rukmavati, and the grandson of Krishna and Rukmini. He is said to have been very much like his grandfather, to the extent that he is ...
and
Ajeesh of the then upcoming movie ''
3'' on opening night, a
sumo wrestling performance and a live-in concert for composer
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja or Abdul Haliq (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer-songwriter. He mainly scores music for Tamil films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of We ...
.
*Techofes 2019 took place Starting from February 27 and ending at March 2.
See also
*
Kurukshetra (college festival)
References
External links
Techofes official website
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