History
Eight editions of the fest have been conducted over the years, the latest of which was held over 19–21 January 2018. The multi-lingual fest is organised by the English Language Activities Society (ELAS), Journal Club and Hindi Tarang, which are student organisations at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus. The first edition of the fest took place in 2011, less than three years after the campus became fully operational.Verba Maximus 2016
Verba Maximus 2016 (VM16) was held on 30 and 31 January 2016. VM16 had events like ''Yin Yang'' (writing two sides of the same story), ''Words of a Feather'' (weaving a story around words that are announced one at a time), ''Picture Perspective'' (writing stories around a picture shown), apart from the regular events lit-quiz, group discussion and debate. Harimohan Paruvu, cricketeer and author, hosted a session at the fest. Stand-up comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath performed at VM16, which features a stand-up show every year.Verba Maximus 2017
Verba Maximus 2017 (VM17) was held from 4–6 February 2017 and featured authors Ashwin Sanghi and Indu Balachandran, popular Quoran Balaji Vishwanathan as well as a show by stand-up comedian Kenny Sebastian.Events
The fest has literary events like picture perspective (writing about a picture or image that is presented), a Hindi mock parliament called the "Youth Sabha", lit-quiz, debate, group discussion and Sherlocked, an investigative journalism event in which participants have to investigate a crime based on hints given to them. Some editions of the fest also had events like ''External links
References
{{Reflist Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Hyderabad Campus Literary festivals in India Festivals in Hyderabad, India Festivals established in 2011 2011 establishments in Andhra Pradesh