Karavaan
karavaan hindi कारवाँ english meaning caravan annual sociocultural science fest indian institute science education research pune name stem notion iisers moving forward one fest attracts student college across pune well national institute india day fest held either october november fall semester every year humble origin small intracollege fest karavaan grown leap bound become major presence pune funded partly iiser pune partly number associated sponsor attracts local upcoming performer artist national repute various competition held karavaan weekend participation student college city well major institute across country karavaan host several event competition entire weekend fall semester cultural club iiser pune viz music dance drama art literary quiz club conduct number competition respective domain typically span entire daytime karavaan weekend whole campus decorated display year’s karavaan theme also several game activity like lasertag bullrider dart karaoke stall several event held right start fall semester gradually set stage karavaan event like animal rescue session blood donation camp various cleanup drive pashan organized attempt address various social issue quiz drama competition start week two fest throughout karavaan weekend several cultural sciencerelated activity organized every year including science standup comedy participant perform standup comic act refer sciencerelated topic blah fest involves participant coming preposterous explanation hypothesis given minimalistic pedagogy participant explain complex scientific concept simplest way possible audience consisting laypeople dance music event themed dance music competition like junkyard jamming duet competition organized every year art event event like ‘brushes on’ ‘facial èclat’ wall painting competition literary event event like minute jam crime scene investigation csi attract participant every year quiz karavaan quiz held quiz club attracts quiz lover pune year leadership conclave talk series host number eminent speaker across country expertise diverse range field talk various anecdote life work experience karavaan’s soughtafter event karavaan showcase pronite bandwars held evening mainstage karavaan showcase karavaan showcase offer platform student iiser perform mainstage seen concert various iiser pune music band meme madads drama troupe solo groupdances inhouse performance band war band war highlight karavaan since inception till music band playing various genre invited country face one another event judged member band performing pronite band war set return edition karavaan previous winner band war pronite pronite main attraction karavaan involves evening performance popular artist diverse field karavaan hosted several live music performance wellknown band across country karavaan hosted ‘black’ mumbai karavaan concert ‘divine raaga’ hindi folkfusionrock band based bangalore chaoskampf metal band pune performed karavaan k hosted vocalist siddharth basrur band featuring guitarist adil manuel succeeded sonu kakkar dj anshul k indian ocean k k’ hosted renowned standup comedian sorabh pant wellknown indie band lagori local train k’ two comic act anirban dasgupta karunesh talwar followed energetic music performance carnatic progressive rock band agam seventh edition karavaan commenced october halloween theme fest various competition across discipline like music dance drama science math literature organised respective club iiser pune weekend november band war saw competing band across country gravy philosophy emerging victor pronite hosted concert popular vocalist siddharth basrur band featuring guitarist adil manuel fest ended masquerade party featuring dj ansh iiser student took part colossal effort create one largest warli painting world november part karavaan event warli painting traditional art form warli tribe initiative art club iiser pune completed artwork spanned square metre sq ft football field feat achieved less hour entered limca book record karavaan ’ organized october eighth edition karavaan expanded ambit include social sciencerelated event along cultural activity prekaravaan event included session resqan ngo dedicated rehabilitation stray animal blood donation camp cleanup drive near pashan lake along event like happy saturday saturday morning fun game art scrap k’ themed ‘india revive roots’ competition based traditional indian art form quiz india street play competition along science competition aimed highlighting fun side science first edition leadership conclave held year featuring eminent leader society former director ncl dr sourav pal army veteran colonel gaurav chibber band war held association mtvi xtreme saw participation band across several genre ryan victor project celestial teapot emerging winner pronite hosted popular bollywood singer sonu kakkar dj anshul ninth edition karavaan held november theme fest ‘adventures wonderland rabbit hole’ game involving character alice wonderland besides regular event distinguished speaker anand gandhi mitali panganti prajakta divekar kamal swaroop abhijeet barse sathish narayanan anil zankar graced second edition leadership conclave thematically named ‘the mad tea party’ event ‘a snake’s tale’ mr aditya paranjape spread awareness regarding different kind snake pronite held november recorded footfall people featured punebased local band ‘after acoustics’ iconic ‘indian ocean’ professional irish swordswallower comedian mr murray malloy tenth edition karavaan held november theme fest ‘seasons’ prekaravaan event comprised art workshop vinod ‘hackathon’ collaboration entrepreneurship development cell iiser talk health sanitation mr pravin nikam founder roshni blood donation camp mememaking competition zumba workshop drama named sun white moon disobedient dr john matthew third edition leadership conclave hosted dignitary dr sandeep pandey mr avirook sen m anuja kapur dr satyajit rath inaugural ‘comedy night’ held november featuring shrinidhi mahishi alumnus iiser renowned comedian sorabh pant finally pronite held november hosted wellknown indie band ‘lagori’ ‘the local train’ eleventh edition karavaan held november theme fest ‘fandoms fiction’ prekaravaan event included talk verdict section indian code r raj rao dr aijaz ahmed bund bindumadhav khire blood donation camp online treasure hunt iplug named conquistar third edition leadership conclave prof sandhya visweswariah prof sanjeev galande dr rajeev sharma prof sabyasachi bhattacharya prof sunil mukhi discus funding future science india daytime event karavaan weekend included game activity like ‘rube goldberg’ ‘shipwreck’ ‘just minute’ ‘facial èclat’ ‘crime scene investigation’ ‘karavaan treasure hunt’ ‘games night’ others organised various club iiser karavaan showcase featured noteworthy person act dance piece pronite held evening november featured renowned standup comedian anirban dasgupta karunesh talwar along carnatic progressive fusion rock band agam list cultural festival 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