Rules and Regulations Cultural Events

Event Name X Factor Mendhiko Desino(Mehandi design) Portrait Dessine(portrait Drawing) Adzap The Merging Trio(Jam sketch) Best Journalist Short Film Fest Rockaholic ( western orchestra) Jam English Dramatist Localo (Street Play) Malayalam Debate Choreo Video Medius Saturos (mock press) Page No 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16

Event Name: Actiopus( skit) Adaptune Persona Malayalam JAM Treasure Hunt Bluff Masters Best Shot Minute To Win It! Face Painting Synchro Dance English Debate Voice of Crossroads

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X FACTOR
Coordinator Thomas Nebu (+919567847143)

Rules
1. A team must comprise of only 3 or 4 members 2. No limits for the no. of teams from a single college 3. Team members should report 30min prior to the event 4. Decision of the judging panel will be final 5. Any sort of cheating may lead to the elimination of the team

Prizes
Total Prize Money: Rs 15000 1st Prize: Rs 10000 2nd Prize: Rs 5000

MENDHIKA DISENO - THE ART OF MEHNDI

Coordinator Rini Thomas (+918891789396)

Rules
(1) On the spot registration. (2) A team must have 2 persons, each from the same college - one to apply mehndi and the other to provide the hands. (3) A max of 2hrs is the duration for this event. (4) All the designs must be based on a theme which will be given on the spot. (5) The mehndi must cover both hands and also must be covering both sides of the palm. (6) The mehndi must extend up to the wrist or may go beyond. (7) Evaluation will be based on how good the contestant is able to bring his/her idea in their design.

Prizes
Total Prize Money:Rs 3000 1st Prize Rs 2000 2nd Prize Rs 1000

PORTRAIT DESSINE (PENCIL)

Coordinator:

Anna Thomas (+919446283595)

Rules
The event consists of selected participants competing to sketch portrait of one volunteersitter using pencil. Initially number of participants will be short listed to 5 through an elimination round. >participants must report on correct time. >only drawings sheets will be provided and other required items are to be brought by participants. >decision of judges will be final. >any code of misconduct will lead to immediate elimination. Please feel free to contact us for more information,

Prizes
Total Prize Money: Rs 7000 1st Prize Rs: 3500 2nd Prize Rs: 2500 3 rd Prize Rs: 1000

ADZAP

Coordinator:

Elizabeth Scaria (+919497470488) Ajith Thomas(9846842065)

Rules
* On spot registration * 4-6 members per team *Mixed teams are allowed. Round 1: Written prelims. There will be 20 questions containing both objective and subjective. Round 2: ADD presentation on the specific topic. The topics will be given an hour before. The time for presentation will be 8 minutes and time will be allotted for the judges to shoot out questions. *Weightage will be given for innovative ideas and reflexive thoughts. *Costumes and props not allowed *Care should be taken about the words used so that the words are not offensive and abusive. *The decision of the judges will be final and biding.

Prizes
1st Prize Rs 4000 2nd Prize Rs 2000 3rd Prize Rs 1000

THE MERGING TRIOS!!! (JAM SKETCH)

Coordinator: Jeneena Babu (+919544411723)

Rules

3 participants per team . On the spot registration. Materials like paper and pencil will be provided. Moderators decision will be final and binding in all respects The participants should bring their ID card failing which they will not be able to compete. . Time given for sketching is one minute per member

Prizes
Total Prize Money:Rs 4000 1st Prize Rs2500 2nd Prize Rs 1500

BEST JOURNALIST
Coordinator: Abhijith V J (+919447797787)

Rules
Participants can use either Malayalam or English. There will be three rounds. First round - Extempore Second round-Mock Interview Third round-Citizen Journalism Materials required. Paper Pen

Prizes
Total Prize Money: Rs 5000 1st Prize Rs: 3000 2nd Prize Rs: 2000

SHORT FILM FEST

Coordinators: Daniel (+918129013750) Joju (+919746992803)

Rules
The registration starts from 1st February, 2012 The film should reach us by 6 PM on 19th -21st February, 2012 The runtime for the film must within the limits 10-15 minutes The source file has to submitted as proof Please avoid obscenity, pornography, excessive violence, and photo slideshows Please refrain from making advertisements, remixes, spoofs & animations .

Prizes
Total Prize Money: Rs11500 1st Prize Rs6000 2nd Prize :Rs 3000 Best Director Rs 2500

ROCKAHOLIC (WESTERN ORCHESTRA)

Coordinator: Anu David (+919497130683) Albin John Thomas(+919400574805)

Rules

Maximum of 8 participants per team. Members of the team need not necessarily be from the same college. A team manager is requested to be present near sound engineer 5 minutes before the performance of the team so as to ensure proper sound leveling. Instruments other than drums, 3 amps and 3 set of mics will not be provided. The same person cannot be part of two participating teams All music should be played live on stage "Death Metal" Genre not allowed. Any other Genre acceptable Time Limit : 20 minutes empty to empty (including sound check)

Prizes
Total Prize Money: Rs 12000/1st Prize: Rs 8000/2nd Prize: Rs 4000/-

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JAM ENGLISH
Coordinator: John Joseph (+919539658349)

Rules

1. Any number of participants can participate. The best 5 participants will be shortlisted after a series of rounds for the finals. 2. Every "round" lasts one minute of speaking time in which the participants are given a topic to banter on. 3. The idea is to interrupt a speaker whenever he/she makes a grammatical, syntactical or usage error. It can also be done if the speaker seems to borrow someone else's idea or an old idea within a round. 4. Every time a justifiable interruption is made, the interrupter gets a point and gets the microphone. For any wrong interruptions, a point is deducted and the interrupted participant is allowed to continue. 5. The person with the maximum number of points at the end of the session wins. The JAM masters decision will be final.

Prizes
Total Prize Money: Rs 12000. 1st Prize: Rs 8000 2nd Prize: Rs 4000

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DRAMASTIC LOCALO (Street Play)

Coordinator: Rakesh (+919447930020) Anto George (+917736490959) Divya V S(+919745621270)

Rules
Topic/Theme: Teams are free to choose their own theme. Competition: Teams may enact a street play based on their own topic. The teams are free to adopt the topic in their own choice. Teams should create their own script. Participation: Maximum number of participants in a play shall be 10. Time Limit: Teams should restrict their play in 20mins time. (18mins Warning Bell,20mins Final Bell) Teams exceeding the 20mins Final Bell, will be eliminated. Language of the Play: Teams can use English / Malayalam as the language of their play.

Judgment Criteria : Creativity Theme Present social relevance Clarity of Message Costume / Dressing Team Work General Instructions for Street Play Competition: Theme / plot / dialogue of the play shall not implicitly or explicitly hurt any religious / nationalistic / patriotic feelings. The Competition will be conducted in a Street like open place and hence no microphones, Speakers, Music systems will be allowed or provided. Teams can sing / dance by themselves to create the necessary music or sound. Teams using any props / Costume / Dressing must bring all their equipments and must be ready well in time as per instructions of the organizer. No Propsor costume or any material will be provided by the host college. No Time for Stage practice / final rehearsal will be given during the fest. Decision of Judges will be final and binding on all teams. Prizes Total Prize Money: Rs 21000/12

1st Prize: Rs 12000/2nd Prize: Rs 6000/3rd Prize: Rs 3000/-

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MALAYALAM DEBATE
Coordinator: Noble Joseph (+919497323720) Binji Mary Babu(+919496326597)

Rules
* A team will have 2 members. * The first round is the prelims. * Two teams will be selected for the final round. * Topic will be given before the event. * One team from a team will be FOR the topic and the other will be against the topic.

Prizes
Total Prize Money: Rs 18000 1st Prize Rs 10000 2nd Prize Rs 5000

An audience interaction round best three will be awarded thousand rupees each.

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CHOREO VIDEO
Coordinators: Akhil. V. Prince (+919809119407) Nikita Maria Lesley (+919567955183)

Rules

Maximum 2 teams per college. Minimum of 6 members in a Team. Time Limit: 12 minutes empty to empty Sound track must be submitted in MP3 format Breakable items, fire, water; inflammable items should not be used. The performance will be judged based on choreography, synchronization, props, costumes, theme (optional) etc. Participating teams should register at least two hours before the commencement of the event. Participating team should report to the venue before one hour with their music CDs Event Coordinators will not be held responsible for any malfunction of their sound tracks. Any form of vulgarity will lead to disqualification The decision of the judges will be final.

Prizes
Total Prize money: Rs 40000/1st Prize: Rs 20000/2nd Prize: Rs12500/3rd Prize: Rs 7500/-

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MEDIUS SATUROS
(MOCK PRESS)
Coordinator: Ben Alex Baby (+919656244918)

Rules
Open event Any number of participants from the same college There will be a preliminary round 6 contestants will be selected to the finals Personality to be presented\imitated will be given a day prior to finals Judging criteria is based upon humor, cleverness to the actual personality Judges decisionwill be final & binding.

Prizes
Total Prize Money:Rs4500. 1st Prize : Rs 3000 2nd Prize : Rs 1500

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ACTIOPUS (SKIT)
Coordinators: Jaison (+918086768788) Riann (+918089325868)

Registration fee: Rs 30/- per head The team can register online or one hour before the event commences

Rules
Number of participants per team should be from 6 to 14(min 6(2 for backstage representation)). Time for each team is limited to 15 minutes + 3 minutes for stage setting and clearing the stage. Violating from the time limit will result in elimination. The teams need to clean up any mess or trash, etc. that you may use or make during your skit and all teams need to have representation backstage to clean the stage after their teams program Leaving the stage empty for more than 30 seconds in between the sequences results in elimination. Pre-recorded vocals are not permitted. Pre-recorded music, musical instruments and background scores are permitted. Microphones will be provided. Any form of obscenity will result in debarring the team from participation. Lip sync is not allowed No props will be provided by the coordinators Let the play begin....

Prizes
Total Prize Money:Rs 15000 1st prize: Rs 10000. 2ndprize: Rs 5000.

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ADAPTUNE
Coordinator: Arun Sam Varghese (+919496827861)

Rules
--> It is a Solo event --> The competition will consist of 2 rounds. Round 1,the contestant will have to perform dance given to them on the spot (3 min maximum). Round 2,where the contestant will have to dance to the tunes of a fusion song given to him/her half an hour prior to the competition. those contestants selected in round 1 will performing in the 2nd round. --> Songs will be selected and played randomly at the time of the event --> Props or other items that litter the stage shall not be permitted --> Prizes will be awarded on the basis of choreography and innovation --> Judges decision will be final and binding.

Prizes
Total Prize Money:Rs 8000 1st Prize : Rs 5000 2nd Prize : Rs 3000

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Mr AND Ms CROSSROADS (PERSONA)

Coordinator: Shruthi Susan Sam (+919633229665) Sristi Gupta(+919745663444)

Rules
Individual event On spot registration The props (if any) should be catered by the contestants themselves. Prizes will be awarded on the basis of smartness ,promptness, and attitude. The judges decision is final and binding. Any form of misconduct from the participants will result in termination of the participant from the participation.

Prizes
8,000 each for Mr and Ms Crossroads

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MALAYALAM JAM
Cordinator: Fakrudeen Altaf (+919037515728)

Rules
1. Any number of participants can participate. The best 5 participants will be shortlisted after a series of rounds for the finals. Registration is on the spot. Participants must bring their college identity card. All the participants are required to be present at the venue at least half an hour before start of the event.

2. Every "round" lasts one minute of speaking time in which the participants are given a topic to banter on. 3. The idea is to interrupt a speaker whenever he/she makes a grammatical, syntactical or usage error. It can also be done if the speaker seems to borrow someone else's idea or an old idea within a round. 4. Every time a justifiable interruption is made, the interrupter gets a point and gets the microphone. For any wrong interruptions, a point is deducted and the interrupted participant is allowed to continue. 5. The person with the maximum number of points at the end of the session wins. The JAM masters decision will be final.

Any form of miss conduct and indiscipline from the participants will result in termination of the participant from the participation.

Prizes
Total Prize Money:Rs 8000 1st Prize: Rs 5000 2nd Prize: Rs 3000

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TREASURE HUNT
Coordinator: Vivek (+918891163277)

Rules
The hunt consist of 3 rounds The Prelims will be a written test Six teams will be selected from the prelims The 2nd round is physical test One team must consist of a minimum of 2 members and a maximum of 4 Your team must not split at any stage of the hunt Your team cannot communicate with any other teamor the public whole on the hunt The team must not remove or deface any clues along the route Team (all members) must present their findings and answers all relevant questions for the points The final round will be conducted throughout Trivandrum city The team who finds the treasure in least time within the time limit shall win The clues provided will be in the form of puzzles,tasks, questions or any physical test etc

Prizes
Prize Rs5000

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BLUFF MASTERS
Coordinator: Silpa. U. M (+919496157437) Annet rose francis.(9847848301)

First of all, a pre survey is done and less weightage is given for most common answer and more weightage for rare answer Round 1 Answers obtained from survey are pre distributed to one of the participants without other participants knowledge. For every question, each of the participants can come out with the answer that they feel is more apt from the given options. The person who has got the correct answer is expected to play in an intelligent manner so that others dont find that the answer is with him/her. At the end of every round, participants are given a chance to claim who has got the correct answer. The participants can initially come out with a doubt claim, on who has got the correct answer. After the doubt claim, the person who has been claimed is given a chance to defend himself/herself. After defense the participants can come out with a sure claim. Sure claim has got double points, for the person who claims, if answer is found to be correct and person who has been claimed to have the answer is eliminated. Otherwise, the person who presents the claim is eliminated. If more than one person has got the same claim and if it is wrong, the person having least mark among them is eliminated and others suffer penalty. This process continues until the Bluff master comes to scene.

Rules

A person can claim only one participant at a time Defense is allowed only for a fixed time Weightage to answer is as per the pre survey. If no claim is put forward, the person who secures least score in that particular round is eliminated.

Prizes
Total Prize Money: Rs 3000 1st Prize Rs 2000 2nd Prize Rs 1000

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BEST SHOT
Coordinator: Rohit Rajan (+919946114120)

Rules
1. Participants should register with their digital camera 2. Only photos from campus with date should be submitted 3. An entered photograph must have been taken and owned by the entrant 4. Images may not be watermarked 5. Digital manipulations and adjustments are not allowed (no Photoshop or any software effects allowed) 6. Everyday price will be announced.

Prizes
Total Prize Rs 4500/-

MINUTE 2 WIN IT!

Coordinators: Aksa Antony (+919526337533) Bipin Francis (+919605899533)

Rules
Each participant participates individually The instructions to perform each task would be explained right before the task begins.

Prizes
First Prize: Rs 4000/Second prize: Rs 1000/-

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FACE PAINTING
Coordinator: Shilpa George (+918547577099) Aswin Johnson(9847828454)

Rules

On spot registration Open event Two members per team Painting should be done according to the theme Theme shall be given at the beginning of the competition Judges decision will be final and binding

NB: Painting accessories shall be provided.

Prizes
1st Prize Rs 3000 2nd Prize Rs 2000

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SYNCHRO DANCE
Coordinator: Rajeev Thampi (+919567501835)

Rules

2 participants per team. Any number of participants from the same college. Each team will be given a time slot of 10 minutes, empty to empty. Sound track must be submitted in a CD and in MP3 format. Points shall be awarded on the basis of theme, costumes, co-ordination, choreography synchronization. Rs.200 prize money for all qualified teams.

Prizes
Total Prize Money:Rs 6000 1st Prize:Rs 4000 2nd Prize : Rs 2000

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ENGLISH DEBATE
Coordinator: Mukesh A Kumar(+919567331409)

Rules
*A team will have 2 members. *The first round is the prelims. *Four teams will be selected for semi finals. *Two teams will be selected for the final round. *Topic will be given before the event. *One team will speak FOR the topic (in favors of the topic) and the other will be against the topic.

Prizes
Total Prize Money:Rs 6000 1st Prize :Rs 4000 2nd Prize :Rs 2000

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VOICE OF CROSSROADS Coordinators

Nandana Nair - +919745270746 Karthika Sivan - +919567878308 Rijo Jose - +919496326589 Nirmal Jovial - +918129942481 Jithin - +919497337128 Immanuel Henry - +919037796794

RULES
There shall be a preliminary round (auditions), a semi-final and the finals.

The prelims:
Your choice round: Contestants can sing any Indian film song of their choice. No album songs allowed. No karaoke can be used. Afterwards, contestants will be filtered on the basis of singing perfection, stage presence, versatility & attitude. ants will be selected from the prelims

The Semi Final

Semi-finals consist of 2 rounds. First round: Dhoom Dhamaka - Contestants will be asked to perform fast numbers which includes film songs of any language. This round focusses on the performance and attitude factor of the singer. A good performer will get good advantage from this round. Second round: The Rah'maniac' Sync - Contestants will be paired at random and will be asked to perform a melody duet song composed by the phenom himself, A R Rahman. Contestants are to be prepared with all the following songs, from which the song for each duet pair will be selected at random after the prelims. 1. Kismat Se Tum - Pukar 2. Kaatre En Vaasal - Rhythm 3. Puthu Vellaimazhai Roja 4. Alakal Alakal Rhythm (Female duet) 5. Anbe Anbe Kollathe Jeans (Male duet) Only 3 participants will be selected for the final 27

The Final
The final consists of two rounds First Round: Tribute to the Maestros - Contestants are to perform challenging songs of veteran music directors Ravindran & Johnson. Challenging songs are preferred. Second Round: Simply Malayali - This round focusses on his/her attitude factor of singing. Here, contestants will be performing Malayalam folk songs which are crowd - pullers. Stick to the fast lane with the fragrance of our most precious culture. Win the crowd; let your voice be the Voice of Crossroads. - finals and finals. -final and final round and should be brought by the participants themselves. Karaoke are better encouraged because karaoke tracks will give you better sound balances as they are well mixed soundtracks rather than the dry mix of the live orchestra. A good balance of sound on your stage monitors will compliment your singing.

Programme Timings & Venue details

Prelims
Date: 24th February 2012 Registration opens @ 09.00am & closes @ 1.30pm Prelims commence by 2. 00pm Venue: Vishweshwarayya hall, Nirmithi(G-Block)

Semi & Finals

Date: 25th February 2012 Semi-finals commence by 4.30pm Venue: OAT

Prizes
First Prize : Rs10000 Second Prize : Rs7000 Third Prize : Rs3000

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