The most talked about Annual Inter-Institutional Cultural Fest at KIET Group of Institutions, Delhi-NCR, Ghaziabad came to an end on Saturday, 13th April 2024, with the soulful and musical night by Jubin Nautiyal. This fest, known as EPOQUE@Prastuti was a 3-day cultural program, wherein 150 country-wide inter-institute teams registered for different events, namely Group Dance, Beat Boxing, Open Mic, Rap Battle, Fashion Show, Skit/Mime, Nukkad Natak and Band War on 12th & 13th April.

Some of the institutes that participated in this fest included the teams from IIT Roorkee, IIIT Allahabad, Sharda University, Amity University, Galgotia University, Greater Noida, AAFT (Noida), Gargi College (DU), Ramjas College (DU), RKGIT, ABES, NIT Jalandhar and so on. Nearly 1200 students from different colleges along with 7000+ college students participated in this fest.

This year’s fest was a treat for the KIET Ghaziabad as the jury for different events were celebrity guests, who came all the way from Jammu, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and different other regions across the nations. The institute welcomed Mr. Rajat Saproo as the jury for beatboxing, who is a popular artist by the name Propulsion. Rubaru Mr. India Universal 2022, Mr. Kramik Yadav along with other big names in the fashion industry, viz. Ms. Siddhi Johri, Ms. Preety Khanna, and Ms. Ranjeeta Ashesh were the celebrity judges in fashion show event. Mr. Neeraj Badhwar, popular script writer & author was invited as the jury for open mic event.

The first day began with intra-institutional events and concluded with a vibrant DJ Night featuring DJ Ojo, DJ Enzey, and DJ Reconnect. The inter-institutional events began from the second day, which was completely dedicated to literary arts, culture and tradition of India. Reputed and renowned Kavi joined the institute for a Kavi Sammelan, followed by Garba Night featuring Preety Bhalla, popular for her Manipuri song in the film ''Mary Kom''.

Right from Bollywood songs to mix tapes and his recently released Ram Bhajan, Jubin set the stage on fire as he began with his live concert at the institute on the last day of the fest. All the students, faculty members, and winners of different events were mesmerized with the soulful melodies of the Indian singer.

Overall, the fest sailed off smoothly, giving lots of memories to everyone present there. Dr. Manoj Goel, Joint Director of the institute took a moment to thank the organizing team for successfully manging such a huge event. He paid special regards to Dr. Satish Kumar, Convenor EPOQUE@Prastuti, Dr. Pratibha Kumari, Co-Convenor (intra-institute events) and Dr. Preeti Chitkara (inter-institute events).