Yuva Spandan, the annual Five day Cultural Fest of Kaveri College concluded with grand success

In its 8^th year, Yuva Spandan, the annual cultural festival of Kaveri College is the most awaited event of the year and attracts participants from various colleges from the city and around. The five-day event started on 4^th February 2017 with intra-college competitions such as Nail-art,  Mehendi, Treasure hunt along with traditional and retro day and inter-college competitions like Street Play, Fashion Show and Dance. The event ended on 8^th February with the Annual Social Gathering which received stupendous response from students.

The college campus was abuzz with activities on Traditional Day and Retro day. Ms. Apoorva Deokar (TYBCOM) and Mr. Rupesh Dhanve (TYBCOM) were declared the winners for Traditional Day whereas Ms. Sayali Bhagat (TYBCOM) and Mr. Gopal Rathi (TYBCOM) won the Retro Day awards of Ms. Mumtaz and Mr. Rajesh Khanna respectively. The Street Play Competition was won by Modern Law College. The first Prize worth Rs 3000/-, certificates and Trophy was won by Modern College and the Second Prize Rs 2000/-, certificates and trophy was won by Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce. The competition was judged by Mr. Swamiraj Bhise, Pune and Dr. Atul Kulkarni, Garware College of Commerce. Among other competitions, Mehendi and Nail-Art competitions too were held and saw good response from various colleges.  In Mehandi Competition, Ms.Sejal Solanki (T.Y.B.Com) won the first prize of Rs.500, trophy and certificate. The second prize comprising of certificate and trophy was won by Ms.Manisha Jaiswal  (T.Y.B.Sc.). Ms. Neelam Chorghade (TYBCOM) won the first prize of Rs. 500/-, Certificate and Trophy and Mr.  Swaraj Thakur (SYB.Sc.) won the second prize comprising of a certificate and a trophy in Nail Art Competition. The competition was judged by Ms.Sayee Kulkarni and Ms.Shweta Bhagat

The Fashion Show Competition was won by Marathwada Mitramandal College of Engineering. Mr. Amit Solanke of MIT and Ms. Sakshi Borse of MMCOE were selected Mr. Yuva Spandan and Ms. Yuva Spandan respectively The Fashion Show was judged by renowned models Mr. Nikhil and Ms. Sagarika who specially appreciated the seamless conduct of the show. In Intercollegiate General Quiz Competition 10 teams from various colleges participated. A team from MIT, Pune, won the first prize of Rs. 1000/-, certificate and a trophy. The second prize comprising Rs. 500/-, certificate and trophy was won by a team from Symbiosis College of Economics. In Treasure Hunt Competition, Mr. Anuj Shenoy and Mr. Ashwin Masurkar from TYBSc Computer Science won the First prize worth Rs 1000/- , trophy and certificates and the Second Prize which comprises of trophy and certificates was won by Mr. Umesh Nag, Ms. Apoorva Magdum from TYBSc Computer Science. The winners of solo dance competition are Mr. Sujit Chorghe from Modern College and Mr. Pintu Yadav of Kaveri College who received the prize comprised of Rs. 2000 and Rs. 1000 respectively alongwith a trophy and a certificate. The winners of Group Dance competition was Mr. Aniket Chorge and Team from MIT College and Mr. Niranjan Veer and Team from JSPMS College secured the second prize. The 1^st prize comprised of Rs. 5000, a trophy and certificates and 2nd prize comprised of Rs. 2000, a trophy and certificates.

Yuva Spandan ended with Annual Social Gathering of the college which consisted of more than 25 performances related to music, dance and drama. About 80 students from the college participated in the extravaganza and showcased their creativity and talent. They presented fusion dances on foot-tapping numbers which include Bharatnatyam, kathak, popping, locking, lavani, lyrical hip hop etc. 

The students of Kaveri Studio sang current chartbuster songs with live performances. They also performed a jugalbandi of musical instruments flute, table and guitar. The drama team showcased the one Act Play ‘Mukhtalif’ which had won accolades at renowned Purushottam Karandak. The students also presented fashion show on the themes of Bollywood and Formal fashion. The fashion show was judged by Dr. Jayashri Bangali and Ms. Shweta Bapat, Mr. Atharva Pendse, FYBCOM and Ms. Sayali Nivekar, FYBSC (CS) won the title of Mr. And Ms. Kaveri  respectively.

For various events of Yuva Spandan  Mrs. Indira Salian, Vice-President, Kannada Sangha. Mr. B.Baburao, Treasurer, Kannada Sangha graced the occasion. Dr. S.B. Kharosekar, Principal, Kaveri College, Dr. Muckta Karmarkar, Cultural Head, Teaching staff, non-teaching staff and all the enthusiastic volunteers and students of the college were present.