The Habitat Young Visionary Award has come to Saarang now.

One of the most prestigious youth awards in the country, HYVA entails writing and arguing out your vision about the nation. If you are the next visionary a fully paid summer school to Cambridge awaits you.

Topic: The Change I want to See; The Change I want to Make

Deadline for essay entry: December 15, 2009


Are you the next visionary?


The list of semifinalists for HYVA 2010 can be found here.

The semifinals for the south-zone will be on 20th January in IIT Madras.



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Powerchords

Rules

1. There will be a preliminary round, followed by a final round.
2. Prelims: Participants are required to play one song.
Time limit – 5 minutes + 3 minutes set up time
3. Six bands will be selected for the final round.
4. Final round : Time limit – 15 minutes + 3 minutes set up time
5. Bands may perform only in English.
6. All band members have to be college students. Please carry your college ID.
7. A standard 5 piece drum kit, mics, cables, and amplifiers will be provided. Participants must bring their own instruments.

8. One person cannot participate in more than one band in the same event.

 

Registration Procedure

Registration closes on 20th December. All bands must send in a demo track (audio/video/youtube link, etc) by then to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it All entries must be in English.

The shortlisted bands for Powerchords are as follows -

1.Purple Blood - SCT, Trivandrum
2.Hammerage - NIT Trichy
3.Chrysalis - Bangalore
4.Amethysts
5.Apocrypha - MIT, Manipal
6.Driftwood - Pune
7.The Barefoot Clan - Mar Ivanios, Trivandrum
8.Blind Ritual - Mumbai
9.In Dying Days - Kochi
10.Warlock - VIT, Vellore
11.Sinister Violence - West Bengal
12.Darkest Red - TOC-H, Kochi
13.Point Blank - VIT, Vellore
14.Tom Violence - Chennai
15.Rocksault - Trivandrum
16.Crypted - Chennai
17.Crescendo - Hyderabad
18.U.8.Noise - Delhi
19.The Undergods - Vadodara
20.Distortion Culture - Bangalore

The winner gets a chance to open for the Main Rock Show in the Open Air Theater in front of 5000 people! The winner will also get a recording deal worth INR 50000 from Nathaniel School of Music!

For further queries contact -

Aarathi Kumar +91 9940212054
Advaith Mohan +919840837611
Arjun Arora +91 9952942969
Saranya Kapur +91 992396332