Cultural Activities

Cummins College of Engineering for Women nurtures encourages and provides a perfect blend of academics, sports and cultural activities.

Youth of today, look for a balance between academics and an all-round experience of vibrant active student life. Girl students are highly interested in expressing themselves, pursuing their hobbies, having an exciting campus life, mingling with people, showcasing their artistic talents.

Students are highly motivated to nurture their interests, skills, talents in arts, dance, drama, photography, music, performing arts, painting, acting and so on. Cultural activities bring joy, fun, excitement, can act like stress busters, can encourage team spirit, and even provide leadership growth.

But these cultural activities can also have a more profound impact. For example, dance leads to better fitness, coordination, and flexibility, even better mental functioning. Art can bring joy to self and others help become more creative, help connect with others.

Cultural activities become a means of self-expression, and can lead to sense of beauty and aesthetics, a sense of fulfillment, feeling of achievement. Cultural activities open up myriad of opportunities for students and play a significant role in strengthening the multifaceted personality of students.

Cultural Clubs and Activities:

College has many cultural clubs such as Music club, Dance club, Cultural club-Kalawant which are managed by students and supported by college.

An art exhibition is conducted every year by the Kalawant club. This exhibition brings out the hidden talents among the students in the form of photographs, paper quilling, pencil sketching, abstract painting, embroidery, sculpture, canvas painting doodling etc.

Students organize and actively participate in various events and activities such as  Freshers party for first year students, Farewell Evening for final year students,  Alumni meet etc.

College cultural Festival

A grand cultural fest of college, “GANDHAAR” is celebrated with great enthusiasm every year which is a week-long event. Various competitions are conducted during this fest like the departmental antakshari, rangoli, treasure hunt, trashion, BE fashion show, Cultural dance, painting, sketching, doodling, snap hunt, singing, open mic, debeat street plays and many more. The event also give platform for various inter collegiate competitions like dance competition, street plays etc. Along with this a pre “GANDHAAR” week activities are conducted.

These events are a wonderful blend of traditional Indian classical styles and Western music and dance styles. It showcases a beautiful Indian culture and heritage.

The whole campus becomes lively, energetic, vibrant, a happy place. The amount of talent on display is heartening, astounding and leaves one in awe and inspired.

Intercollege and Intra-college Competitions

Students are motivated to prepare for rigorously, and compete in prestigious intercollegiate drama competitions like ‘Purushottam’ ; ‘Suman Karandak’ and a variety entertainment competition like ‘Firodiya Karandak’ which are popular, challenging and fun.  All girls teams are fresh in approach, and compete on equal terms and exceed expectations and earn lot of admiration for their talents, dedication, performances.

College support for cultural activities

College also provides support for cultural activities, events in many forms. Grounds, open air and closed auditoriums, all kind of spaces big and small, to conduct these events. College also supports students with significant funds for cultural fests and events. Support is also in form of provision of Resources needed, audio video equipment, stage equipment , drama props, variety of musical instruments.

Last word ….

Art, dance, drama, music, literature, performing arts have a way to move hearts, touch souls and bring out inspiration, creativity, joy and contentment.

“The goal of life is rapture. Art is the way we experience it.” Art is the transforming experience. — Joseph Campbell

Prestigious intercollege competitions, intra-college festivals, events of cultural clubs are various avenues encouraged and supported. The students have brought success, name , fame through their participation in various cultural, sports activities and this has led to a highly valued, appreciated and loved, lively vibrant campus life experience for students.