My friend has graduated from IIM Indore and would describe the fests as massive events of celebration. The institute organizes a lot of literary and cultural events but the two main events in the year are as follows:

Atharv:

• This is the cultural, literary, and management festival of IPM, organized each year. 
• A number of events in this one include managerial to marketing and b-plan events to literary and cultural events. 
• More than 1 lakh students participate in Atharv conducted for 3 days. These events can help you get some cash prizes as well.
• The evenings feature musical and artistic performances by professionals in the field.

Another important fest is titled Ranbhoomi. It is the Annual National Level Sports Festival. This one is held for three days as well and the events range from Cricket, Basketball, Volleyball, Football, and even Chess and Arm-Wrestling.

Reunion and Bengal Engineering College Annuals is an annual cultural fest of IIEST Shibpur. It is in general the oldest cultural fest in the entire country. These are those 4 days that every individual looks forward to in their educational career. It was held for the 82nd time in 2019. 

The detailed highlights of the fest are as follows:

• Day 1: Classical Night
• Day 2: Beings Night
• Day 3: Kolkata Night
• Day 4: Mumbai Night

The fest holds various events for musicians/events. It also consists of seminars, alumni business meet, band competition, group dance face off and literary competitions. It is basically a symbol of ULLASSSS. It is basically an event inviting a set of memories for the coming life ahead. It presents a blissful event that will always be kept as a memoir.

The college orientation is generally a whole-day event in which seniors welcome the new batches. It generally happens for 3-4 days. This program informs you of each and everything required for the 4 years journey in the college.

• The first day of orientation is completely an official one. The Director of the college gives a speech, and other Functionaries perform their sessions by introducing PEC in front of the fresher students.
• On the 2nd day, the HOD of each department gives a speech, which is quite boring. After that, a session of PECFest starts, which is the biggest and the most interesting session of this institute. A departmental tour is happened, which familiarizes the newcomers with their respective departments. In the evening, several club functions are performed on the college campus.
• On the third day, the college secretaries give a speech about the extra-academics. They share various internship experiences with the freshers. 6th semester is known as the internship semester, as graduation completely depends on the internship report of students. 
• However, you will also get a chance to do internships in a foreign location called a dream internship. The best thing is that you will get an opportunity to interact with the US, the seniors of this institute.

Besides, the orientation program is entirely managed by the students of all semesters, which gives an insight considering the events of the orientation program of PEC. It also represents that the students are very hardworking here. 

You must attend the orientation program; it is just an awesome event.

IEM Kolkata organizes many fests and competitions throughout the year. The IEM Kolkata fest is organised every year and it is known as Innovacion. It is being celebrated at a large scale and many performances, from dance to drama are performed here. All students from semester participate in this fest and together they make it a successful one.

The college also organises fresher's parties and annual functions at science city auditorium. At the fresher's party, all the newbies are welcome and they introduce themselves to their professors and seniors. These events turn out as a great refreshment for the students as the students have to go through a lot while studying and complete all the projects and assignments and attempting exams all together. 

The events are necessary as it encourages the students to learn some new things like time management, discipline, teamwork and students can also showcase their talent to the world by performing in these events.

Yes, there is a Freshers party in IIT BHU, sophomores organize the party before the end of even semester. Which marks the end of the first years' freshers tag. The party offers a conducive environment for interaction between the students of both years. It also helps to develop a strong bond between them, which is crucial for the first years, as they rely on their seniors for guidance related to coursework and career choices. Although a lot of branches have discontinued this practice, it still is a popular way of interaction. The party-spot is usually a hotel with a swimming pool. This also gives an alternate name to this party- 'Pool Party.' Plenty of drinks and food options are available. The party usually lasts for 6-7 hours at a stretch. The time spent here is memorable and becomes a cherished memory of college life. The seniors don't practice ragging while at the party in any form. The freshers may be asked to give a formal introduction, but other than that, there is no record of ragging. All in all, it makes the party jovial and joyous for the freshers and is worth attending.
 

Yes. There’s a whole category of events related to the CS viz. Byte the Bits. This category consists of the events mentioned below: 

• International Coding Marathon: It is a contest hosted on the Codeforces platform. It is a 2 hour and 30 minutes contest with 7 problems to be solved. The scoring is done in the same style as done in ICPC. The prizes for this particular event is worth Rs.50,000. 
• Appathon: It is a contest where the teams need to make and submit the app prototype. The Problem Statement is open before the competition itself. The prizes for this particular event are worth Rs.60,000. 
• MLWare: This contest is based on competitive machine learning. A dataset is given and the participating teams are expected to solve that in the given 3-4 days. The prizes for this particular event are worth Rs.50,000.
• Capture the Flag: Capture the Flag, invites hackers to show off their skills. This event gives an opportunity for the students to deal with cybersecurity problems similar to the real-world scenarios. Prize money for this event is 50,000.

A friend of mine has told me that IGIT Sarang has the best fests and if someone is enthusiastic about the fests, then it is the place to be. 

It is arguably one of the fewer colleges in Odisha in recent years that welcomes the freshers in the grandest fashion through a fest called Consciencia. Students get acquainted with the legacy of the institution right from the get-go through this fest.

There are so many fests in IGIT that sometimes you will lose track of how much you are prepared for the exams. 

• The annual cult lit fest, Horizon is held in the month of February. 
• Another event that is held alongside is the International Model United Nations. 
• The sports carnival of Orissa called Utsahan is held where all the colleges across Orissa participate.
• A film fest also takes place in the institute where for three days; a film is shown to the students every evening. It’s one of the most anticipated events in the institute. 
• The Fun Fair is held on the 1st of April where the students are free to put their stalls. The students showcase their skills in writing, speaking, debates, and a plethora of other events which also include Mehendi.
• Resplendida is an event where the prizes for different events are awarded. 
• Apart from these, there are separate branch fests like the Quimica which is organized by the chemical branch fest. 
• The metallurgy branch holds the Admantium fest.
• The Technovision is held by the CSE branch.

To conclude, all the branches welcome their freshers through their unique fests. It also organize farewells for students who have completed their education at the institution.