Felicity (festival)
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| Felicity | |
|---|---|
 Logo of Felicity, IIIT Hyderabad | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Technical, Cultural |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Venue | International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad |
| Location(s) | Hyderabad, Telangana |
| Coordinates | 17°26′45.47″N 78°20′48.12″E / 17.4459639°N 78.3467000°ECoordinates: 17°26′45.47″N 78°20′48.12″E / 17.4459639°N 78.3467000°E ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Country | India |
| Years active | 21 |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Most recent | 18-20 March, 2022 |
| Organised by | Students of IIIT, Hyderabad |
| Website | felicity Felicity on Instagram Felicity on Facebook Felicity on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Felicity is the signature annual techno-cultural fest of International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad. Since its inauguration in 2001, Felicity has been held over the course of 3 days around the months of February and March every year. Each Felicity is organised around a specific theme, with past themes being Retro (2022), Embracing the Curry Culture (2020), Superheroes (2019), Forever Young (2017)[1] and Vibrant Villages (2014)[2].
Organised by the student community of IIIT Hyderabad, Felicity consists of events such as workshops and competitions ranging over sports, arts, gaming, and technical areas like programming and robotics.
History and Evolution[edit]
With the arrival of IIIT Hyderabad's 2001 batch, the biggest the then 3-year-old college had seen yet, arose the need for more extracurricular activities. Thus emerged the idea of a college fest - Felicity. The name Felicity was proposed by Professor Sudhakar Marathe, a visiting faculty from the University of Hyderabad. He felt it was an appropriate name for the event as Felicity would be a time for appreciation of the privilege, freedom and comfort given to the students, provide a sense of celebration, and the feeling and hope that everything is alright with the world.
Initially, Felicity was just a cultural fest but over time, it evolved into a techno-cultural fest.[3] Felicity began in 2001 with a budget of around ₹ 4,00,000, contributed in parts by the college administration, students, and various sponsors. The first edition was held across three days, from 5th to 7th October 2001, and was mostly a student-driven initiative.
The year 2002 saw a brief hiatus before Felicity resumed in 2003 and has been an annual event ever since. Felicity has always been an inter-college affair with participants and audience hailing from beyond IIITH[4]. However, the 2022 edition was an exception because of the precautions necessary in the post-pandemic period. Felicity 2021 was held online due to the prevailing lockdown restrictions.
Over the years Felicity witnessed in-person and virtual participation from over 30,000 people belonging to 100+ countries. Some of the events that attract attention every year include Codecraft - the flagship coding event of Felicity with participants from all over the world; Pulsation - Digital Electronics and Robotics events like robot races and digital treasure hunt; Cheat Codes - the fest-wide gaming event over various platforms like PC and VR including a wide variety of video games; Kalakshetra - an artistic event for the community to express themselves while decorating the campus.[5]
Notable Guests and Performers[edit]
Felicity '22 had its inaugural night end on a humorous note with YouTuber and stand-up comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath's performance. The second night of the 2022 edition saw performances by DJ KD Belle and the music band Lost Stories. The closing night of the fest witnessed playback singer and composer Arjun Kanungo perform a lively line-up of songs.
The 2021 edition witnessed a plethora of guests, with live interactive sessions by personalities such as actors Amol Parashar and Shweta Tripathi Sharma, entrepreneurs and business leaders Chaitanya Peddi, Anand Rathi and William Bryant, para-badminton player Manasi Joshi, the then Commissioner of Police for Cyberabad V. C. Sajjanar, a music performance by alternative band The Yellow Diary, and a closing performance by comedian Zakir Khan.
Kumar Varun gave the 2020 edition a humorous touch with his stand-up comedy. DJ and musician Olly Esse's performance was one of the highlights. Indian alternative rock band, The Local Train performed on the Night of Music, with renditions of their songs such as Choo Lo, Dil Mere, Aaftaab, and many more. The night also witnessed performances from the regional band Merakee. The fest ended with yet two more musical performances by Piyush Bhisekar and Vasu Raina.
The 9xm Bharat Bass Festival, which featured musical acts by the International DJ Johnnie Ernest, was one of the major highlights of Felicity '19, including performers Spinnin Vibezz, Xubaan, and Adrima. The fest featured stand-up comedy by Rohit Swain. A special live paper cutout performance was also part of the fest by Rishikesh Potdar, known to be the world's only live speed paper cutout performer.
Events by Student Bodies[edit]
Cultural[edit]
Amateur Sports Enthusiasts Club[edit]
Footbids is an auction for FIFA players conducted in collaboration with the Entrepreneurship Cell of IIITH. Teams were simulated on FIFA 2020, and they had to bid for new and retro players based on the theme.
Debate Society (DebSoc)[edit]
They host a block and tackle event where a group of participants argue individually about a topic which is two-sided, and a regular format debate tournament.
Decore (Design Club)[edit]
Their events include Drag em’ down - an online quiz event hosted on GimKit - and Attack on Frames, an animation workshop.
LitClub (Literary Club)[edit]
Their prime event is Treasure Hunt - a competition where participants, in groups of 2 to 4, are quizzed on popular literature with clues leading around the campus.
The Art Society[edit]
They organise events such as Pixel Art - where participants paint number grids according to numeric codes to finally reveal a popular figure; painting events such as wall painting, face painting and other art workshops.
The Dance Crew[edit]
Felicity showcases myriad dance performances through events such as Footfall, an on-campus flash mob, Clash of Duos and Two to Tango, dance competitions where participants pair up to compete. The dance crew also organises the opening night Inaugurals and dance workshops.
The Music Club[edit]
The musical performances of the Felicity Inaugurals are coordinated by the Music Club. Further, they organise Roadblock, an open-mic event hosted on Kadamb Road.
The Language Club[edit]
They host Felicity Countdown, a month-long event, where students post a song daily in any language, except English.
TV Room Quiz Club (TVRQC)[edit]
Their flagship event, conducted during Felicity is Battle of Brains - a multi-themed open quiz hosted by a quiz master.[6]
Technical[edit]
Electronics and Robotics Club (ERC)[edit]
Escape Room is an online Electronics and Robotics themed event introduced by the ERC in Felicity 2022. Modelled after a typical escape room, the contest included various tasks such as pictorial challenges relating to sci-fi movies and electronics, crosswords, riddles, unscrambling words, circuit solving and bug detection, etc. with increased difficulty proportional to the level of the game.
Robot races are also conducted, where teams make and bring a remote-controlled robot, which is then put through an obstacle course to test its performance.[7]
Hacking Club[edit]
BreakIn CTF is a capture the flag event in which players use logic and knowledge in technology to solve various tasks.
Trojan Horse is a literary themed track within BreakIn CTF, conducted in collaboration with the Literary Club.
Open Source Developers Group[edit]
In VimGolf, participants are given some tasks to solve in Vim, for example reversing the contents of a file, with the aim being to complete the task using minimum number of keystrokes. A leaderboard is maintained throughout the contest.
Programming Club[edit]
CodeCraft is an annual programming contest, and the biggest event organised by the Programming Club as part of Felicity. It usually consists of Division 1 or Division 2 contests conducted on the competitive programming platform CodeForces.
Decode takes the regular programming competition format but provides participants with the problem statement and a buggy code. Contestants are to find a test case where the code will give an incorrect output.
Fool’s Programming involves lateral thinking and the ability to search for clues, with the primary challenge being to decipher the question rather than solving them.
Gordian Knot is a mathematics-based contest with the problems similar but slightly different from typical Project Euler styled contests.
The Gaming Club[edit]
A PUBG tournament was conducted in Felicity 2020 as part of the first Arcade that was hosted.
In Felicity 2021, a series of 3 game tournaments of Brawlhalla, Valorant and Minecraft were held, named Triathlon. It also included a parallel FIFA tournament.
Felicity 2022 held Cheat Codes, a series of 4 games tournaments of FIFA, Rocket League, CS:GO and Brawlhalla. This was the second Arcade that was hosted.
Former Sponsors and Partners[edit]
Felicity has had several sponsors and partners since its inception, with Qualcomm and SBI being the title sponsor and banking partner respectively in 2022.
Felicity has previously collaborated with a number of entities for various purposes, such as transportation (Uber, Rapido), banking (State Bank of Hyderabad), social causes (Humane City International, M.A.D.), media (HelloIntern, ATKT), fashion (Ajio), workshops and industrial experience (InternShala, Foxmula, Edu Fabrica), ML/AI (AICrowd, Microsoft, D.E. Shaw and Co., Progress Software), energy drinks (Monster), flash mobs (Sarath City Mall - Hyderabad), telecom (Airtel), tourism (Telangana Tourism), entertainment (JRNY entertainment, White Heaven Entertainment), electronics (PTron), food delivery (Zomato), gaming (EA, Playmax, Blaze Gaming), news (Eenadu, newindpress.com) and music (Red FM 93.5, 9XM, Pehchaan Music, Zebronics).
Other partners include RRG technologies, CA technologies, LIC, NCM Agency, SoundKraft, printo, FestPav, SafeExpress, Barista, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and BookMyShow. Additionally, Felicity has been sponsored by Verizon, Andhra Bank and TCS, and Felicity Threads have been sponsored by TalentSprint and Microsoft in the past.
References[edit]
- ↑ "'Felicity,' bringing fun and learning together". The Hans India. Hyderabad. 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
The theme for this is to dedicate the three days of the fest to walk through ones childhood again and dip in the nostalgia of the 90’s.
- ↑ "FELICITY 2014 : IIIT Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh". www.indianjobtalks.in. FELICITY 2014 THEME. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ↑ "FELICITY 2014 : IIIT Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh". www.indianjobtalks.in. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
From the year 2004 onwards technical events were included in the festival under the banner of Threads. Thus it expanded from merely being a cultural festival to a cultural as well as technical festival.
- ↑ "'Bombay Vikings' to perform at IIIT festival". The Times of India. Hyderabad. 2005-02-02. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
About 7,000 teams from 200 colleges including engineering and other degree colleges across the country are expected to participate in various events.
- ↑ "FELICITY 2014 : IIIT Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh". www.indianjobtalks.in. EVENTS. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ↑ Correspondent, Special (2017-01-27). "Open quiz competition on IIIT, Hyderabad campus today". The Hindu. Hyderabad. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
The quiz is open to everyone - across all age groups - in teams of two members. The quiz will be conducted by Sameer Dharur, the President of K-Circle, India's oldest quiz club based in Hyderabad.
- ↑ Shantaveeresh, Prathima (2014-02-22). "Felicity begins at IIIT-H". The Hans India. Hyderabad. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
The fest which will conclude on Sunday will see many innovative competitions like Robo Rally where students will display the remote-controlled robots created by them.
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