Ripple (UCMS)
Ripple is the annual cultural, literary and sports festival of University College of Medical Sciences (Delhi). It is organised in the second week of March each year for four days. Ripple attracts a huge crowd and participation from the student community of Delhi and North India, which mainly consists of MAMC, LHMC, VMMC, other Delhi University colleges, IIT and Indraprastha University colleges.
Activities
Ripple consists of mainly four domains:
1.Cultural events
It consists of various activities like western dance, choreography (Celeste), stage play (Manchayan), street play, Fashion show (Larzish) etc. A huge sum of prize money is awarded to winning teams.
2.Literary Events (LITCAFE')
The literary society of UCMS "Apokalypto" organises various literary events like Hindi & English debate, Medical quiz, GK quiz, Cricket quiz, Just a minute, Poster presentation etc.
3.Sports events (ARENA)
Under the banner of ARENA, various sports events like Basketball, cricket, football, table tennis, Chess, carrom, Volleyball are organised.
4.Mega events
It consists of two star nights with prominent national celebrity singers, Rain dance and DJ party each evening. Ripple has had Shibani Kashyap, Mika Singh, Jal band, Strings band, KK, Vishal-Shekhar, Ashok Masti etc. performing here. Ripple registers a footfall of more than 2000 students on the day of the star night.
Besides these, other informal events are organised.
Rules for Entry
Entry to RIPPLE is limited to the student community on production of an i-card of their respective colleges. Alumni of UCMS are also invited to Ripple, and they attend it in large numbers and with full enthusiasm. The budget of Ripple can be anything between 15-20 lakhs, which tends to increase each year. This amount of money is raised from the College Cultural Fund and various sponsors.
Organisers
The organising team of Ripple consists of students of UCMS under the banner of the student union, which has a president, vice president, cultural secretary, general sec., sports sec., treasurer, literary sec., joint sec. etc.
References
External links
- http://ucms.ac.in/sa_cultural.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120328045451/http://www.youthv.com/content/view/720/58/
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