The Literary and Cultural Association of Kristu Jayanti College organized ‘Kalajyothi’, The Intra-Collegiate Literary, Cultural, and Gospel Fest, from 30th August to 09th September 2023. The theme specifically chosen for the fest was TATVA – Five Elements of the Universe. Events were conducted through Online and Offline mode with the active participation of more than 3000 undergraduate students registering for various events.

The fest was motivated with a promotion held on the 30th of August in the Main Block Quadrangle with each art form portraying one Element of the Universe which was then concluded with Rev. Fr. Dr. Augustine George declaring the commencement of the fest in the presence of Fr. Lijo P Thomas, Vice Principal, along with the management members, faculty co-ordinators of The Literary and Cultural Association and various other students and faculties.

Kalajyothi Fest brought in innumerable event categories as Literary, Fine Arts, Theatre, Music, and Dance and every event witnessed groundbreak registrations. The Literary events included Amateur RJ, Debate, Master of Ceremony, Personality Contest, Creative Writing in Hindi, Kannada, English, and Elocution in English, Hindi, and Kannada. Fine Arts Events in Kalajyothi included Cartooning, Installation, Jewellery Making, Mehndi, Paper Painting, Pencil Sketching, Poster Making, Salad Making, Costume Design, Rangoli, Trash Art, calligraphy and doodle art. Fine Arts also had a collective number of Digital Events. The following category consisted of events such as Digital Photography, Digital Poster Making, and Short Film Making. Theatre Events in Kalajyothi had 152 registrations for events such as Mime, Monoacting, Skit, Street play, and Tableau. Music Events in Kalajyothi included various events such as Beat Boxing, Eastern Vocal Solo, Instrumental Orchestra/Band, Western Group Singing, and Western Vocal Solo.

Dance Events in Kalajyothi had registration for different dance forms including Group Dance (Eastern, Folk, Theme and Western) and Solo Dance (Classical, Eastern and Western). External Judges were invited to judge the different dance forms and were astounded to see the talented participants. All the contestants cordially participated in the event with the guidance of teachers, and with the active involvement of student volunteers. The various events occurred in a perfect manner with the support of the faculty members who were Staff Incharge, Jury, and faculties who helped in maintaining the discipline. The week-long events of Kalajyothi 2023, with the overwhelming participation of over 3500 students, was indeed a splendid occasion.

The Literary and Cultural Association of Kristu Jayanti College organized ‘Kalajyothi’, The Intra-Collegiate Literary, Cultural and Gospel Fest, from 9th September to 17th September 2022. The theme specifically chosen for the fest was TATVA – Five Elements of the Universe.

The fest was stimulated with a promotion held on the 9th of September in the Main Block Quadrangle with each art form depicting one Element of the Universe which was then concluded with Rev. Fr. Dr. Augustine George declaring the commencement of the fest in the presence of Fr. Lijo P Thomas, Vice Principal, along with the management members, faculty co-ordinators of The Literary and Cultural Association and various other students and faculties.

Kalajyothi Fest brought in multitudinous events categories as Literary, Fine Arts, Theatre, Music, and Dance and every event witnessed a large number of registrations. The Literary events included Amateur RJ, Debate, Master of Ceremony, Personality Contest, Creative Writing in Hindi, Kannada, English (Secular and Gospel), and Elocution in English, Hindi, and Kannada. Fine Arts Events in Kalajyothi included Cartooning, Installation, Jewellery Making, Mehndi, Paper Painting, Pencil Sketching, Poster Making, Salad Making, Costume Design, Rangoli, and Trash Art. New events were introduced in the fine arts category such as calligraphy and doodle art. Fine Arts also had a collective number of Digital Events. The following category consisted of events such as Digital Photography, Digital Poster Making, and Short Film Making. Theatre Events in Kalajyothi had 152 registrations for events such as masquerade, Mime, Mimicry, Mono-acting (Gospel and Secular), Skit, and Street play, and Tableau. Music Events in Kalajyothi included various events such as Beat Boxing, Eastern Vocal Solo (Classical, Secular and Gospel), Instrumental Orchestra/Band, Rap, Western Group Singing (Gospel and Secular), and Western Vocals Solo (Gospel and Secular). Dance Events in Kalajyothi had registration for different dance forms including Group Dance (Eastern, Folk, Theme and Western) and Solo Dance (Classical, Eastern and Western week-long events of Kalajyothi 2022, with the overwhelming participation of over 3500 students, was indeed a grand success.

Date: 30th September to 5th October 2021
KALAJYOTHI, the annual Intra-collegiate Literary, Cultural and Gospel fest of Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous) was conducted on the zoom virtual platform from 30th September to 5th October 2021 for all undergraduate students.

Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous) provides equal importance to the extra-curricular achievements as it certainly leads to the holistic growth of students. ‘KALAJYOTHI’ – the annual intra-collegiate literary, cultural and gospel fest was conducted to identify and motivate the young talents of the college. The fest included 4 literary events, 11 fine arts events, 3 theatre events and 5 music and dance events which included both secular and gospel events. The opportunities created by the Literary and Cultural Association (LCA) of the college provided multifarious competitions which witnessed energetic and vibrant performances of students showcasing the best of spirits.

The fest witnessed a remarkable registration of 2405 students. More than 30 events pertaining to both secular and gospel competitions were conducted through the zoom platform. The events got a tremendous participation from undergraduate students of the college. Events such as Elocution, Personality Contest and Master of Ceremony had an overwhelming participation of more than 200 students each. Students enjoyed participating in various events of their interest and positive feedback was received for the creative topics and the effective conduct of Kalajyothi 2021.

Literary events included CREATIVE WRITING (English, Kannada & Hindi), ELOCUTION (English, Kannada & Hindi), PERSONALITY CONTEST and MASTER OF CEREMONY. The fine arts category had events like PENCIL SKETCHING, PAPER PAINTING, CARTOONING, POSTER MAKING, TRASH ART, DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY, DOCUMENTARY VIDEO, JEWELLERY DESIGN, COSTUME DESIGN, NAIL ART and RANGOLI. Events like MONO ACT, MIMICRY and MASQUERADE were conducted under theatre category. Eastern and western solo dance were also conducted. Under the music category, WESTERN VOCAL SOLO (Secular and Gospel), EASTERN VOCAL SOLO (Classical and Light Vocal), BEATBOXING, INSTRUMENTAL SOLO (Eastern and Western) and RAP were conducted. Events which involved a greater number of participants had a Preliminary round prior to the final round to shortlist the candidates.

Overall, the significant success of the online intra- collegiate fest held over the zoom platform lies in the enthusiastic participation and talent showcased by the students at Kristu Jayanti College.

Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore conducted ‘Kalajyothi’, the annual literary and cultural arts fest for all undergraduate students on the zoom virtual platform which included events from literary, fine arts, music, dance and theatre categories. The annual collegiate fest was conducted online for the first time. It began on 28th September and culminated on 3rd October. The entire schedule was organized via zoom and conducted with judges and participants on the virtual platform. In total the fest included 6 literary events, 11 fine arts events, 3 theatre events and 5 music and dance events.

The literary events included creative writing, elocution, debate among other competitions which had categories in three languages – English, Hindi and Kannada and had a large number of participants. The debate topics ranged from discussion on the National Education Policy (NEP) to the pros and cons of online education in the pandemic times. The quizzing event which had two categories – secular and gospel were each held over the span of two days in order to facilitate the large influx of interest and enthusiasm in participants and was one of the few team events which the fest being held on an online platform was able to include. The personality contest and master of ceremony events in which the students are able to showcase their talents as emcees and hosts witnessed a lot of enthusiastic participation from across all the degree classes. The Fine Arts events included every aspect of creative expression like pencil sketching, paper painting, cartooning, poster making, trash art, nail art, rangoli, jewellery and costume design, digital photography and documentary video. While most of the events were conducted live on zoom, some events required an uploading of the prepared content which was also diligently accommodated by the participants.

The monoact, mimicry and masquerade events in theatre showcased the multitude of talents amongst the students, with several themes of social relevance also being highlighted. The classical, eastern and western dance events unleashed the immense talent of the participants who had auditions held to decide the final round of participants. The music events included solo singing competitions in western, eastern and classical categories and additionally had rap, beatboxing and instrumental solo to accommodate the wide range of talents among the musically gifted students at Kristu Jayanti. External judges and experts from the field of music, dance and theatre were present for the final round of evaluation, most of whom commended the performances put up by the students.

Overall the resounding success of the first ever online collegiate fest held over the online Zoom platform lies in the enthusiastic participation and talent showcased by the student body at Kristu Jayanti.

‘Kalajyothi 2019’, the annual intra-collegiate cultural and literary fest opens a platform for the students to showcase their talents through various events. The week long fest, from 29th July 2019 to 03 August 2019 saw the participation of thousands of students from the different departments of the college. The fest incorporated both secular & gospel events. Kalajyothi was initially inaugurated on July 27th 2019. New events introduced this academic year were Rap, Documentary video, Jam, Herbal Bouquet, Jewelry Making, Installation, Poster Making (Digital).

The fest featured 12 literary events, 16 fine arts events, 6 theatre events, 11 music events & 8 dance events. The gospel category had 15 events. More than 3500 registrations were recorded for the various events & over 1623 students participated in various events.

‘Kalajyothi 2018’, the annual intra-collegiate cultural and literary fest opens a platform for the students to showcase their talents through various events. The week long fest saw the participation of thousands of students from the different departments of the college. The fest incorporated both secular & gospel events. Kalajyothi was initially inaugurated on July 18th 2018. The events were conducted from 23rd July to 28th July 2018. New events introduced this academic year were Nail art & Elocution (English).

The fest featured 10 literary events, 14 fine arts events, 6 theatre events, 9 music events & 8 dance events. The gospel category had 13 events. More than 3500 registrations were recorded for the various events & over 1829 students participated in various events.

Kalajyothi , the intra collegiate literary, cultural and gospel fest, is conducted for the students from various departments in UG where they get together and showcase their talents and win prizes. Kalajyothi was conducted on 13th July 2017 to 22nd July 2017. The number of participants for Kalajyothi were 1985 students.

Kalajyothi 2017 was declared open by The Principal, Rev. Fr. Josekutty P.D. The chief guest for the occasion wasMr.Chris Phol, CEO, Ammirato Food Pvt Ltd. 48 events were conducted under the category of literary, fine arts, theater, music and dance.

Kalajyothi, the Intra Collegiate Literary, Cultural and Gospel fest, is conducted for the students from various departments in UG where they get together and showcase their talents and win prizes. Kalajyothi was conducted from 11th July to 16th July 2016. Kalajyothi 2016 was declared open by The Principal, Rev. Fr. Josekutty P.D. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Mr. Balaji Iyer, Associate Director and KM Leader, Grant Thornton LLP.

46 events were conducted under the category of literary, fine arts, theater, music and dance in which the number of participants were 1,437 students.

Kalajyothi, the intra collegiate literary, cultural and gospel fest, is conducted for the students from various departments in UG where they get together and showcase their talents and win prizes. Kalajyothi was conducted on 20th July to 25th July 2015. The number of participants for Kalajyothi was 1,574 students.

Kalajyothi 2015 was inaugurated on 15th July 2015 by Mr. Mikael De La Fuente , Director of Alliance Francaise, Bangalore. 40 secular and 07 Gospel events were conducted.