Incident

Incident is the annual cultural festival of the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) in Surathkal, Karnataka, India. The fest is a four-day-long event held in March in the even semester of the NITK Calendar. The fest brings together students from different colleges all over India, attracting an estimated annual footfall of about 45,000 people, and boasts a number of competitive events, workshops, competitions and performances as well as pro-shows by widely known and popular artists including the likes of Sunidhi Chauhan, Salim–Sulaiman, Amaal Malik, Benny Dayal, the duo of Vishal–Shekhar and Javed Ali among many others. History The fest was started by the students of the college, the then Karnataka Regional Engineering College led by Umar Teekay during the 1980s, with a budget of Rs. 10000, and has been continued and amplified every year since. By 1985, Incident events were split between the Student Activity Center and the Silver Jubilee Auditorium. By the beginning of the 1990s, the fest had gained ample popularity among Mangaloreans. In 1992, one of the then biggest industries of Mangalore – PVS Beedies Pvt. Ltd. sponsored Incident when it created history by holding Fashion show contests for the first time. Incident in the 2000s was Gen Ys' fest where popular and new cultural norms were rising every day. However, the biggest revolution happened during Incident 2005 with the introduction of “Pronites” that took the celebration to a whole new level with Parikrama playing their groovy tunes to the cheers of the huge throng of students. Incident 2006 marked the first “Beach events” that were held in the college's very own private beach. Incident 2009-2015 was Incident's golden years where the fest went countrywide. Participation from colleges around Karnataka and around the rest of the country was at a new high. Appearances by the biggest celebrities of Bollywood like KK, Sunidhi Chauhan and Vishal–Shekhar were just one night of the extravagant five-day fest held in the blistering heat of Mangalore summer. Musicians and bands of exquisite caliber and the concepts of world fest made Incident the largest fest of South India. Events Incident hosts an exciting plethora of multi-faceted events and workshops over the course of 4 days.