Started – 8th July 2019
Ended – 26th July 2019
 

Introduction
Darpan is the annual intra-collegiate cultural fest organized by the CHRIST (Deemed to be University) with the sole aim of building and enhancing the creativity in the perpetual contemporary world. The School of Business studies and Social Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, organized the event of Darpan., having in mind the same vision. This journey of Darpan is certainly a magnificent overview of the eternal talents that came forth and was cultivated.

Inauguration
All of this began with the Inauguration of Darpan that was held on 8th of July’2019 that marked the presence of the fest. Inauguration was a mix of cultural stigma that included various classical dance forms invocating the presence, musicians bestowing their enigma through voices, contemporary Bollywood to propagate the sense of enjoyment and being free. The inauguration of Darpan brought in the message of home-coming to all the students.

Events
Darpan 2019 was blessed with all kinds of events that included broadly three fields: - Art, Stage and Literary. The Art events included the sketching, painting, cartooning, doodling, Rangoli making, etc. These events bestowed the opportunity for the creative minds to think and bring their imagination onto paper. The event can be declared a success because of the marvelous and charismatic vibes that were coming forth of the art works that were created.
The Literary events enhanced the linguistic knowledge in the students and gave them a scope to deliver their messages in better words. These included: - Just-in-A-Minute, Debate, Pot-pourri, etc. that inculcated language in different forms. The stage events provided talented minds with a platform to share their feelings with the audience and spectators. The hard work of students was to be presented on this stage. These included dance events like Indian folk and film dance, Indian Classical Dance Solo, Indian theme dance Group, Indian Non-Theme Dance Group, etc. Singing events were included like Solo Indian Classical, Solo India film and folk, Group Acapella, Group Western Electric, etc. and at last Theatre events marked the presence in Darpan 2019 that included Mime, Street Plays and Proscenium.
Darpan 2019 witnessed its pause on 20th July with its last event Proscenium. The sense of unity and enhancement of creativity would never fail in the fest Darpan.

Valedictory
Darpan 2019 was a great success and to congratulate and appreciate the work of all the participants and the winners the valedictory ceremony for Darpan 2019 was held on 29th July, 2019, in the Mini Auditorium in Christ (Deemed to be University). The honorable dignitaries for the valedictory were the Director Dr. Biju K Chacko and the Dean Dr. Jyothi Kumar. The MCs for the event were Melisa Maiju and Archith Bhaskar. The event started with a singing performance followed by an encouraging speech by the Director and the Dean. Post the initial motivating talks by the dignitaries, there was prize distribution ceremony, the audience were very cheerful and enthusiastic. The prize distribution ceremony encouraged the participants and the winners to perform even better for the upcoming events.

At the end, the after movie of Darpan was played including the participants who showcased the talent, effort and excitement of throughout the fest. The event ended with the University Anthem. The valedictory concluded that Darpan was a huge success and it ended on a happy note.