nagpur sunday marked the finale of the 31st edition of aarohi 18 the threeday annual festival of visvesvaraya national institute of technology vnit that began on friday the times of india was print partner of the eventthe cultural extravaganza commenced with events like halla bol a street play competition ala danse where participants exhibited dancing skills on different bollywood songs that compelled the spectators to tap their feet and applaud the contestants informals and pentathlon followed by edm nite where indias first and youngest trap and bass producerdj to have a track under an international label divya razdan alias dj seezi regaled the spectators with her dynamic tracks big fight a debate competition abhivyakti a stage play competition art conoscenza swarmanzar singing competition and cynosure personality contest judged by roadies xtreme fame minnie rohilla were the plethora of events that were staged on saturday the standup nite with kanan gill a comedian and actor was held at vnit auditorium in the evening being an engineer gills anecdotal set recalling his hostel days had the audience in fits of laughter the comedy special keep it real stars act was preceded by performances of ayush ratna a student of vnit and winner of the open mic competition and yash choudhary a standup comedian of the city both students and professors were enthralled by the humour quotient of the eveningthe final rounds of purple haze rhythm divine informals and pentathlons art conoscenza bcl and human foosball and madhur antakshari marked the final day of aarohi 18 the highlight of the evening was a livein concert by the chandigarhbased indie rock collective nalayak the band presented by coke studio sahil samuel was the lead vocalist and acoustic guitarist akshat kakar was the lead guitarist and backing vocalist garry singh arora was the drummer and aashish kalanta the bassist the unconventional hindi rock band captivated the crowd with enchanting stage persona and stupefying performance with music that gently teased the eccentricity of the modern society songs like meri kahani zindagi saawan mann marziyan deewane sach ka dar kuchh bhi umeedein aalam naya and the mostliked baawra had people swaying to their tunes foodiestaan took the crowd on a gastronomical journey with mouthwatering dishes of different cuisines like chinese south indian fries and tornado burgers sandwiches and momos besides others the events were covered by cinematrix productions about 25000 people attended the festival organized by students the curtain raiser cultural nite comedy aani barach kahi held at vnit auditorium on october 21 featured renowned artistes samir choughule prasad khandekar sandeep gaikwad and bhakti ratnaparkhi in comic skits and amusing acts the proceeds of the event went to shanti bhavan an oldage home reporting by manshika vaikkath