Symphoria 2025, held on the 7th and 8th of February, marked the grand success of SCAC’s flagship literary fest. With over 10 events and more than 200 students from various colleges participating, Symphoria left attendees with unforgettable memories.
Day 1 kicked off with an inspiring Inaugural ceremony, graced by the chief guest Bhushan Pradhan. The day continued with a vibrant Cultural event that showcased an array of talents. A guest lecture by Dr. Sharankumar Limbale, in which he shared his journey as a Dalit writer, followed.
The competitions on Day 1 included a Literary Debate, Switch it Up (a writing contest), Monologue competition, and a Scavenger Hunt. The day concluded with a prize distribution ceremony, with Shikha Kocchar as the chief guest for the event.
The winners were as follows:
Cultural competition
Dance winner : Naincy Thaker
Singing winner : Krunal Prabhu
Appreciation- Johan Mathews & Ved Shukla
Literary Debate:
First: Vibha Rajneesh
Second: Tanishqa Jadhav
Third: Aarya Purii
Switch it up:
1. Gurnoor Kaur and Sahana Arunkumar
2. Khare Shwetha and Ananya Chopra
3. Akita Chettri and Pritisha Pingle
Monologue competition:
1st- Alex Rao
2nd- Aanchal Mohnani
3rd- Avani Chaudhary
Scavenger Hunt:
Team no 4.
.Bhanukiran Vankamamidi
.Lakshh Jain
.Sreesangari Menon
.Vishal Pal
Day 2 commenced with the first event which was the Authors meet. The panel of authors who joined us were Dr. Sadanand Bhosale, Kavita Kane, and Dr. Manohar Jadhav. The discussion explored the role of subcultures in Indian literature, the enduring relevance of mythology in contemporary storytelling, and the challenges of translating regional works while preserving their essence.
The other events on Day 2 were Anime quiz, Drama competition, Guess the drawing, Escape room, Murder she wrote, and The Poet’s Mic. Followed by the prize distribution and closing ceremony with chief guests Prize distribution guests 8th
Shtrughna Bhosale - JDR and Dattatray Khapal - API. The day ended with an open air film screening of the movie La La Land, followed by an insightful discussion about the movie.
The winners on Day 2 were:
Drama Competition:
Mishka Maheshwari
Syed Ajwad
Srijal Anand
Prathamesh Vatsyayan
Pritisha Pingle
Guess the Drawing:
1st Amrutha Karumanchi
2nd Neesa Gadekar
3rd Shriya Sardeshpande
Escape Room:
1st Place:-
Charvie Bhati
Priyal Sualy
Gauri Gogna
Samriddha Ghosh
2nd Place:-
Danish Patel
Aditya Thombe
Shreya Das
Huzaifa Bootwala
OPEN MIC:
1st - Afifa
2nd - Veer
3rd - Gauri
Appreciation - Syed Ajwad
Anime Quiz
1st - Akita Chettri, Sahil S. Gechand
2nd- Bryan Luis, Sumedh Ghatge
3rd- Ansh Goswami, Sanskar Verma
Murder she wrote:
Aryan Abad
Swara Ghogale
Nehal Chonkar
Riya Manoj Shende
Runner up:
Mohak Agarwal
Shreya
Team Symphoria was led by HOD Dr. Anil Adagale Sir and teachers Anusmita Bagchi, Aditi Deshpande, Dr. Pankaj Lokhande and Dr. Eera Apte. The organizing team worked tirelessly to make Symphoria a grand success, the team consisted of students heads and the Core committee: Vanshika Haldiya, Soniya Gaikwad, Nivedita Gupta and Asra Yaseen.
