User:Chaos IIMA/sandbox

= Chaos = Every year at IIM A the iconic red brick walls wait to tell you a story… A story of how 800 future CEOs to be burning the midnight oil on spreadsheets & strategies, let it all lose for 4 days and bring fun, creativity and life to the doorstep of 70000 Amdavadis! Touted as one of the biggest cultural festivals in India, Chaos sure lives up to its name. While pronite brings industry stalwarts like Mohit Chauhan, Vishal & Shekhar, Indian Ocean to the city, rock nites bring you Parikrama, Mother Jane, Thermal & a Quarter, Led Zepplica and many more such bands. It boasts of the Great Ahmedabad Race, a one of its kind event in the college cult fest circuit, modeled on the Amazing Race. The ‘navrasas’ come alive as IIM Acts and drama teams from across the country regale you with laughter or leave your heart heavy with emotions. Nearly 8000 hearts beat in unison or do away with those blues through the rock concert under a star studded sky at LKP or by joining any of our numerous dance and art workshops. The 4 days keep the participants entertained through a host of interesting competitions that have been designed especially for evreyones sublime sensitivities from singing at the Karaoke booth to grooving to hip-hop numbers. The stages at the Louis Kahn Plaza dazzle the audience through the amazing array of dance performances and heart throbbing fashion shows! This in a nutshell is what Chaos is about, how management students of the top Indian B-school, let lose all chaos during the 4 days!

Pronites
Professional night or Pronites as they are more commonly known are performances by well-known artists on every evening of the fest. Pronites have always been huge crowd pullers, attracting an audience of more than _____ at the Loius Khan Plaza Lawns every year. Chaos pronites boasts of some of the biggest names from the Indian entertainment: Mother Jane, Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Grammy award winner Pandit Visvamohan Bhatt and Kavita Seth. From Indian classical to pop to rock, Chaos has had them all! Some of the stalwarts from the Indian industry who have enthralled the crowds at IIM-A are: Jagjit Singh, Nizami Brothers, Amaan Ali Khan & Ayaan Ali Khan, Sonu Nigam, Shruthi Pathak, Mohit Chauhan, Remo Fernandes, Silk Route, Junoon, Jal & Strings, Indian Ocean, Euphoria, Led Zepplica, MotherJane, Parikrama. Chaos has also hosted some of the biggest names in the DJ industry, from Akbar Sami, Gaurav Devgaonkar, Ayushman Khurana, DJ Crazy Sam, DJ Aura, DJ Kahaan, Nikhil Chinappa and DJ Sur. The latest edition of Chaos was a chip off the block for several reasons. Firstly, for the first time in the history of all cultural fests, Chaos 2012 – December hosted the campus addition of Asia’s biggest dance festival – Sunburn Goa. The festival hosted artists Dualist Inquiry – Sahej Bakshi, and DJ Shaan, who brought sunburn Goa live to the 5000 odd audience gathered at LKP. Secondly, it was the second Chaos which hosted an alumni – MBA graduate turned singer, Gaurav Dagaonkar who released his recent album “_____”. This year, Chaos also played host to International blues band SoulMate & Bollywood music industry big-wigs, Vishal and Shekhar who set the feet tapping of the 10,000 odd audiences!

Informals
One of the biggest informal events at Chaos is the “Great Ahmedabad Race”, started in 2009 and modelled on the popular TV series - the Amazing race. It’s a unique treasure hunt, unlike no other taking the participants across the city of Ahmedabad. Teams of two are given clues, which on deciphering take them to various locations in Ahmedabad. Five internal teams and five external are selected through countrywide online prelims and battle it out in this test of endurance and wits. Although Junkyard Wars is mostly a technical fest phenomena, Chaos had its own version of the quintessential game, where teams were given common objects found in the trash and were asked to make objects out of them. The judging here was not based on the weight or strength the object could bear, but on the basis of aesthetic appeal, utility and efficiency of the product. Another informal event, unique to Chaos, is Mr. & Ms. Chaos – a personality fashion show. The event is not a run-of-the-mill beauty show, but tests contestant’s talent, ability to think on their feet as well as their sense of humour. Contestants are selected through rigorous elimination tests, mostly surprise rounds at that to finally arrive at the last man and woman standing.