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Aatmatrisha is the annual intercollegiate techno-cultural fest of PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore. Aatmatrisha has seen 12 editions since its birth in the year 2000. Over the past years, the event has grown to become a well known techno-cultural fest in Bangalore.

About PES Institute of Technology
People's Education Society Institute of Technology (also known as PESIT or P.E.S. Institute of Technology) is a private co-educational engineering college located in Bangalore, Karnataka , India. It was established in 1988 and is affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. It was granted academic autonomy in August 2007. PESIT is managed by the People's Education Society (PES), which was founded in 1972.The PES currently manages over 45 educational programs in Karnataka and neighboring Andhra Pradesh, with a total of over 15000 students. PESIT was founded in 1988, as the first engineering college under the PES.

History of Aatmatrisha
The Aatmatrisha trend began 12 years ago in the year 2000. The name ‘Aatmatrisha’, meaning ‘thirst of the soul’ (aatma- soul; trisha- thirst), was coined by Kalyan Varma. The fest took off to a great start and has been continuing over the years, with new varieties of cultural, technical, literary and informal events coming up each year. The Fest culminates with the rock show, with performances by well known artists from across the country.

The Aatmatrisha cause
Every year Aatmatrisha stood up for a very prevalent societal problem which was called the 'Aatmatrisha Cause' of the year. Aatmatrisha believed that every celebration had to be accompanied by a good deed to the society. Hence every year, the AT core team has worked towards making a small difference in this world. Every year, a socially prevalent problem was selected. The team worked to help in solving the problem to a small extent. Causes like "Saving the Environment", "Uplifting Child Rights" and others were chosen and good work has been done towards it.

Events
Aatmatrisha has hosted a variety of events spanning across a variety of domains such as cultural, technical, informal, literary, gaming, sports, fine-arts and photography. Over the years, the events have grown in quality and number. The "Battle of The Bands" has served as a platform for upcoming college bands to showcase their talent. Many quizzes on various domains were done by Quotient Quiz Club of PESIT. Gully Cricket and Street Soccer and other sports events were organised for sports enthusiasts. Technical talks, workshops and competitions for all branches of engineering, such as, Code Wars, Arduino workshop, Circuit Debugging and others. An E-Commerce talk by Mekin Maheshwari, vice-president of Flipkart was organised in the past. Other informal events like Snakes and Ladders, Amazing Race were also part of the events before.

Aatmatrisha has a Pronite event every year where musicians and other artists perform. Over the years, artists and bands like The Raghu Dixit Project, Euphoria, Shibani Kashyap, Jal, Parikrama and Aurko and the Beat gurus have performed as a part of the festivities.

Aatmatrisha 2012
Aatmatrisha 2012 took place on March 23'rd, 24'th and 25'th,2012. Aatmatrisha brought icons to life with their theme as 'pop art!' Aatmatrisha '12 took up Protection of Child Rights as its cause as they strongly believe that every child's rights individual rights need to be protected and basic needs should be available to every child. Aatmatrisha'12 had numerous technical and cultural numerous events. An E-commerce talk by Mekin Maheshwari, A Kalyan Varma photowalk. Aatmatrisha'12 ended with performance by The Raghu Dixit Project.

Aatmatrisha 2011
Aatmatrisha 2011 took place on February 18’th, 19’th and 20’th, 2011. It presented long list of events and workshops to participants. This year, Aatmatrisha brought Greece to Bangalore as the fest had innovative theme “GO GREEK”. Aatmatrisha'11 also strongly adopted a very noble environment friendly policy. The cause for Aatmatrisha 2011 was 'Go green!' The event was culminated by the performance of the bands Aurko and Beat gurus.

Aatmatrisha 2010
Aatmatrisha 2010 opened to a great start on April 31st 2010 and continued over the first two days of May. The fest, as always, offered a wide variety of technical and cultural events that was well received by students all over Bangalore. The theme for that year was Aqua, highlighting the show-stopper for that year, the memorable performance by Jal_(band) on May 2nd. The concert was a first of its kind in Bangalore, and ended with a special number ‘Yeh dosti’ which they dedicated from Pakistan to India.