Talent Wins Big at NIT Trichy’s Festember
NIT Trichy rang in their annual flagship festival Festember from September 24 to 27 this year. The fest was home to a wide variety of events, including competitions across categories like dramatics, music, dance, literature, gaming, and many more.
Students from across multiple colleges participated and bagged prizes at the events, bringing their skills and creativity to the various stages and competition arenas. With the four-day fest now wrapped up, here’s a look at the winners who came out on top across Festember’s many events.
Hindi Literature Events
Rochak Mantrana
Winner: Anshuman Ranjan – Sastra University
Runner Up: Shubham Sharma – NIT Trichy
Vaad Vivaad (Debate)
Winner: Gargi, Manwitha – Sastra University
Runner Up: Anshuman, Vaibhav – Sastra University
Cricket Quiz
Winner: Team Aakrosh: Swapnil Rudraksh, Shubham Sharma – NIT Trichy
Runner Up: Team Mayvar: Varad Tamhane, Mayank – NIT Trichy
Hasyautsav
Winner: Team Sarang: Anshuman, Akshat, Gargi and Hemant – Sastra University
Runner Up: Team Meow Meow: Arjun, Astitiwa and Shubham – Sastra University
Music Events
Tarangini
Winner: No Metronome – Shiv Nadar University Chennai
Runner Up: 120db – SSN College of Engineering
Gigahertz
Winner: 120db – SSN College of Engineering
Runner Up: No Metronome – Shiv Nadar University Chennai
Upbeat
Winner: Thamizh Mudhalvan – Urumu Dhanalakshmi College
Runner Up: Ayush Prasad – AMET University
Acoustics
Winner: 120db – SSN College of Engineering
Runner Up: The Music Lab – Sastra University
Solo Singing – Eastern
Winner: Ranjani C – Sastra University
Runner Up: Premika Sundar – VIT Vellore
Solo Singing – Western
Winner: Lingheeth – JIPMER Pondicherry
Runner Up: Harini Magesh – NIT Trichy
Arts Events
Cover Story
Winner: Urtz Gumbal – Sastra University
Runner Up: FELIX FELICIS – Sastra University
2nd Runner Up: Thambi Thappu – Sastra University
Paper Dressing
Winner: Art Beat – Kumaraguru Collage of Technology
Runner Up: Cut and create – Government College of Engineering, Salem
Body Art
Winner: Melange – NITT
Runner Up: bolu dolu – Sastra University
2nd Runner Up: PPP – Tamil Nadu National Law Uniersity
Sketch-A-Thon
Winner: Super Duo – Sastra University
Runner Up: Art Beat – Kumaragaru Institute of Technology
2nd Runner Up: Fight Club – National Institute of Food Technology State Management
Dance Events
Western Solo
Winner: Adhi Keswaran – Tamil University
Runner Up: Pozhilan – Urumu Dhanalakshmi College
Eastern Solo
Winner: Ananyaa M – Tamil Nadu National Law University
Runner Up: Poornapriya – K. Ramakrishnan College Of Engineering
Rhythm Roulette
Winner: Pozhilan – Urumu Dhanalakshmi College
Runner Up: Thamizh Mudhlavan – Urumu Dhanalakshmi College
Eastern Choreonite
Winner: Thandav – Sastra University
Runner Up: Team Evoke – Kumaraguru College of Technology
Western Choreonite
Winner: Team INSIDERS – Sastra University
Runner Up: ILLUSION CREW – Sri Sakthi College
Gaming Events
Valorant
Winner: Parth Pagare, Shubham Shelke , Tausif Sayyad , Aditya Kale , Dhruv Chauhan – Sandip University
Runner Up: Yuvraj Singh , Bheeshma Singh , Sanidhya Jain , Rishabh Tiwari , Pritam – NIT Trichy
Battlezone
Winner: Nambiram – JKK Muniraja College of Pharmacy
Runner Up: Ritu Badguzar – NIFT Thanjavur
Mini Militia
Winner: Vivek Hetawal – NIT Trichy
Runner Up: Nivesh Kumar – Nit Trichy
F1
Winner: Shaurya B. – NIT Trichy
Runner Up: Anubav Kumar Singh – Sastra University
FIFA
Winner: Shashank Kandala – NIT Trichy
Runner Up: Mazin Mustafa – NIT Trichy
With the final results in, Festember 2026 closes another edition of competition, creativity and campus culture. While the trophies and titles may have their winners, the festival’s real takeaway is the sheer range of talent that showed up across its events. For those who competed, performed or simply cheered from the sidelines, Festember was truly a celebration of students putting their skills, ideas and personalities on stage.
