While there are a number of student bodies in IIT Delhi each with its own set of responsibilities. The highest student body in IIT Delhi is the Student Affairs Council. All other student boards are included under the SAC. The Student Activity Centre (SAC) is a part of the Student Recreation Zone in IIT Delhi.
The SAC is for the extra curricular activities of the students. It consists of a gymnasium, swimming pool, pool and billiards room, squash courts, table tennis court. The SAC also has open air theatre concerts where concerts are hosted. Students can use the radio broadcasting facility HAM.
BRCA stands for the Board For Recreational and Creative Activties. It consists of ten clubs that conduct events – competitive and non-competitive throughout the year in IIT Delhi. BRCA also conducts Rendezvous each year, which is one of the largest college cultural festivals in India.
Under new structure, the BRCA consists of 9 clubs: Literary Club, Debating Society (DebSoc), Dramatics Club, Dance Club, Music Club, Photography and Films Club (PFC), Indoor Sports Club (ISC), Quizzing Club (QC), the Fine Arts and Crafts Club (FACC), in addition to the Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth SPIC MACAY Delhi. Each club has a hostel representative working under the aegis of the hostel cultural secretary.
The other student council is the Co-curricular and Academic Interaction Council (CAIC), which deals with the academic and co-curricular activities of the students. There are 45 student representatives to the CAIC: 22 from the UG students and 23 from the PG students, apart from 2 representatives from each co-curricular body. The co-curricular activities under the CAIC are:
- Robotics Club
- Entrepreneurship Development Cell
- Technocracy (consisting of Astronomy Club, Economics Club, Electronics Club and Tech Workshops)
- Automobile Club (consisting of Formula SAE, Mini Baja, and HPV)
The annual technical festival of IIT Delhi, Tryst is organised by the CAIC.
BSA is the Sports Board of IIT Delhi. It provides facilities for many sports such as Aquatics, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Cricket, Football, Hockey, Lawn tennis, Squash, Table-Tennis, Volleyball, Weight Lifting. The Board Council consists of President, Vice-President, Sports Officer, Sports Administrators. Also there are the posts of General Secretary and Deputy General Secretary, the candidates for which are elected from amongst the students by themselves. Besides this, there are 13 sports secretaries, one from each of the 13 hostels.
The Board monitors the sports domain of the institute. It is responsible for maintaining the sports grounds of different sports, conducting Inter Hostel sports competition, participation of IIT Delhi in InterIIT Sports Meet (the annual sports event of all the IITs).
Apart from this, BSA is also responsible for conducting Sportech, the annual Sports Festival of IIT Delhi.
“Tryst” is the annual technical festival of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi held in February and March. The festival is largest technical fest of North India with huge footfall of more than 45,000 people around the globe. It is one of the largest and highest acknowledged technical festival of North India and it serves as a perfect launchpad for technology enthusiasts to showcase their intelligence and inventiveness and is a massive platform for various activities.
“Speranza” is an annual Youth Festival held for a course of three-days during the spring semester. The event was introduced to commemorate IIT Delhi’s 50th anniversary. The festival is primarily aimed at youth and student development promoting positive lifestyle and aims at motivating students to engage in productive activities.
The biggest event though, is “Rendezvous”, which is the annual cultural fest of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. It is a four-day long event held at the end of October. Every year it draws a footfall of about 50,000 (more than “Tryst”) from more than 350 colleges across the country. It has attracted major sponsors and extensive media coverage over the years. Renowned artists and celebrities like Javed Ali, Ranveer Singh, John Abraham, Anushka Sharma have performed in this festival.
Academic year ends with an annual function of hostels known as ‘House day’ in which the passing out batch and the freshers give various cultural performances and awards are distributed for outstanding contribution to various hostel activities.
You can view the event videos on YouTube link –
https://youtu.be/YRhEpiKm1Qw
https://youtu.be/jmQTw_GLOTI