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Aarohi is the annual cultural festival ( Cultfest) of Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India. It is the most anticipated youth event of the year in Central India. It is a week-long event organised every year, usually, during winter in February end. Students from all over the region take part in the events organised and gather in large numbers to witness the spectacles. Started by the pioneer batch of 1988 in VNIT [erstwhile VRCE (Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering)], the event continues to grow leaps and bounds each successive year.
Each year, Aarohi boasts of a multitude of participants in its various contests. The festival is completely student-organized and reputed firms sponsor the event each year. The main event runs for 3 days, while the elimination rounds for various contests begin a week in advance. Cultural Night acts as the curtain raiser and the proceeds of the event go to a charitable institute. Events include a Personality Contest, Singing, Quiz, Debate, Band Contest etc. This festival receives more than 3000 viewers every year. Out of the above, the Band Contest-Purple Haze is the flagship event of Aarohi attracting highest number of viewers and participants from all over the city. Aarohi 09 saw Shor Bazaar and Indigo Children, (formerly The Superfuzz, ) performing in front of a capacity crowd of 2000. Aarohi 11 saw Faridkot Also Amit Kumar and Sumit Kumar performed at cult Nite- the curtain raiser to Aarohi.