Summary
The event is a fundamentally optimistic, homegrown festival celebrating Calcutta’s richness and treasures like never before
The event will take place on 29 October, 2022
THE CCU Festival is all set to take place on 29 October 2022 at Taalkutir Convention Centre. The event is a fundamentally optimistic, homegrown festival celebrating Calcutta’s richness and treasures like never before via the lenses of sustainability, innovation, entrepreneurship, technology, food, and music. Let's take a look at some of the conventions of the festival
FloPtch
FloPtch is East India’s biggest ever Confluence of new age disruption under the banner of “Make Calcutta Relevant Again” and co-organised by Freeflow Ventures, Velocity1, Founders Circle and Startup India | Invest India, with startups, corporates, investors, creators, enablers and most importantly the customers joining in for what promises to be the country’s first tryst with the “ComMan Pitches”.
The event is inviting startups to apply for Flo-Ptch@CCU Fest, a golden opportunity for startups to raise capital from 30K USD to 10 Million USD. Get a chance to pitch to 100 Investors for raising funds & 100 Consumer Profiles for customer validation. Pitch across 10 tracks.
Link to Apply: https://bit.ly/FloPtchCCUFest
MRKT
MRKT is a Flea Market with 40+ curated local and national brands and F&B stalls by Taalkutir. It promises to be a fun filled experience of shopping, food and entertainment for the whole family. The Flea market will feature a wide range of brands and food stalls to delight your taste buds and the event is for all age groups to enjoy.
CCU Got Soul
The Soul Local will be arriving at the CCU Festival stage to knock on Calcutta’s soul! Live musicians and buskers are being invited to showcase their musical talent at the CCU Got Soul Stage. Expect to find a star list of gifted individuals who will make you groove to their soulful tunes!
To register, interested participants will have to fill up a form and upload recordings/demos of their music performances on the form available on their social media platforms. There will be a screening and shortlisting process, and thereafter, the final performer list and their performance time-slots will be made available for the performers and the public, alike.
Flow
Flow is a health convention stressing on the importance of movement as an enabler and strengthener of all the things we want to accomplish. The convention will include healthy morning movement activities by yoga practitioner Madhusnatta Chaudhuri, who will be performing yogic asanas and speaking about the importance of breathing right in order to move right.
BLPRNT
The BLPRNT is the Design Convention co-organised by Make Calcutta Relevant Again and Folk India, to tackle the impact of design in everyday life and how there is more to design than just art. BLPRNT will shed light on designs that touch lives - including service, system, experience and product for a viable and equitable future.
BUIDL
The internet is evolving, and we are in the middle of it. Web3 is poised to revolutionise how we use the web. The Web 3.0 Convention, called Buidl, will shed light on what is Web 3.0, what is Metaverse, what is Blockchain, applications of Web 3.0, and how to build in Web 3.0. The convention will consist of Panel Discussions, a Keynote Session, and Individual Speaker sessions.
Jamsteady
Jamsteady is an aim to bring the most diverse musical line up in a single day by curating music ranging from folk to rock to hip hop, representing the diverse music culture of our beloved City of Joy.
Cypher
The Cypher will witness the four elements of hip-hop in a way seen never before with a line up by the most active artists and crews from the Kolkata underground scene, curated with passion by Saday Marketplace
Motor Cortex
Motor Cortex is a cerebral audio-visual experience set in the serene surroundings of Taalkutir. Its maiden edition features an interesting mix of International and National electronic dance music DJs & Artists. This is being organised as a pilot immersive musical experience.
MKKM
The CCU Festival's Sustainability Convention, curated by Y-East and its extended network of partners, aims to highlight impactful, innovative, pioneering organisations and initiatives that are making Kolkata more socially inclusive and environmentally responsible. The Sustainability Convention will also be the occasion to officially launch Moving Kolkata - Kolkata Moving (MKKM), a platform dedicated to awareness, dialogue and action towards sustainability. This Convention will bring together stakeholders from various walks of life into a synthesis of collaboration and collective action for our city’s healthier and more sustainable future.
Clout
This convention is specifically positioned as eastern India's first ever mega summit that will witness the gathering of the top content creators, YouTubers and influencers of East India. Clout will comprise of panel discussions by experts and the biggest mentors in the industry from all over India including top creators and content brands/agencies. The event will also showcase the first Indian Meta Influencer.
DSRPT
The CCU Festival’s Innovation Convention called DSRPT, includes panel discussions on innovation, start-ups and businesses with founders of the brightest ideas that have made a name for themselves. Following an introduction by CXO Speed Dating, the convention will conclude with the Innovation Awards.
Kolkata, the City of Joy, has always welcomed new business ideologies and innovation to contribute greatly towards transforming India's current business scenario. The exceptional talent that the city fosters along with the ever-available support of the organisers and entrepreneurs present at the event is all set to make it is all the more easier to Make Calcutta Relevant Again.
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Last updated on 20 Oct 2022
