Spandan (JIPMER)

Spandan is the annual intercollegiate cultural, literary and sports festival of the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Pondicherry, India. It is held during late August and early September.It runs over six days. Spandan is the largest medical inter-college festival in southern India, in terms of sheer attendance. Spandan has participants from medical colleges all over India as well as from regional engineering colleges, commerce, arts, science and law colleges. The number of registered participants is around 5000 every year from over 70 colleges. Of all these esteemed colleges, CMC Vellore's domination of the Basketball scene is one of the standout highlights of the fest. Having won the Champions title in the year 2018, 2016, 2015 and 2013, this unprecedented run has been drawn comparisons to the Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics(1958-1966) NBA streak. If this success can be replicated by other teams remains to be seen but in the meanwhile the silver and blue reigns supreme. Three cheers for the silver and blue!

History[]

In the 1960s and 1970s the JIPMER Students Association conducted an inter-collegiate sporting festival that included the Dr.S.S.Chaddha Memorial Hockey tournament and the Dr.S.L.Basu Memorial Football tournament. In 1978, the inter-collegiate sporting festival became Les Jeux and included basketball and badminton in addition to hockey and football. In 1980, cultural and literary events were added to the sporting events and were named Les Beaux Arts. In 1982, Les Jeux and Les Beaux Arts were folded into the overarching Spandan festival.

See also[]

• Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research
• Cultural Festivals in Indian Colleges

References[]

• All-India inter-collegiate festival begins today; The Hindu, Tuesday, 31 August 2004
• JIPMER cultural fete to kick off on 30 August; The Hindu, Sunday, 28 August 2005

External links[]

• The official Facebook Group
• The Facebook page