Kalai Koodam– AIU’s 39th Inter-University South Zone Youth Festival 2025-26 (UNIFEST)
Celebrating the Spirit of Youth, Culture, and Creativity Kalai Koodam is a vibrant festival that celebrates the integrated and diverse talents of India’s emerging youth. Serving as a dynamic platform for creativity and innovation, it embodies the essence of artistic excellence and cultural exchange.
With a core vision of promoting the arts and nurturing young talent, the festival highlights the rich heritage of South India—tracing its fascinating journey from ancient traditions to modern expressions of art, literature, aesthetics, and social thought.
By bringing together gifted youth from universities across the southern states, Kalai Koodam fosters unity in diversity, mutual understanding, and cultural appreciation. It inspires participants to embrace tradition as the foundation for contemporary artistic growth, creating a confluence of ideas where heritage meets innovation.
The AIU’s 39th Inter-University South Zone Youth Festival 2025-26 (UNIFEST) stands as a celebration of youthful energy, artistic excellence, and the timeless cultural spirit of India.
About HITS
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS), established in 1985 by the visionary founder Late Dr. KCG Verghese, is renowned for its excellence in academics, research, and innovation. Embracing the motto “TO MAKE EVERY MAN A SUCCESS AND NO MAN A FAILURE,” HITS has evolved into a premier higher education institution of repute in Chennai, Southern India.
As a NAAC A+ accredited university, HITS holds a prestigious position in the academic landscape of India. HITS engineering programs are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) and the B. Tech programs are accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK, ensuring the highest standards of education and industry relevance. We have also featured in the top among Universities in NIRF
Rankings 2024. HITS has won the Diamond Award in the QS I Gauge Indian University Rankings 2024 and holds the top spot among private universities in the country. The university’s dedication to excellence has resulted in top rankings in several prestigious private surveys, including India Today, Times Now, Times Engineering, Times B School, Outlook – Icare, The Times of India, The Impact ranking for SDGs and The Week Rankings.The University offers a wide range of academic programs, including undergraduate, diploma, online, postgraduate, and doctoral degrees in engineering, aviation, architecture, design, management, law, liberal arts, applied sciences, health sciences, and nursing. We also collaborate with industry experts including IBM, GARC, IMAX, Logistics Sector Skill Council, ENAC, Airbus and Sankara Nethralaya to offer specialized programs in various disciplines.
HITS offers state-of-the-art facilities, including modern tech-enabled classrooms, 11 advanced research centers, 5 Skill development centers such as Royal Enfield experiential National Training, hangars, business incubators, a world-class library, and a variety of sports facilities. Our faculty members, composed of renowned scientists and industry leaders, are actively involved in research and encourage student participation. 5 faculty members of HITS have featured in the top 2% scientists of the world in the Stanford ranking. HITS is credited with over 6100+ publications in Scopus indexing; 32,395 Scopus Citations and 113 granted patents. HITS has received many Funded Research Projects from leading organizations like Department of Science and Technology (DST), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Naval Research Board (NRB), and many others.
HITS has signed 150+ MoUs with institutions, industries and organisations across 42 countries to leverage collective expertise and resources to make meaningful contributions to the global community. From student exchange, twinning, dual degree, cultural immersion, research abroad, faculty exchanges, joint research, consultancy projects, conferences, study tour to much more, HITS offers students and faculty
members the benefit of unique learning experiences, exposure to different academic cultures, and enhanced global perspectives.
With the noble vision of the Founder- Chairman, Late Dr. K.C.G. Verghese, “To Make Every Man a Success and No Man a Failure”, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science chisels its learners with a competitive spirit to face the future.
About AIU
The Association of Indian Universities is an Apex Advisory Body on Higher Education mandated by the Ministry of Education to determine the equivalence of foreign degrees and conduct Youth Affairs & Sports Activities in the Higher Education Sector in India. At present, AIU has about 1111 member Universities (Central, Institutes of National Importance, State, and Private Universities), including 18 overseas Universities, and is serving the Higher Education Sector for the last 100 years. Many national luminaries have served this organization in different capacities, and the most prominent examples are Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, Dr. Zakir Hussain, and Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee, who have served as Presidents of AIU. The organization has worked as an intellectual resource of the country and has contributed to the policy processes of the government and its agencies. AIU has been annually organizing the Inter University Youth Festivals (UNIFESTS) since 1985 at the Zonal and National levels, where a large number of youth artistes from member Universities and its about 45,000 affiliated colleges participate. These festivals play a significant role in promoting in our youth a pride in Indian culture and an awareness of youth identity. AIU is the only nodal agency in the entire country for organizing the Inter University Youth Programs for about 40 million youth students of the Higher Education Sector in India. Also, this is the only establishment where the above-cited youth programs can be conceptualized and implemented for the students at the Zonal, National as well as International levels. In continuation of our endeavours and in addition to the above-mentioned youth festivals, the AIU has launched the organization of the Asian University Youth Festival (AUFEST), International Youth Festival, National Women Student Parliament, National Moot Court Competition and National Qawwali Competition, etc. From the last session, AIU has earmarked the entire country into eight zones for the smooth conduct of Youth Affairs Programs.
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