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{{short description|VIT Vellore's International Sports and Cultural Carnival}}
{{short description|Annual sports and cultural festival}}
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{{infobox recurring event
| name = Riviera - VIT-Vellore
|name = Riviera, VIT University
| logo = Vitrivieradp.png
|logo = Vitrivieradp.png
| logo_caption = #RaiseTheCraze
|logo_caption = Logo of Riviera, VIT University
|genre = Sports and Cultural Carnival
| status = Upcoming (Riviera'24)
|filing = Student Run, non-Profit Organization
| genre = Sports and Cultural Carnival
|founded = 2002
| date = 29th February 2024 to 3rd March 2024
|location = Vellore, India
| years_active = 22
|coordinates =
| founded = 2002
|sponsor = [[Vellore Institute of Technology]]
| frequency = Annually
|events =
| location = Vellore, India
|attendance = 40,000+ Footfall, 700 colleges
| coordinates =
|website = https://riviera.vit.ac.in
| country = India
|footnotes =
| events = Pro-Shows. Drama. Fine Arts. Dance. Music. Games
| attendance = 40,000+ Footfall, 150+ Institutes, 30+ Countries
| website = https://riviera.vit.ac.in/
| prize_money = 10 Lakhs
| current_season = Riviera'24
| footnotes =
}}
}}
'''Riviera''' is the Annual International Sports and Cultural Carnival of the [[Vellore Institute of Technology]]. It is an International 4-day event that consists of sports competitions, social and cultural events along with concerts. The 2016 edition of Riviera witnessed a footfall of more than 30,000 students from over 650 colleges from across the country. It is organised primarily by the students of the college.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.careerindia.com/news/vit-university-gears-up-riviera-2014-008944.html|title=VIT University gears up for Riviera 2014|work=careerindia.com|date=31 January 2014|accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref> It has a wide variety of competitions and events, which range from dramatic, literary, musical, dance, debate events all the way to informal events.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vit.ac.in/campus/riviera|title = VIT}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sastra.edu/index.php/old-news/346-sastra-univresity-wins-riviera-in-style|title=SASTRA University|work=sastra.edu|accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref> It is usually held in the month of February every year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/vit-riviera-2016-to-take-off-today/article8190640.ece|title=VIT Riviera 2016 to take off today|author=Staff Reporter|work=thehindu.com|date=4 February 2016|accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twenty19.com/opportunities/organiser/vit-university-vellore/riviera-2015|title=Riviera 2015 - Twenty19|work=twenty19.com|accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref>

'''Riviera''' is the <u>Annual International Sports and Cultural Carnival</u> of the [[Vellore Institute of Technology]], Vellore Campus (VIT-Vellore). It is an International 4-Day festival that consists of sports competitions, social and cultural events along with concerts (pro-shows). The 2023 edition of Riviera witnessed a Footfall of more than 40,000 Students from over 150 Institutes across the Globe. It is organised primarily by the students of the university.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.careerindia.com/news/vit-university-gears-up-riviera-2014-008944.html|title=VIT University gears up for Riviera 2014|work=careerindia.com|date=31 January 2014|accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref> It has a wide variety of competitions and events, which range from dramatic, literary, musical, dance, debate events all the way to informal events and pro-show nights.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vit.ac.in/campus/riviera|title = VIT}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sastra.edu/index.php/old-news/346-sastra-univresity-wins-riviera-in-style|title=SASTRA University|work=sastra.edu|accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref> It is usually held in the month of February every year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/vit-riviera-2016-to-take-off-today/article8190640.ece|title=VIT Riviera 2016 to take off today|author=Staff Reporter|work=thehindu.com|date=4 February 2016|accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twenty19.com/opportunities/organiser/vit-university-vellore/riviera-2015|title=Riviera 2015 - Twenty19|work=twenty19.com|accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref> Celebrities, musicians, singers and dancers from across the country join Riviera, making it a once in a lifetime experience! Click [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQL-Aq-1qmE here] to watch the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQL-Aq-1qmE Riviera'23 Aftermovie] and catch a glimpse of the cultural extravaganza!


==History==
==History==
The cultural festival has come a long way from its humble beginnings. It was first introduced by the [https://vit.ac.in/ VIT] Chancellor, [[G. Viswanathan|Dr. G. Viswanathan]].
The cultural festival has come a long way from its humble beginnings. It was first introduced by the [https://vit.ac.in/ VIT] Chancellor, Dr. G. Viswanathan.
The first edition of Riviera was in the year '''2002''' and was a success with a wide range of events in all cultural spheres including music, dance, drama, literary events and more. Sports competitions were also part of this first festival. It saw a fair amount of external participants which would grow in the years to come.<ref>http://www.onspon.com/events_data/?id=1372&eid=&menutype=Event/</ref> It would also be included on the list of the '''Top 10 Cultural Festivals in India'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letsintern.com/blog/college-fests/|title=9 best College Fests in India that you should attend.|last=Editor|work=letsintern.com|accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://campusdiaries.com/stories/15-exciting-college-fests-to-participate-in-during-even-semesters|title=15 Exciting College Fests To Participate in During Even Semesters - Sanchana Krishnan|work=campusdiaries.com|accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref>
The first edition of Riviera was in the year 2002 and was a success with a wide range of events in all cultural spheres including music, dance, drama, literary events and more. Sports competitions were also part of this first festival. It saw a fair amount of external participants which would grow in the years to come.<ref>http://www.onspon.com/events_data/?id=1372&eid=&menutype=Event/</ref> It would also be included on the list of the Top 10 Cultural Festivals in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letsintern.com/blog/college-fests/|title=9 best College Fests in India that you should attend.|last=Editor|work=letsintern.com|accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://campusdiaries.com/stories/15-exciting-college-fests-to-participate-in-during-even-semesters|title=15 Exciting College Fests To Participate in During Even Semesters - Sanchana Krishnan|work=campusdiaries.com|accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref>
Started to provide an alternative to the students from strenuous academics, it evolved into something that would draw in crowds from most colleges and schools around the region. The students were meant to gain basic organizational experience to prepare them for similar situations in the real world. The festival grew by immense proportions, from having a budget of a few lakhs to a few crores, that the students had to keep raising the bar to meet the different challenges with each new Riviera.
Started to provide an alternative to the students from strenuous academics, it evolved into something that would draw in crowds from most colleges and schools around the region. The students were meant to gain basic organizational experience to prepare them for similar situations in the real world. The festival grew by immense proportions, from having a budget of a few lakhs to a few crores for instance, that the students had to keep raising the bar to meet the different challenges with each new Riviera.


[[File:Sunidhi Chahuhan.jpg|thumb|left|Sunidhi Chauhan at Pro-Show Riviera'16]]
[[File:Sunidhi Chahuhan.jpg|thumb|left|Sunidhi Chauhan during proshows]]


==Pro-Shows==
==Pro-shows==


Riviera hosts concerts on all the four days, where well known singers, DJs and dance groups perform. These pro-show nights are highly anticipated by both internal and external participants and as such feature upcoming or established performers. The acts are most often Indian performers, though international acts have made appearances as well. From the humble beginnings of upcoming bands such as Effekt Krew, an acrobatics group from Romania (2002), Moksh, a Thane based Marathi rock band(2004) Riviera has gone on to attract the likes of music directing duo Vishal-Shekhar, Saleem, and [[Shankar Mahadevan]](2009), with most recently [[Benny Dayal]](2015), [[Vasundhara Das]](2015), [[Sunidhi Chauhan]](2016), [[Parikrama]] and DJ Lloyd all making appearances at the 2016 iteration of Riviera.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/music-marathon-set-riviera-mood/article5661410.ece|title=Music, marathon set Riviera mood|first=Asha|last=Sridhar|work=thehindu.com|date=6 February 2014 |accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/curtains-down-on-vit-riviera/article6872715.ece|title=Curtains down on VIT Riviera|author=Staff Reporter|work=thehindu.com|date=8 February 2015 |accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref> The 2023 Edition witnessed the magic of [[Javed Ali]], [[Armaan Malik]], [[Thaikkudam Bridge]], [[Andrea Jeremiah]], and more! Riviera also boasts one of the largest stages and a robust sound system, for a seamless concert experience!
Riviera has hosted several 'Pro-shows', concerts where well known singers, DJs and dance groups perform. These pro-show nights are highly anticipated by both internal and external participants and as such feature upcoming or established performers. The acts are most often Indian performers, though international acts have made appearances as well. From the humble beginnings of upcoming bands such as Effekt Krew, an acrobatics group from Romania (2002), Moksh, a Thane based Marathi rock band(2004) Riviera has gone on to attract the likes of music directing duo Vishal-Shekhar, Saleem, and [[Shankar Mahadevan]](2009), with most recently [[Benny Dayal]](2015), [[Vasundhara Das]](2015), [[Sunidhi Chauhan]](2016), [[Parikrama]] and DJ Lloyd all making appearances at the 2016 iteration of Riviera.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/music-marathon-set-riviera-mood/article5661410.ece|title=Music, marathon set Riviera mood|first=Asha|last=Sridhar|work=thehindu.com|date=6 February 2014 |accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/curtains-down-on-vit-riviera/article6872715.ece|title=Curtains down on VIT Riviera|author=Staff Reporter|work=thehindu.com|date=8 February 2015 |accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref>


==Events==
==Events==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://www.instagram.com/rivieravituniversity/ Riviera, VIT University - Instagram]
* [https://www.facebook.com/rivieraVITUniversity/ Riviera, VIT University - Facebook Page]

* [https://linkedin.com/school/riviera-vit-university/ Riviera, VIT University - LinkedIn]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/@riviera-vituniversity5936 Riviera, VIT University - YouTube]

* [https://www.facebook.com/rivieraVITUniversity/ Riviera, VIT University - Facebook]
Click here for the - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQL-Aq-1qmE Riviera 2023 Aftermovie]
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Riviera, VIT University
Logo of Riviera, VIT University
GenreSports and Cultural Carnival
Location(s)Vellore, India
Founded2002
Attendance40,000+ Footfall, 700 colleges
Filing statusStudent Run, non-Profit Organization
SponsorVellore Institute of Technology
Websitehttps://riviera.vit.ac.in

Riviera is the Annual International Sports and Cultural Carnival of the Vellore Institute of Technology. It is an International 4-day event that consists of sports competitions, social and cultural events along with concerts. The 2016 edition of Riviera witnessed a footfall of more than 30,000 students from over 650 colleges from across the country. It is organised primarily by the students of the college.[1] It has a wide variety of competitions and events, which range from dramatic, literary, musical, dance, debate events all the way to informal events.[2][3] It is usually held in the month of February every year.[4][5]

History

The cultural festival has come a long way from its humble beginnings. It was first introduced by the VIT Chancellor, Dr. G. Viswanathan. The first edition of Riviera was in the year 2002 and was a success with a wide range of events in all cultural spheres including music, dance, drama, literary events and more. Sports competitions were also part of this first festival. It saw a fair amount of external participants which would grow in the years to come.[6] It would also be included on the list of the Top 10 Cultural Festivals in India.[7][8] Started to provide an alternative to the students from strenuous academics, it evolved into something that would draw in crowds from most colleges and schools around the region. The students were meant to gain basic organizational experience to prepare them for similar situations in the real world. The festival grew by immense proportions, from having a budget of a few lakhs to a few crores for instance, that the students had to keep raising the bar to meet the different challenges with each new Riviera.

Sunidhi Chauhan during proshows

Pro-shows

Riviera has hosted several 'Pro-shows', concerts where well known singers, DJs and dance groups perform. These pro-show nights are highly anticipated by both internal and external participants and as such feature upcoming or established performers. The acts are most often Indian performers, though international acts have made appearances as well. From the humble beginnings of upcoming bands such as Effekt Krew, an acrobatics group from Romania (2002), Moksh, a Thane based Marathi rock band(2004) Riviera has gone on to attract the likes of music directing duo Vishal-Shekhar, Saleem, and Shankar Mahadevan(2009), with most recently Benny Dayal(2015), Vasundhara Das(2015), Sunidhi Chauhan(2016), Parikrama and DJ Lloyd all making appearances at the 2016 iteration of Riviera.[9][10]

Events

Cultural events

Cultural events are hosted by the various clubs on campus and pertain to their club mandates. These events majorly fall into the category of literary and quiz, fine arts, music and performing arts.

Literary and Quiz Events

The English, Kannada, Hindi and Tamil Literary Associations and the Quiz Club host the following events. The literary events are in the aforementioned languages whereas the quiz is common for all. These are events like What's The Good Word, Creative Writing, Crossword, Ad-Zap, JAM, Dumb Charades, Block And Tackle, Shipwreck, The Sound Of Silence, Spin-A-Yarn, Yes-No-Maybe, Potpourri, Poetry and Debates. The quizzes held can be General quiz, Sports and Entertainment (Spent) quiz.[11]

Inauguration Ceremony

Fine arts

The Fine Arts Club (TFAC) of VIT University hosts Sketching and Painting. Events face painting and tattoo making contests also take place during the festival. TFAC is also responsible for the decoration and artworks displayed around the campus during the fest.

Music

The Music Club has been known to organize Western acoustic, Headbangers Kall, Indian music, Raaga and Reggae, Antakshari, Sketching, collage making and Eastern Electric in the past however they have made Solo one of their mandate events recently.[12]

Performing arts

The Dramatics Club, Dance Club and Fashion club organize various stage events according to their mandate, like The Fashion Show, Dramatics, Dance Competitions and Adaptune.

Informal

These are events that are not organized by a particular club as a mandate or premium event. These are fun events purely designed for entertainment. The informal events VIT University has seen in the past are Request Stalls, Arm Wrestling, Mister And Miss Riviera, Cluedo, Silichrome, Junkyard Genius, Soap Up, Libaas, Face Painting, Salad Dressing, Lakshya, Urban Warfare, Monarchy Salsa, Street Photography, Tattoo Making Puppetry And Ventriloquism, Sand Sculptures, Thumb Graffiti, Frisk Factor And Human Foosball. Riviera also hosts various games organized by students Like Darts, 9 Pins, Test Your Strength, Shaving The Balloon, Smashing TT Ball, Hoopla and Balancing Rod.

Sports

Riviera lays emphasis on sports as it is one of the objectives of the festival. Sports like Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Clay Court Tennis, Table Tennis, Throw ball, Chess, Swimming, Snooker and Badminton.[13] Apart from these VIT University has seen a growing trend in video gaming tournaments like Need For Speed, DOTA, Counter Strike, FIFA, Age Of Empires etc.[14]

Social causes

Street Play against child labour, female foeticide and child trafficking

While being a cultural festival, Riviera has also been used as a platform to highlight social issues which plague the world currently. Through the numerous street play events that have been organized by the colleges own dramatics club, numerous social issues such as child labor, female infanticide, and child trafficking.[15] A chapter of Bangalore based NGO Juvenile Care, present at the campus has organized marches which have seen the participation of 200+ students for social issues such as “Save the female child” in 2013 and child trafficking in 2015. A premier event at the festival, VITMUN, a model united nations conference, has also helped highlight social issues and as such has partnered up with UN organizations, with the 2016 iteration teaming up with UN Women for the He for She campaign.[16]

Awards and recognition

Riviera 2011 was the world's first sports and cultural festival to be certified by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The festival management passed the requirements for the 9001:2008 certificate for quality management systems.[17] VIT has since been awarded the certificate every year for managerial efficiency shown when conducting Riviera. The festival's 2011 edition also earned a place in the Guinness Book Of World Records for the feat - 'Most number of people arm wrestling'. Students and faculty participated in a bid to make the record as a total of 668 people were counted arm wrestling.[18]

Media and sponsors

The events held by clubs and chapters during Riviera are sponsored mostly by the smaller businesses in and around the VIT campus. Riviera as a whole, though has had (most prominently) Airtel, PepsiCo and Wipro sponsoring a major part of its finances in recent years. Local businesses also like to use the events held as an opportunity for publicity. Other companies that are known to have co-sponsored Riviera are IBM, Lenovo, Cognizant, MGM Dizzee World and Cisco. The organisers of the fest use social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook to publicise and also share event-related information. The management at VIT creates a new Facebook page every year for Riviera. They have also utilized the services of the radio station 'Radio Mirchi' and the daily newspaper 'The Deccan Chronicle' and The Hindu in recent years.[11]

References

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  2. ^ "VIT".
  3. ^ "SASTRA University". sastra.edu. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  4. ^ Staff Reporter (4 February 2016). "VIT Riviera 2016 to take off today". thehindu.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Riviera 2015 - Twenty19". twenty19.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  6. ^ http://www.onspon.com/events_data/?id=1372&eid=&menutype=Event/
  7. ^ Editor. "9 best College Fests in India that you should attend". letsintern.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ "15 Exciting College Fests To Participate in During Even Semesters - Sanchana Krishnan". campusdiaries.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  9. ^ Sridhar, Asha (6 February 2014). "Music, marathon set Riviera mood". thehindu.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  10. ^ Staff Reporter (8 February 2015). "Curtains down on VIT Riviera". thehindu.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  11. ^ a b Correspondent, Special (4 February 2015). "Riviera 2015 set to burst into 'colours of India' from today". thehindu.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  12. ^ Ashok, Sowmiya (4 February 2012). "'Riviera' reverberates with song and dance". thehindu.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  13. ^ "VIT's Riviera inaugurated by cricketer Ashwin". newstodaynet.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  14. ^ Sundar, Poorvaja (7 February 2016). "Fitting finale to Riviera". thehindu.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  15. ^ Sridhar, Asha (7 February 2014). "Riviera sustains rhythmic rapture". thehindu.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  16. ^ Staff Reporter (6 February 2015). "Focus on social, cultural issues at VIT's Riviera". thehindu.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  17. ^ Correspondent, Special (12 May 2011). "'Riviera' gets ISO certificate". thehindu.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  18. ^ "Guinness World Records". guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016.