Tech a break 2008 in Technopark

The 12th annual celebrations of Technopark began here on Monday with a colourful pageantry on the sprawling campus.

Named ‘Kristal Group Presents Nest Tech-A-Break 2008,’ the festival includes music, dance and entertainment programmes spread over a week.

Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs M. Vijayakumar inaugurated the festival. Employees of all the companies on the campus participated in the pageantry.

The theme of this year’s rally was ‘Halloween and Seasons.’ Participants in the rally donned robes representing various Halloween characters.

Competitions

Concerts and competitions in quiz and various cultural events will be the highlight of the event. Other attractions this year are: Techies Super Star Singer; a group song contest with a difference; and Save Planet Earth- a programme where the teams come out with innovative ways to highlight the issues concerning the earth.

Musical extravaganza

The celebrations will conclude with a musical extravaganza, Pop Technopark, presented by the famous group Bennett and the Band, along with Keith Peters from Chennai, Azad and Pop Shalini, followed by performances from Jazz Peckers and actor Sitara Balakrishnan.

Prizes will be given away to winning teams in the various categories and a Champions Cup to the company that wins the maximum points in the festival.

“It’s time again for festivities and fun at Technopark and everyone on the campus is charged up to participate in the event. We are very positive that the celebrations this year will be far more attractive than the previous years,” R.K. Nair, CEO, Technopark, said.

The main sponsors of Kristal Group Presents Nest Tech-A-Break 2008 are Kristal Group, Nest, IBS, Infosys & Collabera. The culminating mega-event is sponsored by the Leela Group

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