SIR Mega Kite Festival & Pre-Events
- Dec 1, 2025
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Overview:
The SIR Mega Kite Festival, along with its preparatory activities—Kite-Making Workshop and Kite-Tail Painting—was designed as a youth-centric awareness initiative to create a positive public mood around the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) under District Collector Snehil Kumar Singh IAS. The programme used creativity, participation, and public visibility to position students as both recipients and carriers of electoral awareness.
Key Highlights
Activities / Programmes:
Kite-Making Workshop (27 Nov, Sarovaram Open Theatre): Training session for ELC students on making paper kites using eco-friendly materials, conducted with support from local kite experts and vendors.
Kite-Tail Painting (28 Nov, Kozhikode Beach – Freedom Square): Painting and preparation of SIR-themed kite tails, with materials stitched and prepared through institutional collaboration.
SIR Mega Kite Festival (1 Dec, Kozhikode Beach): Public kite-flying event featuring large SIR banners, human formations by student volunteers, and mass participation. The event was inaugurated by the District Collector and supported by the One India Kite Team.
Pre-event and post-event PR dissemination, professional videography, and systematic on-ground coordination by interns.
Outcome
Created a vibrant, youth-driven platform to disseminate electoral awareness messages linked to SIR.
Demonstrated the effectiveness of creative, non-conventional outreach in civic engagement.
Strengthened coordination between students, district administration, cultural groups, and volunteers.
Enhanced interns’ experience in large-scale event management, stakeholder coordination, and real-time problem solving.
