From IIM to IIT- Voice of Indore reaches IIT Indore for Auditions

Amidst the major global leader’s voices coming together for the Global Investors Summit in Indore, voices of a different kind were heard at auditions at different colleges in Indore. ‘Voice of Indore’, popularly known as VOI, a flagship event hosted by the Indian Institute of Management Indore  conducted auditions across colleges in Indore to search the best voice in Indore. With the upcoming annual management and cultural fest of IIM Indore, IRIS 2014 already setting the momentum and the hues could be seen at the round of VOI auditions that were conducted at the Indian Institute of Technology Indore this Friday, the 10^th of October 2014. 

The crescendo of voices met with the melodies of students from institutes like IIT, Medi-Caps Institute of Science and Technology, CDGI, Maharaja Ranjit Singh College, etc. The mix of old, new and self composed raps added a unique flavour to the auditions of the shortlisted candidates from their respective colleges. The contestants were judged by Anuja Zokarkar, who has aced the Indian classical music with her upbringing in a musical family under the discipline of renowned vocalist Vidushi Kalpana Zokarkar, her mother. Anuja, a silver-medal winner at All India Radio in 2010, has also given voice to some commercial albums. Her accomplishment as a singer for a Marathi movie ‘Baabu Band Baaja’ that was felicitated with the best movie at Pune International Film festival made her a judge who could connect with the audiences of the college youth.

The commencement of the program saw participants in full vigour with the sur and taal in perfect match. “It was a unique experience for an IIT to be associated with such an IIM at a large scale...” said Aditi, a contestant who added her melody to the event. While the top three winners from this zone of auditions would meet at the finale event of the VOI to be held during the fest on 13-15 November this year; the day ended on a beautiful vocal of the judge Anuja, who sang on the special demand of the huge audience after she shared her insights about the event and the music. The curtains for the day drew on a tune that certainly told that a tough competitive curtain shall be raised on the finale.