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Karnatak University Inter-Zonal Youth Festival — A Zonal and Inter-Zonal Inter-Collegiate Youth Festival, 27 Items Across Music, Dance, Literary, Theatre and Fine Arts, With First and Second Place Winners

Karnatak University Inter-Zonal Youth Festival: Karnatak University Dharwad's UNIFEST zonal and inter-zonal inter-collegiate youth festival (2022-23...

e By Luke Justin October 21, 2026 4 min read

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Karnatak University Dharwad’s UNIFEST zonal and inter-zonal inter-collegiate youth festival (2022-23 rules), with 27 events across Music, Dance, Literary, Theatre and Fine Arts and first and second place winners.

Sets up an Indian university inter-collegiate youth festival for students under 25: 27 items covering classical and light music, dance, quiz, elocution, debate, theatre and nine on-the-spot fine arts, with solo and team groups and first and second places.

This template rebuilds the 2022-23 rule set of a state university’s zonal and inter-zonal inter-collegiate youth festival in Karnataka. It is the kind of festival where colleges send contingents to a zone round, the best performers move to an inter-zonal round, and winners are reported upwards. A coordinator opens an event that already carries two groups and twenty-seven items instead of typing a long programme in by hand before college registrations open.

The programme runs to five families. Music has nine items: classical vocal in either the Hindustani or Karnatak tradition, classical instrumental for percussion and for non-percussion, light vocal, Western vocal, Western instrumental, group song in the Indian and Western styles, and folk orchestra. Dance has two, folk or tribal dance and classical dance. Literary events are quiz, elocution and debate. Theatre has one act play, skit, mime and mimicry. Fine arts has nine: on-the-spot painting, collage, poster making, clay modelling, cartooning, rangoli, spot photography, installation and mehandi, each given 150 minutes.

Entrants are full-time students enrolled for a degree, postgraduate degree or diploma who are under 25 on 1 July of the academic year. Because only that upper limit is printed, the 17 to 24 span is a working band used to build two groups, Open Individual with seventeen solo items and Open Team with ten team items. Every item is scored out of 100 as a platform default. The printed times are maximums: 10 minutes for classical music and most group items, 6 for light and Western vocal, 8 for Western instrumental, 15 for classical dance, 5 for elocution, mimicry, mime and each debate speaker, and 30 for the one act play. The quiz is a written test followed by an oral final, so its 30 minutes covers the written part only.

The rules report first and second place winners in each event and give no prize when there is only one entry. No championship points are printed, so first and second are installed with zero bonus points and an organiser can add points if their university announces them. Judging qualities are printed in words, such as swara and tala in music or theme and acting in theatre, with no marks, so no criteria are installed and each panel agrees its own weighting. The one-entry-per-college cap, contingent size, fees and accompanist limits are not modelled; apply them at registration. Check the current rules for each year’s changes.

Where this event comes from

Indian university youth festivals follow a ladder from the zonal round through an inter-zonal round to a national festival, and each university sets its own annual rules. This template follows one university’s 2022-23 rule set.

Where this event is run

India, among college and university students, as the zonal and inter-zonal rungs of the university youth festival ladder. The structure suits any organiser staging an inter-collegiate or college cultural fest that mixes classical and folk performance, quiz and debate, theatre and on-the-spot fine arts, and wants solo and team entries ranked by first and second place. It is less suited to a school festival or to one that needs printed per-criterion marks.

India (Karnataka; zonal and inter-zonal university round)

Key facts

Two groups: Open Individual (seventeen solo items) and Open Team (ten team items), both working-banded at 17 to 24
27 items across music, dance, quiz, elocution, debate, theatre and fine arts
Every item is marked out of 100; no per-criterion marks are printed, so the panel sets its own weights
First and second places are installed with zero bonus points because no championship points are printed
The nine fine arts items run 150 minutes; the one act play 30 minutes; the quiz’s written test 30 minutes before an oral final

Age groups: 2
Competition items: 27
Competitions: 27
Grade bands: 0
Rank awards: 4

Age groups

Every candidate is placed into one of these groups by age, and competitions are run per group.

Open Individual

17From

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24To

Candidates aged 17 to 24 compete in this group

Open Team

17From

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24To

Candidates aged 17 to 24 compete in this group

Competitions by group

The full schedule matrix, sectioned by age group then category — which item runs for whom, and for how long.

Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Open Individual
Music
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Classical Vocal Solo (Hindustani or Karnatak)	Individual	—	—	100	10 min
Classical Instrumental Solo (Percussion)	Individual	—	—	100	10 min
Classical Instrumental Solo (Non-Percussion)	Individual	—	—	100	10 min
Light Vocal (Indian)	Individual	—	—	100	6 min
Western Vocal Solo	Individual	—	—	100	6 min
Western Instrumental Solo	Individual	—	—	100	8 min
Dance
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Classical Dance (Indian)	Individual	—	—	100	15 min
Literary
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Elocution	Individual	—	—	100	5 min
Action
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Mimicry	Individual	—	—	100	5 min
Art
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
On The Spot Painting	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Collage	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Poster Making	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Clay Modelling	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Cartooning	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Rangoli	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Spot Photography	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Mehandi	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Open Team
Music
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Group Song (Indian)	Team	—	—	100	10 min
Group Song (Western)	Team	—	—	100	10 min
Folk Orchestra	Team	—	—	100	10 min
Dance
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Folk/Tribal Dance	Team	—	—	100	10 min
Literary
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Quiz	Team	—	—	100	30 min
Debate	Team	—	—	100	5 min
Action
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
One Act Play	Team	—	—	100	30 min
Skit	Team	—	—	100	10 min
Mime	Team	—	—	100	5 min
Art
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Installation	Team	—	—	100	150 min

Grades and ranks

How scores turn into grade bands, and how many points each placing is worth.

Grade	For	Condition	Score	Points

Rank	For	Points
First	Individual	0
Second	Individual	0
First	Team	0
Second	Team	0

Frequently asked questions

Can I change this template after installing it?

Yes — installing it creates a fully configured, live event, not a locked package. Every age group, competition item, rule and scoring setting can be edited afterwards to match exactly what your event actually needs.