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University of Mumbai Youth Festival — A Mumbai University Youth Festival, 41 Events from Raga to Jackpot

University of Mumbai Youth Festival: University of Mumbai's Department of Students' Development inter-collegiate youth festival: 41 items across Music,...

e By Luke Justin October 24, 2026 5 min read

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University of Mumbai’s Department of Students’ Development inter-collegiate youth festival: 41 items across Music, Dance, Literary, Theatre, Fine Art, Short Film Making and the unique Jackpot personality contest, with real Marathi/Hindi/English language splits.

Sets up an inter-collegiate university youth festival in the style of a published Mumbai programme – 41 events across music, dance, literary, theatre and fine art plus short film and the Jackpot personality contest, with Marathi and any-other-language versions of the spoken events – so a college or university coordinator starts from a real programme instead of a blank page.

An inter-collegiate youth festival is a university-run arts competition in which affiliated colleges and institutes send their students to compete across music, dance, literature, theatre and fine art. This template follows the published rules of the 57th inter-collegiate youth festival of the University of Mumbai (academic year 2024-25) and carries all 41 events from that document: eleven in music, two in dance, nine in the literary family, eight in theatre, nine in fine art, plus Short Film Making and Jackpot, which sit outside those five sections in the source.

Music runs from Indian classical vocal and the two classical instrumental solos (percussion and non-percussion are separate events) through Natyasangeet, Indian light vocal, Qawwali and Folk Orchestra to Western vocal, Western instrumental and Western group song. Dance has one classical and one folk item. The spoken events – Elocution, Debate, Story Telling, Story Writing, Mono Acting, One Act Play and Skit – each come as a pair, a Marathi version and an any-other-language version, so a college can enter the same kind of event in the language its students work in. Quiz, Mimicry and Mime stand alone. The fine-art block of nine events (On the Spot Painting, Collage, Poster Making, Clay Modeling, Cartooning, Rangoli, Mehendi Designing, Spot Photography and Installation) is timed in long sittings of 150 minutes.

Two events are unusual. Short Film Making allows one entry per institution of up to five minutes including credits, and the source rules documentaries out. Jackpot is a personality contest: each institution sends a male and a female co-ordinator, who are scored across ten components of up to 10 marks each, from a personality round and a cultural performance to endurance, general knowledge, oratory and leadership. Twenty-six of the 41 events are individual entries and fifteen are team entries; every event is open to both genders and is marked out of 100.

There is a single group, Students, set to a 17 to 25 range. The published eligibility is bona fide full-time enrolment with an upper age limit counted from a fixed date, so the range is a working band, not a statement of the exact rule. Time limits come from the source for each event, from five minutes for Elocution, Debate, Mime and Mimicry up to 30 minutes for a One Act Play. The document does not give a placing scale, so the template applies a default: First, Second and Third with 5, 3 and 1 points for an individual event and 10, 6 and 2 for a team event, which add up into a college-wise points table. Judging criteria for individual events should be agreed by each panel before marking begins.

Where this event comes from

Inter-collegiate youth festivals are a long-standing format of Indian university youth-welfare programmes, in which a university brings its affiliated colleges together for a graded set of cultural events. This template follows one university’s published rulebook for a single year rather than a generic format.

Where this event is run

Maharashtra, India, where the university’s students’ development department runs the festival for its affiliated colleges, institutes and departments. The same event list, language split and per-event time limits suit any university, college cluster or student union that wants a full collegiate festival with a Marathi or regional-language track, a fine-art block run as long on-the-spot sittings, and a personality contest on top.

Maharashtra, India (inter-collegiate festival)
Universities and student groups elsewhere that run collegiate festivals with regional-language tracks

Key facts

41 events in five families plus two standalone events: 11 music, 2 dance, 9 literary, 8 theatre, 9 fine art, Short Film Making and Jackpot
One group, Students, set to a working 17 to 25 range; every event open to both genders and marked out of 100
26 individual events and 15 team events
Seven spoken events come in pairs – a Marathi version and an any-other-language version
Time limits come from the source: 5 minutes for Elocution, Debate, Mime and Mimicry, 30 minutes for a One Act Play, 120 minutes for Story Writing and 150 minutes for each fine-art event
Default rank points (not in the source): 5, 3, 1 for individual and 10, 6, 2 for team events

Age groups: 1
Competition items: 41
Competitions: 41
Grade bands: 0
Rank awards: 6

Age groups

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

Students

17From

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25To

Candidates aged 17 to 25 compete in this group

Competition items

The events themselves — each with the category it belongs to and how judges score it.

Show all 41 items

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
Students
Music
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Indian Classical Vocal Solo	Individual	—	—	100	10 min
Indian Classical Instrumental Percussion Solo	Individual	—	—	100	10 min
Indian Classical Instrumental Non-Percussion Solo	Individual	—	—	100	10 min
Natyasangeet Vocal Solo	Individual	—	—	100	7 min
Indian Light Vocal Solo	Individual	—	—	100	6 min
Indian Group Song	Team	—	—	100	10 min
Folk Orchestra	Team	—	—	100	10 min
Qawwali	Team	—	—	100	15 min
Western Vocal Solo	Individual	—	English	100	6 min
Western Instrumental Solo	Individual	—	—	100	7 min
Western Group Song	Team	—	English	100	10 min
Classical Dance
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Indian Classical Dance	Individual	—	—	100	15 min
Dance
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Indian Folk Dance	Team	—	—	100	10 min
Literary
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Elocution	Individual	—	Marathi	100	5 min
Elocution (Any Other Language)	Individual	—	—	100	5 min
Debate	Team	—	Marathi	100	5 min
Debate (Any Other Language)	Team	—	—	100	5 min
Story Telling	Individual	—	Marathi	100	7 min
Story Telling (Any Other Language)	Individual	—	—	100	7 min
Quiz	Team	—	English	100	—
Literacy
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Story Writing	Individual	—	Marathi	100	120 min
Story Writing (Any Other Language)	Individual	—	—	100	120 min
Action
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Mono Acting	Individual	—	Marathi	100	7 min
Mono Acting (Any Other Language)	Individual	—	—	100	7 min
Mimicry	Individual	—	—	100	5 min
One Act Play	Team	—	Marathi	100	30 min
One Act Play (Any Other Language)	Team	—	—	100	30 min
Skit	Team	—	Marathi	100	10 min
Skit (Any Other Language)	Team	—	—	100	10 min
Mime	Team	—	—	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 Modeling	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Cartooning	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Rangoli	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Mehendi Designing	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Spot Photography	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Installation	Team	—	—	100	150 min
Others
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Short Film Making	Team	—	—	100	5 min
Special
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Jackpot	Individual	—	—	100	—

Grades and ranks

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

Rank	For	Points
First	Individual	5
Second	Individual	3
Third	Individual	1
First	Team	10
Second	Team	6
Third	Team	2

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.