CNMCH AGON App version 83.1, developed by Taulik Sarkar, on behalf of CNMCH,
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AGON.
The "ℂ𝕒𝕝𝕔𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕒 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕄𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℍ𝕠𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕝" has its origin in the "National Medical Institute" or "Jatiya Ayurbigyan Vidyalaya" on 14th April 1921, founded as a product of the Non-cooperation movement. It was inaugurated by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The College is locally known as Chittaranjan Hospital. Established in 1948, the institute was nationalized in 1967.
𝔸𝔾𝕆ℕ is the annual cultural festival of Calcutta National Medical College, organised by the CNMC Students' Union. AGON is reportedly the biggest medical college festival of Eastern India. Since its inception in 1980 Agon has been one of the most sought after college festivals among the medical student fraternity in West Bengal.
ᴘʀᴇꜰᴇꜱᴛ – Agon Prefest is held for 4–7 days prior to the main fest. Prefest events include: Intercollege Sports Tournament (cricket, football, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, carrom and chess), Cinefest, Short-Film Festival, Solo and group creative events, CME (Continued medical education), Seminars, Dance workshop, Medical workshops, Blood donation camps, awareness campaigns etc.
ꜰᴇꜱᴛ – Following the traditions of the past four decades the main fest Agon is held for 4 days. It begins just after the prefest. Events include: Dance & Music contests, Battle of Band, Crime Scene Investigation, Treasure Hunt, Medi Quiz, General Quiz, Fandom Quizzes (Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Friends, DC-Marvel), Stand-Up comedy, Drama competition, Street Play, X-Factor (Colors of Bengal), Paradox – The Fashion Show etc.
Among the major attractions of Agon are the 4 concert nights, which has regional artists, Bollywood celebrities, EDM concerts and DJ night. Agon has witnessed stellar performances from Amit Trivedi, Arijit Singh, Neha Kakkar, Sunidhi Chauhan, KK (singer), Mohit Chauhan, Mohammed Irfan (singer) , Shalmali Kholgade, Shraddha Pandit, Fossils (band), Euphoria (Indian band), Javed Ali, Neeraj Shridhar, Rupankar, Anupam Roy, Sidhhu, Pota etc.
The cultural festival embraces the likes of many famous celebrities of the country, drawing about 5000 footfalls a day. With more than 40 inter college events and competitions spanning for more than a week, the fest is graced by more than 3000 college students, post graduate trainees, resident doctors, alumni of the college and faculty members. Students from more than 60 schools and colleges from Kolkata as well as from other parts of Eastern India take part in the competitions and attend the concerts. A number of social initiatives are undertaken by the Students' Union as part of the annual cultural festival AGON, which includes Blood donation camps, Thalassaemia screening camps, awareness campaigns etc.
Calcutta National Medical College Students’ Union presents AGON has their android based mobile app named CNMCH AGON, which is the first time in India, a college event have their own app for event management and registration purposes. This app is made by the students of this medical institute.
