This document outlines seven quest events that are part of Gnosiomania 2010, a festival at MNNIT Allahabad focused on environmental themes. Each of the seven quests corresponds to an element (earth, air, fire, water, sky, intellect, emotions) and involves a creative, informal competition or activity to raise awareness about environmental issues, such as a scavenger hunt, kite flying contest, or open-air theatre. The quests are designed to encourage broad participation through their fun, non-traditional nature and increase publicity for the college's message of environmental protection. Contact information is provided for student organizers and faculty supervisors.

1. G nosiomania 2010
The Seven Quests

2. Gnosiomania 2010
The Quest, Fest and the Rest
• Fest: Classic Events that make Gnosiomania the way it is
o Quizzes, Literary Events, Business Events, OPD, Informals
• Quest: Noble initiatives with Nature as the central theme
o Address social problems with an informal touch
 Also likely to increase participation and create a buzz around the event

3. The Seven Quests
Are you G+ve?
These seven quests are based on the seven elements of man
• Earth : Down to Earth
• Air : Castles in the Air
• Fire : Bon Fire
• Water : Aqua Guard
• Sky : Under the Sky
• Intellect : Perceptron
• Emotions: Senti-meter

4. Down to Earth
Earth
A Run for Earth
• Supported by the WWF, students would spread
solidarity for nature as also promote the message
about their genuine concerns for nature.
• Running is healthy, athletic and cool… Reduce fuel
• Lots of goodies to be distributed
• Spirit of healthy competition and development, the
natural way

5. Castles in the Air
Air
XPress Space to tease your creativity
• Participants would be given an A-2 size sheet and a
theme. They can use their creativity and any locally
available resources to make the best out of this sheet.
• This could be a collage of pictures, leaves, or poems,
pictures, postcards, stamps, papers or anything you
lay hands on. Marks would be given on creativity.
• Based on the viewers’ comments, prizes would be
announced.

6. Bon Fire
Fire
Open-house Debate
• We select a burning topic, and get the views of some of
our ignited minds, on this issue.
• Participants can speak for and against both, and
switch their sides based on what team is doing well.
• Based on a final plebiscite, we would conclude what
the youth of the Nation thinks about such an issue.
• No formal discussions, please…

7. Aqua Guard
Water
Water-painting contest
• Water painting contest for children studying in
various schools of Allahabad.
• The theme is: “Green and Gold”
• We visit the schools, provide them with charts and the
children display their creativity.
• The best three entries from each school gets prizes,
besides the overall best three entries.
• Water painting for faculty also under the hood!

8. Under the Sky
Sky
Kite-flying contest
• Participants come with their kites, write a small slogan
for the environment and fly them high
• Participants would try to cut each other’s kites.
• Last kite flying wins the prize.
• Prizes would also be given for the best slogan and best
design based on use of resources for making the kite.
• Those who do not bring their kites would be given one,
but it’s preferable to have your own kite, is it not?

9. Perceptron
Wisdom
Live Treasure Hunt
• Team of 4. Teams must decrypt clues given to them to
advance to the next higher level.
• Each clue points to the next location. All the clues
would be hidden within the college premises.
• Time limit on each clue, failing which penalty would
be imposed, which could include sacrificing a team
member. Time limit includes time for tasks as well…
• No two teams will have the same track.
• The team that reaches the final destination first, wins.

10. Senti-meter
Sentiments
Open-air Theatre
• The participants are required to make a
movie/song/jingle/poem/skit/play that would appeal
to the sentiments of the audience to save Nature.
• They would be shortlisted and the best ones would be
screened at Basketball court
• The prizes will be given based on the response each
item gets from the audience
• Bring your own audience… They cheer, you win!

11. We have modified the environment so
radically that we must now modify
ourselves to exist in this new environment.”
“
Norbert Weiner
Founder of cybernetics

12. What’s novel about it?

13. Participation
The informal touch would bring
in more students than ever,
including those who have never
taken part in any events of the
college so far.

14. Awareness
The more people take part in
these events, the further our
message goes: Save the
Environment. It’s simple

15. Sponsorship
There are plenty of avenues for
which sponsorship can be
readily arranged with the help
of NGOs and Govt. bodies

16. Publicity
MNNIT, Allahabad would be
recognized in national and
regional media for taking
initiatives to save our
Environment

17. Involvement
Participation from all sections
of the learning community,
including the faculty, College
students as well as school-
students

18. Colossal Fun
Informal Events so that
students come and have a great
time rather than simply
contemplate and forget about it

19. Contacts
Faculty
Dr. R. K. Singh
President, Student’s Activity Center
rksingh@mnnit.ac.in
Dr. Tanuj Nandan
Convener, Gnosiomania 2010
tanuj@mnnit.ac.in
Student Contacts
Ashwarya Pratap Singh
General Secretary, Gnosiomania 2010
ashwarskywalker@gmail.com
Gaurav Marda
Organizing Secretary
gaurav.asn@gmail.com
Mitesh Karwa
Quests, Gnosiomania 2010
quests.gnosiomania@gmail.com

20. Contacts
Air
Amrit Lachhiramka
amrit12happy@gmail.com
Mohita Nimiya
mohita.nimiya@gmail.com
Earth
Prateek Jain
prateek261188@gmail.com
Fire
Nitish Kumar Yadav
nitishkumary@gmail.com
Water
Suchismita Nandy
suchismita89@gmail.com
Niharika Kunapraju
niharika89k@gmail.com
Ashish Sethi
ashusethi2007@gmail.com
Sky
Amrita Nandy
ami2989@gmail.com
Sentiments
Apurv Srivastava
apurv.production@gmail.com
Saurabh Gupta
saurabh172007@gmail.com
Intellect