College fest sponsors in India 2025-26: NPCI held the title at two IITs

NPCI was title sponsor of two IIT fests in 2026: Kshitij at IIT Kharagpur in January and Techkriti at IIT Kanpur in March. Across the latest editions of ten Indian college fests, POP UPI held the title at Mood Indigo, IMC Trading at Shaastra, Shein at Malhar and Spinny at Rendezvous. Saarang split its top slot four ways, and Aaruush had no title sponsor at all. Each fest below links to its full sponsor list, with the fest's own tier words and a source for every brand.

Who sponsored the big college fests in 2025-26?

One row per fest, for the latest edition with a sponsor list we could read. The top slot is the fest-wide headline sponsor in the fest's own words. Many fests also name a title sponsor for a single night or competition; those are in each fest's own list.

Two names repeat at the top. NPCI holds both IIT titles above, and Coca-Cola sits in the top block at three fests: associate title sponsor at Rendezvous 2025, one of four co-title sponsors at Saarang 2026, and co-presenter at Alcheringa 2026, a year after it held Alcheringa's title. Our list of brands that sponsor the most college fests counts every repeat below the top slot too.

Who sponsored Kshitij 2026?

Kshitij, IIT Kharagpur's techno-management fest, ran from 16 to 18 January 2026. The fest announced NPCI as its title sponsor on X on 9 January. Kshitij has no sponsor page: its site read “website under construction” when we checked on 28 October 2026, so NPCI is the only 2026 sponsor we can confirm. For 2024, SheThePeople, the fest's digital partner that year, carried the fest's line naming Bajaj Auto & Chetak Limited as title sponsor.

Which college fests are coming up next?

The next editions with dates on record, as of 28 October 2026. Saarang, Shaastra, Kshitij and Alcheringa have not announced their 2027 dates.

Which fests publish no sponsor list?

Six fests we looked at had no list we could read and source. Absence here means no readable list, and says nothing about who paid.

• Oasis, BITS Pilani. The 2026 edition runs 29 October to 2 November, the fest's site says, and the site's code carries no sponsor section.
• Antaragni, IIT Kanpur. The 2026 sponsor page read “Coming soon” on 28 October, the day before the fest opens. The only 2026 partner the site names is The Dopamine Store, as merch partner.
• Spring Fest, IIT Kharagpur. The 2026 edition ran 23 to 25 January, the Gymkhana's events page says. The fest's own site did not load when we checked.
• Thomso, IIT Roorkee. Its sponsor page could not be read.
• Riviera, VIT Vellore. Its site did not load when we checked.
• Umang, Narsee Monjee College, Mumbai. The college's Umang page names no 2026 dates and no sponsors. Its last published list is from 2022.

How do you find sponsors for a college fest?

Start with the brands already on these lists. Our college fest sponsor finder lists every brand on the Mood Indigo and Antaragni sponsor lists in our database, by category.

The headline slot is the smallest part of these lists. They run from 12 partners at Aaruush to 110 logos on Saarang's page.

How we checked: each fest's list comes from its own sponsor page or page code, read live or from Internet Archive copies, on 28 October 2026. Techfest's top slot comes from the fest's release as carried by The Free Press Journal. Kshitij comes from the fest's X account and SheThePeople. Dates come from each fest's site or the press named in each fest's post. Images are from Rendezvous's YouTube channel and Kshitij's X account.