Can you tell me in detail about the “Pulse” Festival offered by AIIMS or All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi every year? Tell me about the events conducted in this AIIMS Festival?

Pulse is the largest annual cultural, literary and sports festival of the AIIMS or All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi held for Medical Undergraduate students in India.

It is held every year from September 16–22. This week long extravaganza is the biggest inter-college festival of the medical fraternity of India with participation of medical and dental colleges all over India and even foreign medical colleges.

Apart from the medical colleges, IIT Delhi and many colleges of Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University also participate in various events in Pulse.

The number of registered delegates varies from 5,000 to 8,000 every year. Registration is required for participants from outside Delhi.

Registered delegates are provided accommodation and transportation at a nominal cost for the seven days.

A "Pulse Champion" in the well participated events can be considered an inter-medical champion of national level.

Common Events

The opening ceremony is highlighted by the "P wave" - an opulent musical dance drama performed by students of AIIMS, depicting the theme of the pulse of that year.

"P wave" is named after the first wave in an ECG pulse.

The events in pulse can be broadly categorized into:

• Social and Cultural Events including Classical Singing, Western Singing, Classical and Western Dance, Choreography etc.

• Literary Events including Debate, English Password, Just a Minute etc.

• Sports events including Lawn Tennis, Table Tennis, Basketball, Athletics, Soccer, Swimming, Cricket, Football etc.

• Informal including Hogathan, Make a Proposal, Mr & Ms Pulse, Treasure Hunt etc.

• Mega events like Star Night, Rock Band performances, DJ Night etc.

• Fine arts events like Rangoli making, T-shirt painting, Sketching, Mehandi making, Clay modeling, best out of waste etc.

Under each of these divisions there are numerous events. Also there are various other carnival activities including those organized by some of the sponsors.

Stalls of food items and various other local attractions add to the carnival atmosphere.

At any point of time multiple events go on almost round the clock for one full week with vociferous support from the crowds.

Due to the high level of participation, the events are fiercely contested national level inter-medical competitions, apart from some women-team events like basketball where non-medical teams are allowed to participate.