RAGAM, is the annual cultural festival of National Institute of Technology,Calicut (formerly known as CREC-Calicut Regional Engineering College) . Held during February / March, it is the biggest of its kind in Kerala and one of the best culfests in South India. History: The festival generally takes place over four days,offering a plethora of events for aspirants in every field -art, literature,dramatics,dance and music.The list does not end there.For those who haven't found their niche yet or are looking to have pure fun,there is a whole range of events which you can try your hand at. The all time crowd pullers are the Pro-shows which are held in the Open-Air-Theatre(OAT) to packed audiences. Bands like Motherjane, Parikrama, Euphoria, Silk-route, Breathe-The Delicate Sound of Floyd and artistes like Shankar Mahadevan, Benny Dayal, Karthik, Shaan, M. G. Sreekumar and Balabhaskar have performed at Ragam. Ragam hosts over 40 events, ranging from serious competitions to informal ones.Spread out over four days, they can be categorised into five major genres.