NAEMD’s JOSH 2018 – Grand India Finale – A Cultural Extravaganza

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16 DEC 2018 : Students of National Academy of Event Management & Development (NAEMD) organised the Grand India Finale of their Annual Inter-collegiate fest – JOSH 2018 on 5th Dec at Bal Gandharv Auditorium (Bandra) in Mumbai.

The auditorium was filled with enthralling energy & enthusiasm as various colleges from the country gave spectacular group performances from around the globe for Fashion Show; Dance competitions living up to the theme – The Great Indian World Festival. All the

participants left no stone unturned to impress the celebrities & judges Bollywood Actor -Freddy Daruwala, Fashion Choreographer – Shakir Shaikh, Former Miss India – Gwen

Athaide, Super Model – Sucheta Sharma James, International Model – Surabhi Prabhu, Stylist

-Jeet & Urmi Chedda, Actor – Joy Banerjee, Fashion Photographer – Sheldon Pereira.

Whether they were beatboxing, mimicking, singing or dancing all the participants of

Student Idol entertained the audiences. Mr & Ms Academia finalists were zeroed on after

two months of auditions across the country, eventually only 18 boys & girls paved their to the India Finale. The finalists were mentored for a week by the judges and helped them to polish their skills & personality.

A variety of performances were enjoyed by the audience, including a classical dance,

belly dance, several solo singing acts, bollywood dance, mono acting and many more

eclectic and thrilling performances by the talented contestants.

The talent and hardwork of students was appreciated by Bollywood Actor – Neil Nitin

Mukesh, International Choreographer Shiamak Davar, Actor – Deepshikha Nagpal, Dr Medha

Tapiawala & Mrs Shilpa Borkar from Mumbai University’s GICED and supported by Dr Kotak, Kamini Shrivastav, Producer – Chanda Patel and Fashion Designer – Meghna Patankar.

JOSH 2018 was a celebration of joy, art and culture. A carnival indeed!

WINNERS LIST (as below)

WINNER LIST – MR & MS ACADEMIA

Sr No

FULL NAME

CATEGORY

TITLE

1

Vedant Mahewar

Mr Academia

Winner

2

Moin Kureshi

Mr Academia

1st Runner Up

3

Urvish Patel

Mr Academia

2nd Runner Up

1

Jayati Jha

Ms Academia

Winner

2

Neha Dubey

Ms Academia

1st Runner Up

3

Nidhi Nair

Ms Academia

2nd Runner Up

1

Moin Kureshi

MR. PHOTOGENIC

Winner

2

Nandini Agarwal

MS. PHOTOGENIC

Winner

3

Harsha Nair

MS SMILE

Winner

4

Vedant Mahewar

MR. ROBUST

Winner

5

Neha Dubey

MS TEN

Winner

6

Namit Shah

BEST DANCER

Winner

WINNER LIST – STUDENT IDOL

Sr No

FULL NAME

CATEGORY

TITLE

1

Mithilesh Patankar

Student Idol

Male

Winner

2

Aadit Premal Jhaveri

Student Idol

Male

1st Runner Up (Tie)

Jonty Christian

3

Rugved S. Salunke

Student Idol

Male

2nd Runner Up

1

Aastha Patel

Student Idol

Female

Winner

2

Riya Patel

Student Idol

Female

1st Runner Up (Tie)

Shweta J. Maurya

3

Devanshi Mehta

Student Idol

Female

2nd Runner Up

WINNER LIST ( GROUP PERFORMANCES)

Sr No

COLLEGE

CATEGORY

TITLE

1

Nagindas Khandwala College

Around the World

Winner

2

St. Andrews College

Around the World

1st Runner Up

3

Prahladrai Dalmia College

Around the World

2nd Runner Up

1

St. Andrews College

Around The Nation

Winner

2

Nagindas Khandwala College

Around The Nation

1st Runner Up

3

Prahladrai Dalmia College

Around The Nation

2nd Runner Up

1

St. Andrews College

Global Fashion Show

Winner

2

Pillai College

Global Fashion Show

1st Runner Up

3

Nagindas Khandwala College

Global Fashion Show

2nd Runner Up

1

St Andrews College

Best College

Winner

2

Nagindas Khandwala College

Best College

1st Runner Up

3

Prahladrai Dalmia College

Best College

2nd Runner Up