The ones who are keeping the competitive spirit of Malhar alive and rerouting the legacy of Malhar's events in this never-seen-before virtual setup. It's them who make Malhar as Event-ful as it gets!

The rulebook creator of Malhar- Admin, works in the shadows to ensure the smooth functioning of this fest. The baby of all the sub-departments i.e. Contingency Communication is the newest addition to the department. When in doubt, Admin is the department to fall back on. Being the most trustworthy of all, Admin abides by the motto "The show, in case of Malhar, the grand show, must go on."

If there is one department that aims to make Malhar an insightful experience, it is Conclave. Bagging the title of ‘Elites’, department conclave does justice to it every year with their list of speakers that reflect vision and innovation at best. They know how to multitask and keep calm under pressure.

Creativity, Novelty, Innovation and Talent - You name it, they paint it. The department that never fails to include shades of colours in your life, FA is the one with equal parts of coffee and paint stains. With paint brushes in their pockets, they are ready to e-voke the Van Gogh in you. With attention to detail, we ensure that precision remains their top priority, along with painting everlasting bonds.

Whenever in need of testing your wits, LA is the department to approach. The pun generator of all departments, LA is extremely precise about that one item you can never say no to, i.e. cheesecake (it is the official food of this department). Full of whack individuals, LA loves to believe that they're living a movie life, preferably 'LA LA LAnd'. As our OC reiterates, "LA is Fam," a warm environment for each and everyone, that we can all safely call 'Home'.

The Performing Arts Department this year is the first of its kind- bearing the herculean task of fusing both IPA and WPA into one! IPA or Indian Performing Arts is just the right amalgamation of all the Hindi films that we love and WPA or the World Performing Arts, on the other hand. If you see Malhar as the perfect concoction of music, dance and cheerful spirits, you know who made it possible.

These are departments forming the compass that gives the fest direction. What are Management Departments like, you ask? Well they do the tech, the money, the budget AND they're funny.

The backbone of Malhar, Marketing brings in all the cash (and much more) that is needed to run the whole show. On a regular day, they are stuck on long, tiring calls, working hard to get the financial support we need for Malhar. Due to their contagious enthusiasm and ambition, they get the work done to get the base ready for Malhar to be built on. Their specialities lie in multitasking and being extremely talented!

Xavier's ‘Moffice’ houses a group of calculative individuals who look after the financing and budgeting of the fest. One might yawn at their monotonous engagement with spreadsheets, organisation, numbers, math and research but that’s where all the money is! When dealing with a tight budget, the finance department is at its best, trying not to compromise on the necessary expenses. The financers tally their puns and funs and always strike a balance between work and play!

“Mic check 123!” Texxx has its wirlesses and connections with all the other departments of Malhar. Being the warehouse of all technical support, the department illuminates the fest by sweating through the rehearsals, trials and mocks. The drastic effect of the new normal has challenged this bunch of technical people to construct a virtual stage and help people experience Malhar on their screens. Besides being the only big 4 that survived the online set up, Texxx has transitioned into becoming an events department this year.

They (net)work their way through everything that they need for Malhar and did the "Am I audible?" with an audience before it was the new normal. Supreme graphics, expert salesman shop and technical expertise is what they bring to the table!

Computers as a department chooses to reside on Discord. In addition to the painful tracking down of bugs and trying to fix them, you'll probably find one member of the department or another awake at any time of the day. Finding snippets of code through infinite hours of scrolling, clear out something that's "bugging" you, or helping the other OGs with all the problems in their computers. All these fall right under their domain.

Creatives has merged with FnD this year to make one big family fuelled by a mutual love-hate relationship with Adobe. The department that ideates and creates and bonds over hunching over their laptops for hours making countless revisions to their work. Last minute changes and digital art are their priorities. They perpetually run on all-nighters and sticker collections.