SAARANG, the fusion Band of PES University which started in 2012 by a set of enthusiastic and talented artists. Starting with just five members presently there are 23 members in the band including vocalists and instrumentalists with different musical backgrounds. The group includes a blend of different genres of music which include Hindustani classical music, Carnatic classical music, Western music and even Bollywood music.The band bagged first prize in western acoustics competition (all three group, duet and solo) held at ‘Nirvaan’, the cultural fest of St. Joesph autonomous college, Bangalore on 12th January 2017, Second prize in eastern music band competition held at ‘Cul-Ah’, the cultural fest of Mount Carmel College, Bangalore in 2016. The band performed at a reality show organized by Suvarnachannel ,Vishveshvaraya Technological University cultural fest in 2012 and 2014, Christ University fest in 2015 andM.S.Ramaiah College of engineering fest in 2015. GROUP LEADERS: Leaders: Rajat B Goudar, Shreyas Rao; Vocalists: Vindhya, Aparna, Saudhamini, Rajat, Kavya, Prajwal, Lalit, Nihali, Ria; Flute: Shreyas, Samarth, Tabla: Ashutosh, Dinesh, Guitar: Ria, Sanket, Kevin, Manu, Sriram, Percussions: Shridatta, Violin: Shrinidhi, Keyboard: Rishikesh, Abhijit, Saxophone: Prithvi CLUB HEADS: Siddharth Suresh, Kanya Murali, Ankith Gujjar CLUB MEMBERS: Malavikka Rajmohan, Sukanya, Aadhithya Sindol, Akarsh K S, Ankit Narasimhan, Aparna Bhat, Dinesh Satish Naik, Kaushal Hebbar, Kavya Phalachandra, Manoj Jagannath, Nihali S Shetty, Prajwal Kiran Kumar, Pramod Keshav, Prithvi Monteiro, R Sreenidhi, Rajat B Goudar, Ria Borthakur, Rishikesh Venkatasubramanian, Saudamini Khare, Shreyas S Rao, Shridatta M G, Tanveer Akram, Tejaswini, Vihan Murthy, Vishwas S Shirur, Yuktha Rao, Rahul R K, Rohan Ajay, Sarang Ravindra