Svechha organizes Rock Rhythmz 2007.
Hyderabad – March 04, 2007 Svechha, a non-profit organization based in Hyderabad, organized a fund-raising event called ROCK RHYTHMZ on 3rd March. ROCK RHYTHMZ is a National Level Rock Contest and is significant as it was the first Rock event of its kind for a social cause & also provided a platform for IT corporate Rock bands alongside professional bands participating.

Rock bands from Bombay, Pune, Lucknow, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad participated in this contest along with corporate bands from IT companies like Microsoft, Oracle, CSC and Satyam. The pre-finals were conducted on March 2nd at PRASADS Multiplex. The final event was on March 3rd at Durgam Cheruvu, Hyderabad. Winners of Campus Rock Idol, ‘History Makers’ gave a special performance dedicated to the beneficiaries of the event. The contest culminated with a DJ ball featured DJ Moksh.

The contest was won by Chennai Based band “Panatella”, followed up by Satyam Band as 1st runners up. Prizes were given by Famous Music Director, Chakri & other film personalities from Telugu Film Fraternity. The show was supported by TV9, Big FM, Café Coffee Day, Vision Avenues, Prasads Multiplex, Hyderabad Central along with various volunteers from IT companies at Hyderabad like Oracle, Infosys, iSoft, SumTotal Systems, Satyam.

“All the Svechha members and volunteers worked for this event without taking any compensation. All the funds raised now would be used to fund these two organizations and few other poor students in Andhra Pradesh. Lot of effort was put to reduce the expenses for the event so that the maximum go to the people in need” Svechha Officials stated.

“Old age home is in bad need of funds to just have enough food and basic facilities for funds. Our main aim is to help them provide operational expenses for the age home and get more training material and sponsor poor disabled kid’s education.“ said Puneet Bindlish, Vice President, Svechha Foundation. Puneet Bindlish is also the CEO of Infogile Corporation and his organization has decided to extend "life long" assistance to Svechha in all its philanthropic efforts