Students from COEP have a great legacy of excelling in both academics, sports and have won laurels and accolades to their alma mater in the field of sports. The main objective behind ZEST was to have an indigenous blend of talent, skill, endurance and to give a platform for the other students also to excel and showcase their talent. These 7 years have seen immensely enthusiastic participation, growing interest, new events, high quality competitive sportsmanship, incorporation of novel ideas and substantial prize money.

The success of ZEST' 09 stand testimony to this. It had participation from 6 different states and more than 3000 participants and 6000 spectators. ZEST has become the most awaited sports competition in India.

As we inherit the legacy of ZEST, we aim to make it bigger, competitive and more intense. ZEST' 10 aims to increase the participation to over 20 different states, embellishing it as the India’s biggest Inter Engineering sports event. Along with addition of new events and increased participation, ZEST' 10 aims at giving more benefits & recognition to its participants and more specific quality exposure to the sponsors.