Indulging India : Online Quiz by xQuiZit

Club xQuiZit organized ‘INDULGING INDIA’ on 10th August to mark our Independence Day.

The quiz was to cover every aspect relating to India from History, Politics, Sports, Business, Culture, Entertainment etc.

It was an online quiz with the following format:

No. of questions: 15

Duration: 25 minutes

NO NEGATIVE MARKING

The response to the quiz was fantastic where 35 teams participated and competed intensely.

The winners of the quiz were:

Winners: Anand Sahasrtabuddhe & Safal Jain: MBA-FT2

Runner up: Saurabh Shrivastava & Amit Bansal: MBA-FT2

The Big Bang at IMNU....TALENT NIGHT

What do you call a place that is in Ahmedabad and rocks?
IMNU!!!
Saturday night at IMNU was a keeper with the first year batch showing off their talents to their batchmates and seniors. Full of zest and willing to let loose, the IMNU students witnessed one of their most exhilarating nights on the campus. “Jashn-Celebrating you talent” was the annual Talent event of IMNU which the first year MBA batch organises and participates in. And if you go by the turnout, it was an unprecedented success.

As is the tradition at IMNU, the event started off with the Sarawati Vandana performed by Yukti and Kapil and the whole auditorium joining in. The crowd then geared up for dance and song performances, each of them outstanding. The dance-duo Suruchi and Mauli kicked off the celebration on a high note, with many more such performance to follow.

Be it the group dance by “Phaerenikes” or the rock band performances, the audience was thrilled to the core. Music was high on the agenda with at least four different musical treats. The group song performance by Club Fiesta and the solo numbers by Poorvi and Ankit were, to say the least, exquisite. And then there were rock performances, one by Priyam and Shravan and the other by Shravan, Randeep and Mayur who shook the Auditorium at their every beat.

Club Fiesta did it again with their fusion of Hip-hop, Salsa and Contemporary dance and left the audience roaring for an encore. Family business batch also gave enthralling dance performances. Among other highlights of the event were satirical skits; one on Yellow Journalism and Sensationalism in Media by the Dramatics Club “Chehre” and the other on the life of a B-school student.

The biggest high of the event though, was the performance by the kids of construction workers of “Saral Foundation- the Social cell of IMNU”. The crowd was captivated by the spirit and innocence of these underprivileged kids who danced to the tunes of "Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani" and "Koi Kahe Kehta Rahe"
Then came the fashionable young men and women at IMNU, stunned the audience with their attitude and style.

Our faculty was equally enthusiastic and wholeheartedly joined in for a few songs. The flash point of the event was the à la mode Ramp walk by the Fashionistas at the B-school. The blitz and the colour of the two fashion shows, one hippie and the other party-themed, was a perfect climax to this scintillating and splendid celebration of talent. The event was sponsored by People Tree and will be hot topic at IMNU for days to come.

(Content Courtesy: Mahima Singhal)

Guest lecture by Mr. Saurabh Gupta, an IMNU Alumni

Institute of Management, Nirma University hosted a Guest Lecture by Mr. Saurabh Gupta, an alumnus of IMNU and currently working as an Assistant Professor in MIS at University of Florida. He talked in depth about the importance of education system and its contribution to the development of a sound work force. He also compared the Indian education system with that of the US, saying “There are no regular management students in US at present”, emphasizing on the difference in the methodology and pedagogy followed. He suggested that the pedagogy in India should try and encourage the students to ask questions also stating that “(the) technology has to be weaved into the system to make it more effective”.

He also talked about the need of flexibility in the education system and how the quality of education in India is seriously affected by the lack of funding and the lack of diversity. He emphasized on the skills that an MBA students should possess, stating that “Management education is focussed on soft skills (in US)”. He also said that management education is about learning how to ask the right questions and how to deal with people. He also talked about the change in approach towards management education in India, which is governed by global cues.

This session was followed by an interactive session where various students asked Mr. Gupta varied questions pertaining to the current education scenario and trends in management education.

(With inputs from Saumil Gokhale)

The fortnight that was...

It’s been a happening fortnight for IMNU with clubs and committees unleashing a barrage of events adding vibrancy to the campus.

To begin with Niche, the marketing Club organized two events i-MAD the AdWAR and Brand-o-Goonj which were major crowd pullers. The event was truly a clash of the creatives and saw several unique and interesting ‘Big Ideas ’for advertisements emerge from the inventive teams of 2011-2013 batch.

Finesse club took the initiative to dispel all fears about accountancy for those who are new to the subject. The event Asset=Liability was an interactive session conducted by Chintan Bhandari (FT-I) who is also a Chartered Accountant. In the session the concepts of accountancy were brushed up and all doubts regarding the different case studies were clarified. The objective was to provide a strong foundation so that students can build on in later courses across the spectrum of financial management. The session was truly helpful and instilled confidence in all to face the approaching exams.

As its ice breaking event, Swayam- the entrepreneurship club organized a grand Treasure Hunt competition which saw 22 groups of three members each, putting on their thinking caps and relentlessly spanning the length and breadth of IMNU in search of the elusive treasure. The team of Shantanu, Randeep and Anurag (FT-I) were the first to find their way to the treasure through the maze of tricky clues on entrepreneurship and were declared the winners. The second prize was bagged by the team of Nakul, Punit and Dhrumil (FB-I)

The Cloth Drive organized by Saral was a huge success. Saral members and IMNU folks celebrated the birthday of Kajal, a 7 year old kid from the basti. The basti kids have no idea about their birthdays so Saral started this tradition of celebrating the birthday of one Saral kid along with the birthday of Saral members. Kajal started attending school from last month owing to the concerted efforts of Saral members to encourage the construction workers living in the basti to send their children to school. Special thanks to Manoj Jacob, Rajiv Mehra and Zubin Tilwankar for making it musical and memorable for KAJAL and all those present outside mess to celebrate the occasion.

Imprints-the HR Club went a step further by providing platform for the students to combine their analytical left brain with their artistic and creative right brain in the event ‘Spicture’. Here the teams were shown a picture that is actually a combination of two personalities. The teams had to identify the personalities and then link the two in an entertaining manner through role play, mimicry, poetry or any other means. It was an out-and-out fun event enjoyed by all.

Right now the 2011-2013 batch is gearing up for Jashn, the Talent Night which promises to be a grandiose event with sparkling display of grace, talent and verve. All the best to all juniors!!!

Blood Donation Camp organized by Rotaract Club

The Rotaract club of IMNU organized a Blood Donation campaign on 19th July, 2011 in association with Prathama Blood Center. The event saw the participation of over 300 blood donors with actual 217 valuable contributions.

This is a historic figure reached by any blood donation camp on single day at Nirma University. The enthusiasm showed by Nirma University as a whole was phenomenal.

The creative and innovative Rotaract members brought out colourful posters highlighting the importance of blood donation with catchy slogans which motivated the students to come forward and donate blood. The event was promoted in an organized and timely manner, the promotional campaign leveraged social networking sites, e-mails, video advertisements, banners and personal communication to create awareness and impelled students to come forward and participate in the noble act.

We are thankful to Prathama Blood Center for agreeing to come to the campus. The doctors and the staff of the blood bank extended their fullest cooperation to make the camp a success. We congratulate and compliment the students who participated in this noble project. The donor’s contribution was appreciated and acknowledged by Prathama Blood Center by distributing certificates to them. We hope this camp will inspire more students to participate in such humane acts.