RannBhumi- The Battlefield

You walk into the auditorium. You smile a big smile. As promised, everyone in your class is in the same colour. Flags in hands, they wave at you. You take a seat with them, you jump out of it and then you cheer till you cannot anymore. Spirited, United and Passionate!

Color Coded

You had to see it to believe it.
“RannBhumi- the Quest for the Best” was organised by “NiCHE”-the marketing club of IMNU on August 19, 2011. The flagship event of “NiCHE”, in its second year itself, has made its place among the most awaited events of IMNU. True to its name, the event is a battle between the five sections of the first year MBA (Full-Time and Family Business Course) batch. What is at stake? The RannBhumi trophy. Each class has to brand itself. This includes class name, logo, taglines, song performances, dance performances- anything which the teams feel represents who they are.

Five teams namely Crusaders, Igniterzz, Knighthawks, Phaerenikes, and Zephyrs fought hard for the title and the rotating RannBhumi Trophy. With their feisty presentations, the teams battled to claim the spot at the top as their supporters rocked the auditorium with their adrenaline-fuelled cheering.

Phaerenikes sing their anthem

While the Phaerenikes swept everyone away by their enthralling videos, Zephyrs shook the auditorium with their music. Igniterzz lit the stage by the virtue of their presence and Knighthawks did it with their humorous skit. Finally, the crusaders marched their way to a stunning performance. Each class tried to differentiate itself from the others-from painted faces to flags, from videos to class anthems, the event displayed all facets of creativity in the junior batch. Even as they had fun, in each team were visible the marketers in the making.

Finally, the moment came which every team was waiting for and Zephyrs walked away with the trophy, both in the best t-shirt category and the overall performance.

Zephyrs- Storming their way to the top

The event was judged by Prof. Sanjay Jain and Prof. Ashwini K. Awasthi and was a testimony to the solidarity of the IMNU batch 2011-13.

Igniterzz setting the stage on fire

A Visit to Manav Sadhna

Rotaract Club of IMNU (Institute of Management, Nirma University), known For its focus areas viz. leadership and social causes, visited Manav Sadhna, an NGO functioning from Sabarmati Ashram, on August 7, 2011. The visit was a part of the induction program of the new members of RCIMNU. At the ashram, while interacting with Mr Shirish, Chief Coordinator of the NGO, the rotaractors came to know of Gandhiji’s Sabarmati stay and of the functioning and framework of Manav Sadhna. Thereafter, they went for an exhaustive and guided tour of the ashram. The overall experience was enchanting and satisfying. The students had their share of fun whilst having corn cobs and coconut water and playing antakshari on the way back. RCIMNU hopes to continue its association with Manav Sadhna, which it enhanced last year by initiating a mentorship program with the kids at the NGO.

Go Green @ IMNU!!!

Rotaract Club of IMNU (Institute of Management, Nirma University) on Thursday organised an inter-class “GO GREEN” contest wherein the students had to plant trees and make posters and slogans for a world with green border. The tagline of the event “Ten Teams, One Cause”, turned out to be true as students came out in huge numbers, all enthusiastic, to support the green drive. There was unity in competition as there was only one colour visible on the students: GREEN. There was enormous support and team spirit with the IMNU faculty joining in for cheering the participants, which kept the event alive and kicking throughout. Catering to one of the judgement parameters, the teams scored heavy on innovation in their campaigns as some wore arm bands with slogans etched onto them while others painted the social networks green by editing their profiles there.

Lights..Camera...ACTION!!!

How many of us have ever really given a serious thought to what all goes into the making of a movie. How much hard work goes into trying to keep the audience entertained for a couple of hours? To attempt to answer some such questions, Chehre - the Dramatics Club of IMNU organized a Movie making and Distribution Management workshop on Wednesday, the 17th of August 2011. The workshop was conducted by Mr Ritam Bhatnagar, founder and president of the Freeway Film Company.

Mr Bhatnagar adressing the rapt audience

Co-founding the International Film Festival Ahmedabad at the age of 19, Mr Bhatnagar has served as Operations-Head to the country's first private film festival. Mr Bhatnagar also worked with UTV and Taj Enlighten Film Society on several International projects, including one with Shekar Kapur and Anurag Kashyap and has also been instrumental in organizing Mumbai Film Festival and PVR's Greatest Film Festival.

The workshop was an eye-opener for anyone who thought movie making was an easy task. Mr Bhatnagar made the audience realize how much work goes into each of the three stages of movie making - Pre-Production, Production and Post-Production. He explained in detail every single task that the process includes and how the complete sequence of events come together for the final product - the movie to be complete.

And the workshop had saved the best part for the last, probably the part that all the management students were most interested in - career opportunities for an MBA in the film industry. Mr Bhatnagar identified Marketing and Distribution as the two fields in the industry that present the best and most exiting career options for a management professional. He described some of the key challenges that the industry faces and how they present an hitherto untapped potential for management students and professionals.

The CHEHRE team with Mr Bhatnagar

The Q&A session at the end of the workshop brought out some great insights and quite a few of the 50 attendee students would be seriously considering the film industry as a prospective career choice to be sure.

Jaya He : A Salute to the Nation

On the occassion of India's 65th Independence Day, The Rotaract club of Nirma Institutes organized DeshRaag- A Patriotic Group Singing Competition to celebrate the spirit of freedom and independence. The teams from across the disciplines of Nirma University participated in the event and made it a huge success. The event was judged by famous Ghazal artist Shri Atul Brahmbhatt. The audience were overwhelmed with performances which had participants singing to the patriotic tunes of “Desh Mere Desh Mere” and “Vande Mataram”. The event saw the team from IMNU taking the winners medal for a performance that left the crowd in high spirits.