SLAMDUNK

The greatest event of the season SLAMDUNK ended with great thrills on the campus. SLAMDUNK successfully concluded on 19th Aug. with PHAERENIKES (MBA FT (I)) emerging as proud winners defeating VIKINGS (MBA FT (II))by 4 points (28-24).

A brief summary of the final match is as follows:

Quarter 1 – Vikings started off well scoring 5 points in the first quarter thanks to KODELA (big match player) scoring 5 points while Phaerenikes scored 1 point.

Quarter 2 – Phaerenikes came back strongly scoring 11 points to Vikings 2 points. Aman rocked with 9 points and Rajveer scored a 2 pointer with a brilliant solo effort.

Quarter 3 – Phaerenikes consolidated on their lead scoring 9 points. Aman continued with his stellar performance scoring 9 points. Akshay and Mihir were outstanding in the defense restricting Vikings to 3 points

Quarter 4 – When all felt that match is almost over with Phaerenikes leading by 11 points (21-10), Vikings came back strongly scoring 14 points by Tushar who scored 12 points but in the end they felt short by just 4 points.

With this PHAERENIKES won the battle acquiring the first major trophy of the season.Both the teams played the game in Great Spirit and even applauded each other at the end of the game. It was the defining moment of this great enthusiastic and energetic tournament.

Medals were also distributed to the finalists by Ajay and Nirmal of Sportzzz Committee.

(Content Courtesy:Shantanu Nilosey)

IMNUites go gaga with HARE KRISHNA

On Monday, IMNU saw the fall and rise of rockstars. No wonder it is about the Dahi Handi event celebrated at IMNU on Janmasthmi. The rockstars were none other than the students at IMNU attempting to break the Handi. The students here were eyeballing a day so auspicious in the calendar of IMNU. The first phase of the event took place in the morning at the hostel premises. The place drew over large number of people to pitch in for the fun. A particularly bollywood film affair; the set was at its place. The dhols were set. The amplifiers arranged for the event were ready to accentuate the loud wailings of the crowd. It is said the world is a stage and we all are the actors and the crowd here took this very seriously. The event opened up with each team making an attempt to break the Handi. Some teams managed to hit success in one go while others kept the zest and tried an another effort. Splashes of water and coloured faces with gulaal were all that the crowd could see. The second phase of the event took place in the evening. The crowd snapped again in huge number for the Puja. Everyone was dressed in traditional attires. The crowd chanted bhajans to seek blessings of Lord Krishna. Everyone felt that one should be at such places to soak in the awesomeness of it.

(Content Courtesy: Priyanka Singhvi)

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.