GOALZZZ: Day 2

The second day of GOALZZZ ’11, IMNU’s national B-school football tournament saw one match. In the day’s only match MICA was up against Sydenham (Mumbai). Joseph Jacob of MICA troubled the scorers twice by scoring in the 10th and the 20th minute. At the start of the 2nd half, MICA consolidated their position by a goal from Abhimanyu Roy in the 25th minute. As if that was not enough, Jaimin Trivedi, yesterday’s hero with the stunner put the final nail in the coffin by scoring his 2nd goal of the tournament in the 40th minute of the match. MICA won the match 4-0. The match was extremely crucial as with this the league matches ended. K.J. Somaiya’s Utkarsh is still the leading scorer of the tournament with 3 goals to his credit.

Next up is the biggest and the last day of the tournament with the semi-finals, 3rd place play-off and the final lined up. The atmosphere in the institute is electric. The preparations for the finale are under way and the students are waiting with bated breath for tomorrow’s kick off. The first match starts at 11am with the final scheduled to take place at 5pm.


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GOALZZZ 2011: Day 1

The hysteria was rising, the atmosphere was electric and the stage was set for GOALZZZ ’11, IMNU’s national B-school football tournament. As always, teams from across the nation started their campaigns for the coveted title of the ultimate winner. 

The tournament kicked off with a match with the MICA team dominating the last year’s runner-ups K J Somaiya with a 3-0 win. JaiminTrivedi, from MICA, scored a spectacular goal from the half-line by in the 12^th minute. 10 minutes into the 2^nd half, K J Somaiya compounded their problems by giving up a penalty due to a hand-ball. Suhail Kapur didn’t miss the gift, giving MICA its 2^nd goal in the 35^th minute. In the 43^rd minute Pratap Gaul took the match away from K J Somaiya when he netted a through ball from the half line.

Emotions ran high for the 2^nd match of the day, where the home team, IMNU battled bravely against the defending champions IIM-A. IMNU defended solidly for much of the 1^st half and caused IIM-A plenty of trouble. The home side goal-keeper Pranav made some valiant saves. But IIM-A’s superior possession and constant penetration into IMNU’s defenses finally paid off in the 23^rd minute when Luca’s cross deflected into the net from the far post. IMNU’s dreams were still alive till the death when IIM-A’s Abdul finished off the match in the 48^th minute earning his team a 2^nd goal. The match ended with a score-line of 2-0 and 2 points in the bag for IIM-A.

In the day’s final match, K J Somaiya recovered brilliantly from its defeat earlier in the day to win with a score of 4-1 against Sydenham (Mumbai). Utkarsh gave Somaiya their first 3 goals in the 6^th, 11^th and 18^th minutes, scoring the first hat-trick of the tournament for himself and giving the team a 3-0 lead. In the 2^nd half, Samyajeet from Somaiya scored in the 37^th minute to make the score 4-0. Just when it seemed like Sydenham would go score-less Kaushal scored for them in the 44^th minute and the match ended with Somaiya winning with a score of 4-1 and earning 2 precious points.

At the end of the day, MICA, IIM-A and K J Somaiya had 2 points each. Somaiya’s Utkarsh was by far the leading scorer with 3 goals to his credit.

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Football Fever: Goalzzz

The football fever is on. Institute of Management, Nirma University is organizing “Goalzzz”, its annual inter-college football event, which has attracted participation from the leading B-schools of the country. The event kick starts on Friday, October 14th 2011 with qualifying matches on the first two days and the finals scheduled on Sunday, October 16th, 2011.

This year, besides the home team IMNU, the B-schools which will fight for the trophy are, the defending champions Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Sydenham (Mumbai), K J Somaiya, (Mumbai), MICA (Ahmedabad) and NITIE (Mumbai). This high-adrenalin event is a major hit among football aficionados in B-schools and has been successful since its inception 8 years ago.

SAMURAI are COPA Nirma champions,again!!

In a fiercely fought game, SAMURAIS defeated PHAERENIKES 4-3 on penalties to clinch the coveted COPA NIRMA title. This is SAMURAIS second COPA NIRMA title.

SAMURAIS started the game well and scored in the 8th minute owing to a fumble by the PHAERENIKES goalkeeper. In the 12th minute, The PHAERENIKES equalized against the run of the game through a lack of judgment on the part of SAMURAI goalkeeper. As the game went on, the midfielders came to the foray and created opportunities only for the strikers to miss their targets.

In the second half SAMURAIS kept most of the possession but could not create much opportunities due to a resilient PHAERENIKES defense. In the extra time, the best chance of the game went to the PHAERENIKES when the ball hit the post through a free kick. As the game entered the sudden death, SAMURAI used their experience and composure to win the game and the title!!

Pravartan 2011, Institute of Management, Nirma University- Day 2

The second day of Pravartan 2011 – The HR-Conclave at the Institute of Management, Nirma University began with the guest speaker Mr. Mahesh Iyer, National Head – Talent acquisition at Financial Inclusion Network and Operations (FINO). He has been ranked among the top 10 panelists at the SFIMAR awards for the most innovative and idealistic HR professional for refocusing on the HR strategies and the OD in the year 2010. He talked about the change in human capital in the organizations, the elements of transformation and tools needed to change the human capital. He highlighted the changing role of human resource manager as a business manager and the challenges faced by them. He stressed on the need to have a modern, effective, credible and value driven Performance Measurement System to gain sustainability in human resource management.

The second session was addressed by Ms. Bahroze Kamdin, Director at Deloitte Haskin & Sells. She stressed that HR is an “Investment in man” which is done through education, training, work experience, migration and health. Ms. Kamdin discussed two path-breaking surveys conducted by Delloitte in the field, exploring the revolutionary and evolutionary trends experienced by the organizations. The trends like cloud-based HR solutions, diversity and inclusion, women in the workforce have emphasized the need of Chief Operating Officer for Human Resources and Chief Information Officer. 

 

Mehul Pandya, Senior Vice-President, CARE Ratings, addressed the third session presenting his views on transformation in an organization and organization culture. In the interactive session, he spoke about the three pillars of organizational transformation viz. initiation, resistance and adoption. He dispelled the myth that introducing change is easy. “"The day all members in an organization think of themselves as leaders, transformation is bound to follow", he said.

Mr. Abhay Joshi, AGM, Human Resource, Tata Motors addressed the valedictory session of the conclave and spoke on the theme- Building a Performance Culture- in a multi-national organization. An organization needs to build its Human Resource pool and continuously nurture talent through commitment and technology.  He talked about Talent Acquisition and Management and the need to maintain relationships with the employees. 

The session concluded with a vote of thanks by Dr.C.Gopalkrishnan, Director, Institute of Management, Nirma University and Prof. Sameer Pingle, Event Chairperson.

(Content Courtesy: Anu Shukla, Chintan Dharmani and Mahima Singhal)