NITIE Hosting AVARTAN 2018
India's top business school NITIE Mumbai is currently hosting
its annual Sports Cultural Business Festival - Avartan 2018 from 20th
– 26th October. Avartan - "A journey of a thousand miles begins
with a single step”. The prime objective of the event is to provide the
much-needed industry exposure to the students. The umbrella event is an amalgamation
of Prerana, Lakshya, Empresario, the cultural festival — Aarohan and the sports
meet —Josh. Avartan refers to a rhythmic cycle of Indian music, it Captures the
essence of various events coming together in harmony to create a symphony that
befits NITIE.
Lakshyas, a four-day
corporate constellation is a unique endeavour of the students of NITIE to unify
Industry and Institute to promote Business Excellence. Lakshya is a pioneer in
the field of demonstrating the extravagant Industry Practices, Enlightening
Speeches, Eye-opening Success Stories, Real Time Projects, Well-defined case
studies and most importantly felicitating Erudite Business Visionaries and
Sublime Managers visiting the campus.
Prerana, the four-day management
conclave at NITIE brings together the brightest management minds of the
country, dignitaries from the top echelons of the corporate world, and
trailblazers from the world of performing art & cinema.
E Cell Empresario is an endeavour by
NITIE students to spread the wave — "Entrepreneurship Everywhere."
Empresario has grown manifolds with the events comprising of Story Sessions,
Live Start-Ups, Entrepreneurial Workshops and mushroomed participation in them
from students as well as corporate.
AROHAN, the annual cultural fest held
under the umbrella of AVARTAN organized at NITIE is the most awaited cultural
event among the B- School fraternity. Events such as Live band performance, Fashion
show among others enkindles the atmosphere and exhilarates participants from
top B Schools. Arohan, which means to rise, has been our ideology and we
continuously thrive to scale new heights and raise our standards.
JOSH — a three-day sports festival, is
the biggest B-school sporting extravaganza in the country. It provides the
ultimate test of skill, speed, strategy, and synergy presenting opportunities
for students to showcase their sporting interest and channelize their energy in
the field of play. JOSH is a grand celebration of sportsmanship.
Avartan kicked off with a talk by Mr.
Ridham Desai, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley. He had an interactive session
with students and delivered insights on Indian Economy.
JOSH, the sports event was inaugurated by Mr. Sardara Singh,
former Indian hockey Captain. The Sports event saw participation from top B
schools of the nation such as SPJIMR, NMIMS, SJMSOM, JBIMS, etc. The colleges
contested in various sporting events such as Cricket, Basket Ball, Lawn Tennis,
Chess, Table Tennis, etc. The green fields of NITIE were flooded with immense
enthusiasm from all the participants. At the end of the 3rd Day,
awards were distributed from none other than Major (Dr.) Pradeep Shoury Arya,
I.R.S, Shaurya Chakra Winner. NITIE Mumbai was honored to host the whole event.
Arohan, the cultural fest of NITIE started with Roobaroo – A
talk show by Manoj Phawa Ji – Bhatia Ji from Office Office. In the 3-day
cultural event, NITIE hosted a cluster of events such as Headbangers – The
Ultimate Band Battle, Rendezvous – The Fashion Show, Nrtiyotsava – Dance
Competition, Nukkad Natak, Surukshetra – The Singing Competition and many more.
These events were graced by eminent personalities like Prajakta Shukre, Kunal
Bojewar, Jasmeet (Jizzy) Singh Bhatia, Alchemy - The Band, Richa Meena, Namya Saxena, Shaurya
Khare, Reuben Kaduskar, Manan Bhardwaj, Astha Arora, Neeraj Yadav, Vachaspati
Mishra, and Raghav Subbu. The Participation not only came from India’s top B
schools but also from Indias top Engineering and Commerce colleges like RGIT,
Pillai College of Arts, Commerce, and Science. True to its theme, ‘Sans
Souci’ (When we shall be there, we shall be without care), Arohan’18 had such
great performances which got everyone enchanted and mesmerized.
On 4th Day Lakshya Kicked off by presenting Lakshya
Business Visionary Award to honor Mr. Pawan Munjal Sir (Chairman, Managing
Director, and CEO of Hero Motocorp). The Awardee Ceremony presented Lakshya
Distinguished Leader Awards to Prof. Jyeshtharaj Joshi ( DAE Homi Bhabha Chair
Professor nuclear scientists, Padma Bhushan awardee 2014) and Lakshya Empressario
Entrepreneurship Award to Mr. Nand kishore Chaudhary (Founder and CMD, Jaipur
Rugs). Mr. Pawan Munjal sparked the Business acumen in the budding managers of
Tomorrow. On the 4th Day, the other events that NITIE embraced were
IE Conclave which witnessed eminent speakers from the industry such as Mr.
Kaustubh Gokhale, VP – Capgemini, Dr. V Kovaichelvan, Director IQL, TVS Motors,
Mr. Atul Jaggi, COO, Gabriel India LTD, R Chandra- CIO/CDO Cybertek. The Theme
of the Conclave was "Changing role of Industrial Engineering in the
emerging world of Industry 4.0”. The 4th Day concluded with a Power
talk session by none other than Mr. Ajai Chowdhry, founder HCL, Padma Bhushan
Awardee 2011. Sir talked about his journey as an Entrepreneur. Students were
enthralled by his presence.
On the 5th day, Prerana
Business Meet started in the presence of eminent personalities such as Mr. Arun
Thukral, MD- Axis Securities, Mr. Sandeep Chaudhary, CEO – AON Hewitt and Mr.
Subrata Bagchi, President TCG Digital. The Dignitaries gave a talk on topic –
“Is India riding on a wave of Innovation in Business and Technology." The
day saw an SCM Conclave which was based on the theme “Next Generation Global
Supply Chain Orchestration” in the presence of Mr. Prasad Shidhaye, Director -
J&J Medical, Mr Radhamanalan P, Head of Jewellery Division, Titan
Industries, Mr Swaminathan R, COO planning and sourcing ABFRL, Ankur Bhagat-
Associate director- P&G. Various Business Competitions were held which saw
participation from Top B schools of the country. We closed off the event with
Cita De la – Celebrity talk show by a talk from Suresh Menon - Actor and
Comedian, Atul Srivastava – Actor and The Famous Bunty from Sacred Games –
Jatin Sarna.
The Event is still in progress with two
exciting days lined up with events such as Finance Conclave, Entrepreneurship
conclave, Manufacturing Conclave, Various Case Study Competitions and the
Journey of Avartan will end on a high Musical note – Decibelz which will
witness the performance from one and only Mr. Arjun Kanungo.
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