Ahvan, the IIM-Indore B-school festival kicks off

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Ahvan, the IIM-Indore B-school festival kicks off

IIM Indore is all set for its annual management festival āhvān'09 which will be held in the institute campus from 19th to 21st November, 2009. The event will span over 3 days and will see participation from top B-schools across India.
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Planet-I, as IIM Indore is popularly known as, has been buzzing with activity over the past several weeks. Re-affirming the theme of ‘Imagining India’, participants came up with innovative concepts like a Global Tree, where everyone can post their thoughts on how their future India would look like; and a conch made entirely of plastic bottles!

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A host of online rounds were conducted in the run-up to the event. the contestants who cleared the online screening rounds of events like Ashwamedha, Kalpavriksha and Gordian’s Knot are all set to compete in the campus rounds. Participants from various colleges have started coming to the IIM campus for the final rounds. Klueless achieved cult status with more than a million hits (and counting) with international participation; and I-rising, with various rounds of quizzes, ensured the buzz around the event.
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The inauguration ceremony of the festival will be accompanied by an address by Mr. V. Shankar, MD and CEO of Rallis India as part of Envision, a series of guest talks from eminent industry leaders. There will be talks by Mr. Vinayak Lohani, Founder, Parivaar and Prof. G. Mohan Gopal, Director of National Judicial Academy. A workshop on online marketing would also be conducted, by Arjun Narayan & Siddhartha Tiwari, Product Leads, Google AdWords Team.

Ashwamedha, the flagship event of Ahvan will enter into its campus rounds with India’s brightest talent from prestigious B-schools like the IIMs, XLRI, FMS, MDI and IIFT slogging it out for the coveted honour of being proclaimed the best leader. Kalpavriksha, the social entrepreneurship B-plan competition, will have its Discussion Round, with five teams vying for the top spot and an opportunity to present their plan at the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition at Foster School of Business. Gordian Knot, which has its first round today at Rajwada will host the grand finale tomorrow. Other events like Chain Reaction, Bulls n Bears, Fin League and Entrepid will also launch tomorrow.

With loads of action in store in the coming three days, Ahvan promises to be a nation-wide business extravaganza, summoning the best talent to build a better India.

Ahvan 09 is co-sponsored by State Bank of India, ONGC & SAIL. Associate sponsors are Gati, Indian Oil Servo Extra Premium & Tata Consultancy Services. Safexpress is the Supply Chain Sponsor. Event sponsors include Cognizant, Rediff.com, Nokia, Appy Fizz & Grappo Fizz, Max, Smokin’ Joes & iimjobs.com. Business Standard and Nai Dunia are the print partners and Sahara Samay MP is the exclusive Television Partner with BIG92.7FM as the official Radio Partner. Managementparadise.com & mbauniverse.com are their Online Educational Partners. Dare2Compete.com is their online event Partner. PVR Cinemas are the Official Multiplex Partner. Greycells is the Quiz Partner and Sayaji Hotels are the Hospitality Partners.
 
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