KSHAN '09

Who is the first woman to head a B-school in India?,
Suzlon raised 1735Cr by selling 35% stake in Belgium based gearbox maker. Can you name the Belgium company?
If a firm with a highly volatile price is willing to widen its shareholders‟ base gradually, what will it issue?



These were some of the questions put forth to the participants during the preliminary quiz round of KSHAN’09, the two day quiz and equity analysis event conducted by FINCLUB of BIM. The first round saw a huge turnout of teams with creative names like, “Angels and a Demon”, 3sigma and Laymen brothers to name a few. The quiz had 38 questions grilling the participants’ knowledge in financial world. Out of the 20 odd teams that participated, 6 best teams were selected for the equity research round. Each team was given a company and asked to give a thorough analysis of their stock and requested to present their findings the next. Each team’s presentation was evaluated by a panel of judges comprising professors and experts in field of corporate finance. Out of the 6 teams, the winners were

1st - BIM BULLs - L & T - Padmaselvan, Saravanan, Govindraj Prabhu

2nd - Anarchists - Sterlite Industries - Ankit Bhargav, Jai doshi, Yuvraaj

3rd - Stuck On Mars - Cairn India - Chakravarthy, Nagasantosh, Parthipan

SMASHES - Play on....

It was as if the Rain Gods decided to give Trichy a chance to see the sun after weeks of lashing rain just to watch the volleyball tournament held at BIM. It was the much awaited SMASHES '09 which was filled with nail biting moments, fun, comic moments, memorable fight-backs, and some of beautiful gameplay ever witnessed by BIMITES. It started with a great spelendour and ended with a fitting finale. As usual students formed teams with unique names with a funny touch (e.g. AMEOBA - Association of MOst Eligible BAchelors) and 12 teams fought for the title of the best vollyball team of BIM. All the matches held the audience at the edge of their seats and everyone got to witness great games after great games.


The tournament ended with a gargantuan five setter fame which stretched beyond midnight and not to add none of the audience moved an inch away from their seats, some even going to the extreme of praying for their favorite team to win. At last It was Dark knights, who came out as the best and were crowned as the champions of 09.

The Winners - The Dark knights
The Runners - Power acers

BIM MARATHON... Keep running...

The annual BIM marathon was held on BIM campus last sunday and hordes of students participated with unbridled enthusiasm. The marathon started at 6 starting from the hostel gate and the route covered the BHEL campus and runners were expected to come back to hostel gate after reaching the BHEL roundabout. PK was the winner and he was presented with the medal by the hostel warden. The registration fees paid by the runners were gifted to a charity organisation.

Rajrup and Sumantra Trophy

R & S Football Tournament 09' was the first of many sporting events to come for the year 2009-2010. This tournament is held in memory of Rajrup and Sumantra of BIM25 batch.


The tournament was conducted in two games football for guys and throwball for girls. It started off with 8 teams in play, 4 each from PGP1 & PGP2. The football tournament was played on league cum knockout basis with 2 teams from each group of 4 qualifying for knockout rounds. The tournament saw several close encounters in the league phases and threw up new heroes to the limelight. But at the end of league stage 4 teams namely, the Dark Knights & Kaalais of PGP2 and Catalans & Arcanes of PGP1 stood out. The Dark knights won the tournament after a nailbiting final against kaalais. The catalans (in their flamboyant, fluorescent jerseys !!!) ended in the third place.



The ladies had their share of fun too with the throwball tournament throwing up some fiercely competed matches and at the end the supernovas had the final say and ended up as winners.



The whole BIM crowd turned up to support their favorite teams and everyone had a gala time with continuous drum beats echoing the strong vocal support of the crowd.

INDEPENDENCE DAY

Welfare com 26 (the student body entrusted with the welfare of students at BIM) officially took charge on August 15 by organising Independence Day celebrations. The event had the august presence of Mr. Uma Shankar, GM of Regent Industries, Trichy. The function started with tamilthai vazhthu at 8 AM and ended promptly within a span of 25 min. After the flag hoisting and recital of national anthem, Mr. Uma Shankar spoke a few words to the students about the importance of personal independence in life. He also wished all the students well in their career paths they are going to choose. As a token of appreciation, a memento was presented to the chief guest by Hostel Warden, Mr. Sakkaram.

Friends indeed...

A fun filled Friendship day was celebrated at BIM, bringing newly forged friendships between members of PGP1 and PGP2 to the limelight and celebrating friendship with heartfelt enthusiasm. The day was marked by the specia event organised by Zetetica- the HR club of BIM. Friendhip bands were distributed and everyone tied to their friends' hands to signify their freindship. Students even vented out their creativity in getiing teh friendhip bands tied in inoovative ways. A huge cake was ordered and cut by seniors of PGP2. As a part of the event titled MON AMI (which in french means "My Friend", Students were asked to pick names of thier friends from lots and asked to give tasks to their friends. Prizes were also given to the contestants who best performed their tasks. All in all a great day to celebrate ended with much fun and laughter.

MARWAR' 09

MARWAR 09, the flagship event of BISMARC, the marketing club of BIM, was inaugurated with great pomp and splendour on 14th of July 2009. The traditional inaugural event of the BIM culture gives to the new horde of fresh minds that come into BIM, an insight of the life here, by providing them hands on experience on team Work, passion & commitment.
It was inaugrated by one of the brightest minds and a fast growing entrepreneur of the country, Mr. Kiruba Shankar, CEO of Business Blogging. Mr. Kiruba Shankar is also the co-founder of 'F5ive Technologies' and the Board Member of Wikipedia India Chapter. He congratulated BIM on coming up with an extensively knowledgeable and highly interesting event such as MARWAR. The inauguration was presided by the Director of BIM Prof. M.Sankaran and the PGP Chairman S.Sundar.
The first phase started with splitting PGP I into teams of 6-7 students, with an equal mix of boys and girls in all teams. The seniors are not left alone; they being veterans at BIM are made guides and mentors, named as Patrons and Matrons. After basic activities were done with, the war began. Each team is asked to come up with any extremely creative product. It could be totally out of the moon or a very simple one with a very different use. The challenge was in promoting the product and building up a business model.
The teams came out with taglines, logos, posters, banners, a SWOT analysis of the product, Catalogue and Description, Market Survey to study the potential of their product in the market and finally a Business plan for the manufacture and sale of the product. After which approval was got from various committees like the Pollution Control Board, Municipality and Feasibility board (All formed by seniors).
Bidding was done for various advertisement points at BIM, after which teasers were put up before the on-stage product launch. Later promotional activities like Print Ads, Video Ads were displayed, stalls were put up and Personal selling was done. Each team was given some virtual money at the beginning of the event and effective utilization of funds in the various phases of the event would make them successful.
The marketing club of BIM, BISMARC the organizers of MARWAR09, said that the students were given a run for their money, as they were inculcated with the intricacies and delicacies of business in a streak which they can use it for the bigger oceans of life.
E-quills, the next generation pen was the winner whereas Lentes, a multi-functional eye wear and Slumber on, a mosquito repellent mattress were runners up. They were awarded on the Valedictory function during which Mr. Balaji Prakash, Deputy General Manager, Marketing of Kavin Care was the chief guest and gave a thought provoking speech to the students. Hence MARWAR was a grand success and ended in pageantry and grandeur.