Holi@2200 Hrs at BIM

The motto of BIM is value based education. That includes appreciating and celebrating our rich culture. India is known for its numerous festivals across its length and breadth, ranging widely in practices and traditions. And each is built strongly upon a lush historical legend.

The legend goes that when all of Hiranyakashipu's attempts to kill his son, Prahlad, failed. finally, he ordered young Prahlad to sit on a pyre on the lap of his sister, Holika, who could not die by fire by virtue of a shawl which would prevent fire affecting the person wearing it. Prahlad readily accepted his father's orders, and prayed to Vishnu to keep him safe. When the fire started, everyone watched in amazement as the shawl flew from Holika, who then was burnt to death, while Prahlad survived unharmed, after the shawl moved to cover him. The burning of Holika is celebrated as Holi.

The Holi, the festival of colours, brings with it promises of newer colours in life every year and sees the States in the north and west make merry and let loose to celebrate with the vibrant colours.

Holi, is celebrated with aplomb every year at Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy. Students bring out the traditional colors and play with great enthusiasm and vigour. This year was no different. Students of the 22nd and 23rd batch let down their hair and doused each other in rich colours as they luxuriated in the spirit of Holi. As a change this year, Holi celebrations took place in the night this year.

The evening arrived and as it struck seven, the air was filled with an unmistakable spirit of excitement and sounds of joy and greetings. The play began slowly with the fewer plucky ones venturing out to slap shades and dyes on each other and exchange hugs of greetings. Soon, the field was awash with mini rivers of colours flowing zigzag and students covered from head to toe in variant colours, exchanging greetings.

‘Rang barse…bheege chunar wali..’ came the line from the evergreen song, echoing the spirit of Holi. The pulsating and energetic music, that started up only added to the air of festivity. And was soon followed by animated dancing and shouts of laughter. Soon more voices joined in with the music. Interspersed was the repeating clicks of many a camera, as some students took on the role of photographers, capturing the many moments filled with colour and smiles.

After a bout of playing and running around, all gathered around to end the celebration filled night with traditional snacks of kalakand, jalebi, kachodi and kesar mithai. As the tired students trooped back, one voice was heard singing, “Rang barse…bheege chunar wali..”..the spirit..of colours..of Holi.

Female 'Schumachers' at BIM


“A man’s worst nightmare...a woman driver !” goes that saying. Well..here they were proved wrong ..in the annual All Women’s Car Rally 2007, called Fastrak’ 07. Held in Trichy on February 18, 2007, it was organised by The Aura, Trichy in association with Madras Motor Sports Club. “A rally, not a race,” was emphasized repeatedly, as the contest involved a drive over a 54 km stretch, within a specified time. The difference being, the earlier one arrived, the more penal points one was awarded, thus nullifying the incidence and risks of speeding.

The contest this year saw over 70 teams from Trichy, with each team consisting of three ladies, each taking on the role of driver, navigator and the person who calculates TSD ( time, speed, distance ) respectively. Among the huge turnout was two teams representing BIM, with Nishevitha, Aparna and Deepa in one team and Kohinoor, Yamini and Sowmya in the other.


The rally involved meticulous calculations of TSD over the stretch as one had to cross various strategically placed check posts over the rally, at the precisely marked times. As mentioned, arriving late would command a penalty, but arriving earlier would fetch a higher one. A drawn map of the route and a sheet with TSD instructions was handed over at the beginning of the race. To make it more challenging, there was also a quiz which consisted of questions regarding landmarks along the ride.


The rally began from St John’s Vestry Higher Secondary School and involved participants returning to the same spot over a period of two and a half hours, after the rally, along with the filled in answer sheet. It also covered areas of Thillai Nagar, BHEL and the main market. Trichy, on that Sunday, saw cars of various makes, models and colours zoom past each other, driven by ladies, trying to test their wits and driving abilities to make the best of their given resources.

Visit to BIM by Shri H K Mittal , Head & Advisior NSTEBD

There is nothing more powerful than an idea, whose time has come.

“Entrepreneurship is not about starting a business, it is about new ideas,” began Shri H K Mittal, on a talk on entrepreneurship. And it is being practiced in organizations as intrapreneurship, which involves being innovative within the framework of organizations.

India is a country of great potential, but the factor that holds individuals back is the risk factor, which discourages them from following up on their ideas. Successful entrepreneurs possess certain qualities that enable them to handle all that comes their way. Entrepreneurs manage risk, Shri Mittal said, taking risks that they can afford, and can handle. This is known as taking calculated risks.

They also have a positive self concept and a need to achieve that spurs them to greater and newer heights. But the question raised was, can this need to achieve be built in individuals ? And the answer given was, that yes, it can, through correct training and counseling. Entrepreneurs, more importantly, are open to and learn from feedback, which enables them to initiate corrective action, in time, if needed. Persons possess three characteristics when related to problems. They are problem identification, problem solving and avoiding. The first two should be built upon.

He concluded by stating that the encouraging fact is that the scenario in India is now changing, with people taking up entrepreneurship rather than jobs. An address that led many people to recognize the traits that they need to develop to fulfill their dream of becoming entrepreneurs in the future.

Seminar on Business Incubators held at BIM


“Business incubators are the greatest innovators of the 21st century,” has been said by Jhiang Zameen, Chinese Premier. To illustrate the point, was an address by Shri R.M.P. Jawahar.

Business incubators are organizations that support the entrepreneurial process, helping to increase survival rates for innovative startup companies. Only entrepreneurs with feasible projects are admitted into the incubators, where they are offered a specialized menu of support resources and services. The resources and services open to an entrepreneur include: provision of physical space, management coaching, help in making an effective business plan, administrative services, technical support, business networking, advice on intellectual property and sources of financing. The incubation process is intended to last around 2-5 years.

Most of the business incubators in India have been set up by educational institutions, the first being set up National Institute of Technology, (NIT) Trichy. The objectives of a business incubator include supporting new ventures, technological development involved in these ventures, thus leading to contributions to the tech world as such, and industrial development, as many of these projects are in varied areas across industries. The also impart technical and management skills to entrepreneurs and assist in the dissemination and replication of discoveries to other new businesses, to help enhance productivity and growth. “A business incubator,” remarked Shri Jawahar aimed at, in essence, “promoting innovation, entrepreneurship and technology”.

The support extended by a business incubator lends credibility to any project and provides a resource network for development. Its interventions come in the form of providing physical location, knowledge inputs and counseling to an entrepreneur who has ideas but no access to resources. A business incubator, thus, brings together technicians and experts under one roof.

STEP-TREP has sponsored over 161 ventures in 12 years, of which the ten most successful ones are worth over Rs 300 crores and have created over 140000 jobs.

A business incubator contributes in more than obvious ways. “Each rupee invested in a business incubator, pays back four times to the government in 5-7 years and is expected to grow manifold.” cited Shri Jawahar as an illustration. Business incubators create jobs through new endeavors and encourage all social classes, thus leading to regional development. They also create investment in infrastructure, essential for any development. New products and projects are discovered, through these enterprises, thus crossing the innovation barriers.

In spirit, an entrepreneur gains invaluable exposure, experience and insights through a business incubator. But practically, records show that the mortality rate of new ventures inside is a business incubator is 20%, whereas outside its as high at 70%.

A valuable address on the role of business incubators, one that provided information and insight to many budding entrepreneurs here.

Life@ BIM Trichy

(Dr) -Dinesh Ravindran


well ppl...this is dinesh aka "Dr"....this happens to be the 9th month of me at BIM.....i got to learn a lot in this place........(this of course is an ambiguous sentence)....life in here is very different from any dimensional thinkin u might have.....

isolated hostels...further, quarantined college amidst a woodland.....a secluded computer centre that u might find near a detached mess.....though dissociated, the placidity of a B-School is very much present with a good gang of amigos who stay connected for life......

u'll have ur dashboard of life filled in totally with errands n chores that keeps u occupied all the while....an example(specimen-me):ive my book of "The Lexus and the Olive Tree" to be completed as the due date is gonna end by day after tmrw.....got the Mid-Term Exam tmrw-Corporate Finance II......got CFassignent to be completed....Have to prepare for my the "International Business Environment" presentations.....Economics Presentation's Deadline is nearin....Tmrw is "FoxTrot"-an intra collegiate Dance Event for which i have to Video Shoot.....also thr is a Line-Up of Xaminations in 2 days for 3 days thereafter.....also i have to start thinkin about EM(mech engg don't mistake it for Engg Mechanics....its Environmental Mgmt) project.....RM Case Studies along with few exercises he gave have to be completed.....ooops... almost forgot the worldcup that comin up which i have to catch up in the TV hall....with a coffee cup(bought from the dusk cafe) at 12 in the night..... i'm sittin in here ponderin over the this thread thinkin wat to write as the "Life at BIM"....???...........