CRESCITA '08 

This year’s episode of CRESCITA was presided by the chief guests namely Andrew.T.Simkin, US Consul General; Babu Rao, Director (Personnel), Neyveli Lignite Corporation; Mr. Subramanian, CEO, Subiksha; M Sankaran, Director, BIM; Sundar, PGP Chairman, BIM. The honoraries inaugurated the conference by litting the kuthuvilakku. This was followed by the welcome address by the Director M.Sankaran.

Director in his welcome address touched points about the Institution and its growth and CRESCITA 2008. While talking about the institute he mentioned the success of institute entering into its 25^th year. 

About the conference he made a point that it is an institution by itself and CRESCITA 2008 symbolises initiation, co-operation and management by doing. He mentioned that CRESCITA 2008 which is completely student driven conference has its theme which will reflect the environment with its changing realities. He also did mention that current environment which is highly volatile can give both positive and negative aspects about changes and it’s our responsibility to identify which can contribute and which gets affected. That’s how the topic of this conference has been selected as “New waves in Talents, Trends and Technology”.

The following were the speakers from the corporate world , who shared their insights on the “New waves in Talents, Trends and Technology”.

Mr. Babu Rao Mr. Andrew T. Simkin   Mr. Subramanian	Director (Person nel)   US  Consul General   CEO	NLC                                     US Consulate General - Chennai                                   Subiksha
Mr.Ninan Thariyan	AVP	Timesgroup
Mr.Murugavel Janakiraman	CEO	Consim India
Mr.Lakshmi Narayanan	CEO	MUDRA South
Mr.Cyril Rex Fernando	VP (S&M)	TAFE
Mr.Kiruba Sankar	CEO, Director	Business Blogging Pvt. Ltd    F5ive Technologies
Mr.Chand Das	CEO	GGSB, ITC
Mr.Sarath Babu	CEO	Foodkings
Ms.Sashi Rajamani	VP	CSC

 

The Valedictory function was presided by Mr.Ponnavaiko, The Vice Chancellor of Bharathidasan University and Mr.Raghavendra Rao, Founder & MD, Orchid Pharma. While addressing the gathering, Mr. Ponnavaiko put forward the thought that the management studies should include the development of the rural economy too. 

Mr. Ragavendra Rao touched different topics when he was addressing the students. He said that we are in an unsettling period and the Financial Management techniques have actually contributed to the problem instead of helping to solve. While discussing about the capitalist Vs Socialist approach he said that ultimately wealth should be created in a sustainable manner which is called the true wealth and it can be created by the talents and technology. 

Pradhiiyudh '08 - The war of Talents

Pradhii Yudh, means war of talents is an online management event, which consisted of General quiz, Stock Market quiz, Sports quiz and Business quiz. The aim of the event was to provide a platform for the best management talents in India to let their talents shine bright. Pradhii Yudh was open for both the management students and the corporate. More than 300 teams were participated from top management institutes and leading companies. The winners of the events were

 General Quiz:

 

First Prize     :       Varun Reddy Sevva & Debratna Nag, IIM Lucknow

Second Prize    :       Ashish Sharma & Biraja Ashis Deo, DMS - IIT Delhi

Third Prize     :       Ananthakrishnan.G, CTS

 

Stock Markets Quiz:

 

First Prize     :       Swapnil Marothi & Anushka Kiran, IFMR

Second Prize    :       Tirthank & Vinay desai, SIMSREE

Third Prize     :       Govind Agarwal & Samir Shah, XIMB

 

Sports Quiz:

 

First Prize     :       Vinod Ganesh & Vikram Vasu, Irevna

Second Prize    :       Diwakar Pingle, Christensen Investor Relations

Third Prize     :       R.Jayakanthan, TCS

 

Business Quiz:

 

First Prize     :       Jayakanthan, TCS

Second Prize    :       Gitesh Agarwal & Umesh Bhimani, NITIE

Third Prize     :       Rajen Prabhu & G.Swaminathan, Citibank

 

The event was a great success; it saw the participants from across the country.

Freekick '08 & Freethrow '08

Sportscom, the sports committee of BIM Trichy, known for the full-fledged day and night events replete with floodlights and commentary and their first venture of the year, FREEKICK ‘08 matched more than the expectations. The event was not just one odd football match, the tournament was spread around 10 nights with 8 teams participating in it totally, 4 teams from first and second year each. The teams are as follows,

 

Group A

Raja Babu's Royal Stag - The team with grits and guts

Fat Boys Football Club(FBFC) - The team who defies convention

 Hot Shots - The brave hearts who will fight till their last breath

Dark Knights - The warriors from within

 

Group B

 

Aliens - Challengers to the core

  Predators – Champions

 

Den - The team with spirit and style

 

Kaalpandhu Kaalais - The best offence is defence

It saw a fierce battle among the teams under lights as they tried to outplay their opponents to emerge victorious. Each match saw relentless support from the crowd which set the entire campus agog.  The battle was not jus restricted to the field; each team came up with their team video showing their creative skills to attract more fans. A thrilling Grand Finale was played between the teams "PREDATORS" and "DARK KNIGHTS" which went down to the wire. "PREDATORS" triumphed and walked away with the trophy and cash prize of Rs.6000. 

The throwball event for girls FREETHROW '08 had two teams, one from 1st year and one from 2nd year. The fascinating game ended with the 2nd years emerging victorious and keeping the history unchanged and winning a prize amount of Rs.3000.

"All work and no play make Jack a dull boy". This adage holds true worldwide and that's why the Sportscom provide an opportunity for the students to take some time off their rigorous academic schedule that is binding on them.