Prerana, the annual management fest of NITIE

The annual management fest of National Institute of IndustrialEngineering (NITIE), Prerana -2012 a five day symposium kicked off on 16^th October.   

         Lakshya BusinessVisionary Awards  in which, over the years NITIE hasacknowledged and saluted the most eminent business personalities who havetransformed their vision into reality were awarded this year to Mr. Deep C Anand – Chairman, AnandAutomotive Ltd. and Mr. Jaiprakash Gaur, Founder, JaypeeGroup for their contribution to the industry as well as to India’s growth.

PreranaBusiness Meet, the flagship event of the fest, held on the second day, hadmembers of top management from various corporate houses - Mr. Harsh Mariwala (CEO, Marico), Mr. B.Vidyanathan(MD, Future Capital), Mr. S Hazara (MD, Shipping Corporation ofIndia), and Mr. Anshoo Gaur (Head, Amdocs India). Thetopic of discussion was “Revivingthe Indian Economy: Key Focus Areas to Sustain the Indian Growth Story”. 

The meet started with the welcoming ofspeakers by the Dr. Amitabha De,Director, NITIE with an inspiring speech. All the panel members shared deepinsight into one of the most crucial topics faced by our nation. The meet endedwith Prof. Ashok K Pundir, DeanStudents Affairs and Placement, delivering the vote of thanks and presentingthe dignitaries with mementos. All in all, the audience left the congregationtruly spellbound. 

Among others competitions was Tactix, a Supply Chain Managementcompetition consisting of quiz and online simulation rounds was won by studentsof NITIE followed by the Team of IIM Indore. The team of NMIMS emerged victorsin Beat the Street, a Finance casestudy competition on M&As and the runners up were the students of NITIE. Equinox, a competition on Indian EquityMarkets was won by team of ISB followed by the team of IMT Ghaziabad. TheMarketing case study event, Launchpadinvolved strategizing ideas for BPCLs entry into service vertical, and was wonby team from NITIE. In the Consulting case study competition, Checkmate, the students of VGSOM(IITKharagpur) emerged as winners and the team of NITIE was runner-up.  Enflammer,an entrepreneurship competition, was won by NITIE in business plan category andIMI in running enterprise category.

The Last Samurai,a flagship event of Prerana, was a three day long event in which theManagers-to-be were exposed to the stark reality of corporate life. Showcasingtheir business acumen and agile thinking in each of the domains, theparticipants from best b-schools such as IIM-B, FMS, SP Jain & NITIE weresubjected to chasing crazy deadlines and yet delivering excellence. The true grit of a good manager to outwit competitors by making all theright moves armed with foresight and vision was tested in this 3-day longevent.

PIXL,an online photography contest based on the theme “Success through Synergy” inwhich the college IMI won, had entries which were judged based on theirpopularity on Facebook and through the evaluation by professionalphotographers.

Reach By Research, put the research and analysis skillsof the participants to test and rewarded them handsomely. The bar was set veryhigh for this event as there were 18PPIs (Pre-Placement Interviews) on offer from Schlumberger and prize moneyof INR 1.1 Lakh was at stake. The winners were students from SPJain followed by NITIE. The Summer Project Contest, a unique eventwhere participants got an opportunity to showcase and benchmark their two-monthcorporate internships against each other under the main domains of Finance,Marketing, HR, SCM & Consulting.  NITIE bagged top honours in SCM module, NMIMS(Hyderabad) in Finance module, IIM Lucknow in Marketing module, NITIE in Consultingmodule and Welingker in HR module

Vivaad – A War of Words tested the debatingskills of the participants and their ability to think on their feet. The eventhad three innovative rounds involving impromptu speeches, sales pitches, and aparliamentary style debate. The event was judged by Mr. Radhakrishnan Srinivasan, Senior Host, Neo Sports and Mr. Rajas Kelkar, former NDTV Profit veteran. The final round sawteams from TAPMI and NITIE fighting it out with the team from NITIE eventuallyemerging as the winner.

EnVision - an exclusive panel discussionstressed on Sustainability, provideda unique platform for corporate delegates and B School students to come togetherto discuss the vital role of Corporate Sustainability in today’s businessscenario. This year, the panel discussed – “Integrating EHS and Sustainability into aBusiness Model”. The panel included dignitaries such as Mr. Sudeep Roy, GM, EHS, Philips and Mr. Parvastu Rambabu, CEO, General Carbon.

Biz-Talk, a panel discussion brought in people from the industry, who are theforces behind the dynamic business environment. This year’s panel included – Mr. Bala Krishnan (VP Sales, EMC), Mr. Sunzay Passari (Ex EVP & GlobalHead - Essar Telecom & founder, iPlatini), Mr. Abhijeet Joshi (Pathways Operations Manager, Amazon), Mr. Biswajit Mohapatra (GlobalIntegrated Delivery Leader, IBM India), and discussion was moderated by Mr. Srikanth(Executive Editor,InformationWeek). The topic for deliberation this year was, ‘Howare companies coping with this rapid shift in IT trends?’. Thepanelists brought with them a plethora of ideas and a sound mix of eclecticopinions formed over years of experience in various domains.

 Cita DeLa Prerana provided a platform for the students to have an informal chatwith Mr. Rajat Kapur(actor anddirector) who narrated his life story and thestruggles he had to (and still has to) face to pursue his passion – makingsensible movies. He answered each and every question asked by his fans in theaudience with keen interest and just stole the hearts of everyone in theaudience. The event was marked by a huge turnout of about 700 studentsof NITIE and other colleges.

                Decibelz – The most eagerlyawaited event of Prerana, Decibelz 2012 has kept up its legacy by havingbrought "Indus Creed" bandto the lawns of NITIE. The event turned out to be bigger, better and louder asthe Trailblazers of contemporary Indian rock performed their greatest hits infront of its die-hard fans.  Decibelz 2012 was powered by MTV which got VJ Jose to the campus to promote "Indus Creed" for theupcoming MTV Unplugged Season 2 and feature NITIE in MTV Campus Diaries.