The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Raipur will hosting ‘Equinox 6.0’ in association with IDBI Bank from January 29 to 31 this year.
The festival promises to be a Mega conclave of business acumen and cultural heritage , an institute press release informed.
Christened in 2011, Equinox, today, stands as one of the biggest business cum cultural fest to reckon with in Eastern India within a short span of five years, it stated.
Through the journey from being just a student driven initiative to celebrate talent, knowledge and culture in 2011, to being a national extravaganza of gargantuan proportions, Equinox has evolved and diversified.
Equinox has become an epitome of unparalleled professionalism as well as raw fervor.
Keeping up with the tradition, Equinox 6.0 plans to grow bigger in terms osf platform it provides for budding leaders and larger in terms of the audience it is able reach. The whole gamut of events will be conducted on January 29, 30 and 31 in Raipur.
The business events include a series of simulation games, live case studies and quizzes that will test the fundamental principles from the various spheres of management.
Some of the events that will be featured as a part of this year’s edition of Equinox are ‘Udyam’- the B-Plan event, ‘Seeker’- an online treasure hunt, ‘Grey Carnage’ - the HR based case study competition, ‘Case Files’- dwells into live cases on problems faced by the company, ‘I am legend’- an event where participants will have to make crucial decisions under stress, ‘Tarkash’- a debate competition.
Other events include- ‘Chanakya’ – a simulation game to test the strategic minds of the participants; and Mudit Vriddhi – a game to promote the Chhattisgarhi handicraft. Besides business events, Equinox will also showcase several cultural events such as, ‘Nukkad’ – a street play, ‘Verve’- the fashion show, ‘Armageddon’- a rock concert ,’Footwork’-the dance event, “Mr & Ms University’ among many others, where the students will get an opportunity to display their talents.
Equinox, which is entirely student-driven aims to nurture and hone the essential managerial attributes such as teamwork, leadership and competitive spirit.