On December 20, 2013, IIlM, lodhi Road organised its Annual Festival-iFest. It is IIlM’s premiere management festival organised by students which includes a multitude of activities. iFest is the point of convergence for students from diverse streams across Delhi and NCR.
iFest is not about mere elocutions and debates but also amalgamation of various activities including cultural events and marketing games such as brand story competition, business plan; which witnessed a battle between the teams slugging out on creative platforms, innovative case studies; where students simulated real life corporate situations; stock market games involving the never-ending tussle between the bear and the bull. Competitions like brain train not only highlighted the knowledge of students but also the confidence they had to connect to the audience. They were also judged on their creativity and organisation of thoughts.
The main objective of organising an event like this is to infuse team spirit amongst students, encourage healthy competition and also to highlight their own potential skills. iFest has witnessed immense enthusiasm not only from colleges in Delhi NCR but it has also gone National with students coming from Universities and B-Schools in Chennai, Mumbai and Rajasthan.In crux, the event covered all colours of a management festival and witnessed a huge footfall in terms for participation in various events.
On December 21, IIlM held the 13th Vivekananda Memorial Debate one of the most respected and sought after debating grounds for students across prestigious colleges.
The colleges that reached the finals where from IIlM, St Stephen’s College, Faculty of Management Studies and Hindu College.
A nail biting competition among the four teams ended with St Stephens College emerging as the winner. The best speaker and best interjector awards were bagged by Jagat Sohail of St Stephens. The first runners-up team was Faculty of Management Studies, followed by Hindu College, Delhi University. Every year at the Alumni lunch, the institute felicitates four alumni who have contributed in placing and mentoring students and are actively involved in campus activities.
This year the students who were felicitated at the annual alumni lunch included; Munish Bhatia, migration lead, Enterprise Shared Services at Cargill, Manish Kumar, head staffing Operations, Satyaveer Pal, manager presales & account at Aurionpro Solutions and Sujoy Basu, head, Human Resources at 9.9 Media.