The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Raipur’s annual business-cum-cultural fest ‘Equinox 6.0’ in association with IDBI concluded on Sunday.
The three-day event drew participation from some of the brightest minds of the top business schools across the country, according to an institute press release .
Prof. B.S. Sahay, Director IIM Raipur, admired organizing team of Equinox as well as the students of IIM Raipur for their commendable efforts in making this event a mark in the success story of the institute.
Prof. Atri Sengupta, Chairperson- Student Affairs, praised the students too for carrying forward the legacy of Equinox in its true spirits and encouraged them to continue this in the coming years. The business events included a series of simulation games, live case studies and quizzes that tested the fundamental principles from the various spheres of management. Some major events featured were, ‘Case Files’ - A marketing case study competition, ‘I am legend’- an event where participants had to make crucial decisions under stress and Gen X Chanakya – a simulation game to test the strategic minds of the participants.
X-QUIZ-IT, the flagship quizzing event conducted by the Quizzing club is a National level Business Quiz open for both corporates and college students. An online prelim and an on-campus prelim were conducted on January 18 and 31 respectively. The final round of quiz was also conducted on January 31. The event saw huge participation from colleges as well as corporates alike. Teams from Rourkela Steel Plant, Bhilai Steel Plant, IIM Raipur, NIT Raipur, HNlU and KJ SIMR made it to finals.
Another major attraction of the day was the flagship event of HRidhaan, the HR Club – “ Grey Carnage ‘’- A live case study event that tests the students in areas of idea generation, problem analysis, critical thinking and decision making that would require the participants to put all their learning’s in HR to practical use and bring out the manager within.
Vijay Mairal, Chief Communications Officer and Deputy General Manager (Public Relations), SAIl, Bhilai Steel Plant and Dr Atri Sengupta, Assistant Professor, IIM Raipur were the judges for the event.
Around 95 teams participated in the First round which consisted of online quiz, of which five teams went to the second round which was a case study competition and an on-campus round where the participants had to present the solution of the case study in front of a panel of judges.