IIM Ranchi’s first Mega Management Fest – AGON -- kicked off on Saturday at its Soochna Bhawan campus. The two-day management extravaganza witnessed the participation of top 30 B-Schools of the country, with 24 events covering all management specializations (Finance, Marketing, HR, Operations and Consulting). ‘AGON’ is a Greek word, which refers to a struggle or contest, but here it stands for war of business brains.
Citing details of the mega management fest AGON, President of IIM-R student counseling Chetan Ingaleshwar said, “For the first time we have invited students from all over India from various B-schools. It is so far the biggest event organised by IIM-R. It also indicate that IIM- R have curved the niche for itself and had emerged as one of the finest management school.”
Giving details about the programmes organised on the first day of the event Ingaleshwar said, “Eight clubs representing specific field have participated in the event. Marketing, Finance, Human Resource, Operation, Consulting have been given two specific events. Events include case studies, entrepreneurship club and field specific events. Each club has collaborated with the corporate and is given the case study. This entire event is sponsored by various corporate.”
The event has gained much attention on the social media sites too. These alternate mediums of promotion like Facebook, Twitter have brought much recognition to the event organised on the wide scale.
Finance Club organised events like ‘Plutus 15’, a Valuation challenge where teams from the top B-Schools of the country showcased their skills of capital management and value investing. Total 132 teams registered themselves for this particular event. On the other hand 125 teams participated in ‘Open Outcry Trading’. Equity Workshop was conducted by Sandip Sabharwal, a leading investor.
HR club (HiRe) member too shared details of the programmes, Ruchir Bharti asserted, “Vorstand is the flagship event of HR Club at AGON. Vorstand is a simulation-based live case study competition which tests participants various skills at each step. In ‘Maneuver’ candidates business acumen as well as management skills are analyzed. The rounds begin with an online quiz followed by a recruitment based case study wherein you get to select the best candidates from the given pool.”
Operations & General Management Club (Sankriya) organised Bizsim, Crack the Case, Chitrakriya whereas Marketing Club (Marquess) club events include Marcase a case study event, based on the Marketing Problem/Challenge faced by a company, which ranges from brand extension/line extension and positioning strategy to segmentation challenges. Agora and Sab Bikta Hai were few other events organised by marketing club. Programme organised by Consulting Club (Conundrum), E-cell and Samarpan Club also gained appraisal for its various innovative events.