leaving a large number of audience whirled in the stroke of joy and laughter Bollywood singer Shilpa Rao displayed a scintillating performance at the sports and cultural festival of XlRI, Valhalla.
Her performance was long enjoyed by the students and the faculty. Her Bollywood numbers made the audience hum along with her. Her mesmerizing voice created an aura in the Tata auditorium. The day ended with ‘Xl Bedrock’, followed by ‘Battle of the bands’ which the audience thoroughly enjoyed. The students are now looking toward the third day of Valhalla for the final sessions of sporting events especially a dazzling performance by ‘Bodhi Tree’, the ‘legacy’ that started in Xavier School of Management.
Valhalla, presented by Philips and powered by Star was a grand success. The programme was also marked by the Kabaddi event by the Pro kabaddi league players in association with Star. More than 10 teams took part in the competition and all the players received the Pro Kabaddi medal from Star.
The spectators who enjoyed the event also appreciated the launching of such an event in Valhalla. Apart from the Kabaddi event there were multiple sports and cultural events along with students’ participation from B-Schools such as XlRI, XIM-B, IIM-C, IIM-Raipur, IIM-lucknow, SIBM-Pune.
Every contingent displayed the spirit to jostle for and win the trophies of Valhalla. The sporting events commenced on 25th and the wrap up session is slated on 26th. The sports saw some nail biting matches and couple of matches that resulted in a tie such as XlRI versus XIMB, XlRI versus IIMC and SIBM versus XIMB.
The students were actively involved cheering for their respective teams which raised the decibel levels in the campus. While Team XlRI won the women’s table tennis prelims, it also championed the badminton prelims versus IIMC. The cultural events too drew a lot of crowd. The team XIMB won the Group dance competition and there was a tie between XlRI and XIMB in the street play competition.
The programme held under the aegis of Milaap, a micro-finance company that will use the raised funds to provide loans to the poor in some of the eastern states who want to become self-reliant through various activities. The total prize money for the event is around Rs 3 lakh while for Milaap, it is XlRI students who invest the money to the finance company.
"Students donate from Rs 500 to Rs 2500 whereas they get a nominal interest at the end of the year. However, it depends upon the decision of students. Those who won’t recollect, the money will be rolled and re-invested wherever required," said Sarthak Gupta, secretary, External linkages Cell, XlRI.
While sports items included badminton, volleyball, football and basketball, solo dance, fashion show, debate, poetry and drama were few other attractions.