The annual intra-college sports and cultural mega event of XlRI Jamshedpur, Valhalla, was inaugurated by Charles Borromeo and Biren Ramesh Bhuta from Tata Steel with a lot of fan-fare amid the budding managers from the top B-schools of the country.
The event, which is in its second edition this year, has attracted participation of about 1,500 students from seven other B-schools, including IIM-C, FMS, NMIMS, SIBM, XIMB and IIM-Ranchi.The event, keeping up with the XlRI tradition of social consciousness, has involved a number of such initiatives. Tying up with the Bangalore based NGO, Milaap, a fund raiser event is scheduled for July 28, which is expected to be a major attraction, given the presence of celebrity singer Benny Dayal, known for his hit Bollywood numbers (the recent one being badtameez dil ).
Also, the Jamshedpur Run, a marathon organised by CII-YI is also expected to gather a significant participation from the hosts, guests as well as the city population.The ‘Run to Spread smiles’ marathon will be in 5-km and 10-km format, and will be flagged off by city MP Ajay Kumar and Chairman CII-Jharkhand SK Behra.
The first day witnessed a lot of cultural extravaganza in the form of music, dance, theatre and fashion, with the colleges trying to out-do each other. A major attraction was the stand up comedy show by the Canvas laugh Factory.The battle of the bands witnessed the college bands battling it out in the rock battle, resulting in some great entertainment for the enthralled audience. Meanwhile the teams sweated it out in the grounds from volleyball to throw-ball to chess and others.
Apart from the main events, the participants had other attractions waiting for them in the form of pottery making, adventure sports and sand-art.