Xavier School of Business (XlRI) kicked off its annual national management conclave Ensemble ’15 at the Father Prabhu Hall. The chief guest for the event was Shyaam Subramanian – senior city director at Teach for India.
The theme of Ensemble this year is Progressive India: Winds of Change, Subramanian recounted his personal experiences of working for Teach for India and the new progressive leadership required to propel our nation to greater heights by ushering in the winds of change. He emphasised on the importance of having conviction in our vision, inspiring leaders and a need for collective dialogue.
Post the Inauguration Ceremony of Ensemble 2015, the flagship business events in Strategy and HR, domain events and the flagship Next Generation leader event began with a lot of fervour. Many cultural events like Acoustic JAM, Informal dance and a unique comedy event called Phool Kumari were also conducted with much fanfare.
The highlights for the day were the Masterchef event—a distinctive culinary competition to bring out the closet cook in students and the debate events like Advocatus Diaboli and CASH Debate hosted by the various on-campus committees. The showstopper event for the first day was a night of thrilling fusion rock music by the pioneering rock act of the country – Indian Ocean. The performance witnessed an amazing turnout and Xlers experienced an evening of sublime music. About 1500 students from more than 12 B schools all across the country are here in the city to prove their mettle in various business games in six domains human resources, marketing, finance, strategy, operations and industrial relations.
Ensemble is amongst the most awaited events in the business school circuit. B schools namely IIMs, FMS, SIBM, SCMHRD, MDI, TISS and IIFT are participants at the event.
There is a prize money over 15 lakh across business, cultural and informal competitions. “XlRI's Ensemble is a platform for industry stalwarts, academia and alumni of the most reputed business schools and the thinkers from the Indian MBA community," said Riya Kumbhani, junior executive member, Ensemble Core Team.
Apart from flagship events like Strategikon, War of Wits and The Next Gen leader, Ensemble is also hosting domain events, Model United Nations along with numerous cultural programs as a part of its repertoire. With over 15 lakhs of prize money at stake across business, cultural and informal competitions, students are all giving their best of talent.