Badminton Fever

The IFMRians proved again their love and excellence in badminton. This weekend was one of the most thrilling, competitive and sportive weekends of the year.
The badminton tournament was scheduled to start on 16 th sept Friday but nature had different plans and opening matches scheduled on that day were washed out due to rains. The tournament resumed on Saturday morning with the same spirit and the matches were tightly fought and enthusiastically supported by the audience. Many masters of the game proved their excellence, but some had to taste the upset in the hands of the underdogs.
The tournament moved to its final rounds on Sunday and the favorites of the tournament moved up to the semi finals and the finals. And Sunday evening was the eve of champions IFMR got its New Kings and queens of badminton.
Here are the winners of the Badminton Tourney:

Men's Singles: Nataraj
Women's Singles: Anusha S.
Men's Doubles: Asad and Manan
Women's Doubles: Anusha and Mudita
Mixed Doubles: Anusha and Srihari

Special mention- the college is really thankful to Asad and Natraj for the epic Men`s singles final. One of the greatest contest ever contested @IFMR. And it proved again that Sportsmen’s sprit is always a winner.

IFMR Business School’s anti AIDS campaign -Walk for Life

India has the second largest number of HIV positive people in the world. HIV epidemics are more severe in the southern half of the country and the far north-east. The highest HIV prevalence is found in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in the south; and Manipur and Nagaland in the north-east.
Getting a management degree is not just about sharpening your armoury for the corporate battle ahead, it’s also about having social conscience as well . At  IFMR, students  are taught to not only reach the zenith of sterling professional success but also be “humane”. Following the “Walk for Life” week in September which takes place in the third week around the world, Samarthan-The Social Service Club of Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) organized a walk-a-thon on 18th September, 2011 at Marina Beach, Chennai in association with Tamil Nadu State Aids Control Society (TANSACS) and Red Ribbon Club (RRC). The walk commenced at 7:30 am from Anna Memorial. The event was inaugurated by Dr. Saithiri Rangan, Deputy Director of Integrated Counseling and Testing Centre (ICTC) and Mr. Shanmugam, State Consultant (Youth affairs), TANSACS. The walk had overwhelming participation of students from different colleges around the city like MOP Vaishnav, Womens Christian College, Stella Maris and few others. Working professionals also took part in the walkathon. In total there were more than 450 participants including students of IFMR. The participants were highly enthusiastic and chanted various slogans to spread awareness and also distributed pamphlets among the spectators. IFMR students presented a skit to make people aware about the problems faced by an HIV infected patient and how he/she  should be treated by going against all myths and misconceptions about this gruesome disease. Red Ribbon Club also  opened a unit at IFMR.

The event concluded at 9:30 am at the Lighthouse with a great success. IFMR students vow to continue similar social service acts in future as well for the betterment of the society.

CRUX 2011

 The Entrepreneurship Club of IFMR successfully conducted its first Intra level Event of the Year - “CRUX” on 16^th September 2011. The event experienced participation of first and second year full time PGDM Students of IFMR. 

The theme of the event was “Crisis Resolution- Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?”

Event was conducted in two stimulating environments.

• Block and Tackle: It was an extempore round consisting of 20 participants. Each one was provided with a topic on entrepreneurship and participants were asked to speak FOR and AGAINST the topic as per judge’s instruction for 3 minutes. Only 5 participants advanced to the second round.
• Hypothetical Situation: A case on “Crisis in life of an entrepreneur” was given. Participants were asked to put themselves in shoes of an entrepreneur and suggest the solution to the crisis.

All the participants were extremely spontaneous and demonstrated great deal of clarity of thoughts during Block and Tackle Round. They also presented competent feasible solutions to Hypothetical Situation with their clear understanding of the key issues and innovative thinking.

Crux had the honor of being judged by Prof. Ramachandran and Mr. V.Gopalan, the esteemed faculties of IFMR.

The winner of the event was:

1^st Prize: Ram Kartic                    

2^nd Prize: Anusha

The event was also filled with surprise packages and received amazing response as it was pepped up with Business Quiz and On the Spot Special Entertainment Performances by extremely enthusiastic audiences.

Overall it was quite a successful event that promoted the spirit and essence of entrepreneurship among the hearts of one and all.

SCAENA 2011

 Scaena 2011 was the HR club’s official first event of the year. Being a skit competition, this event saw a lot of creative minds coming together and putting up great skits. The judges of the event were Prof. Raghu Raman from our college and Mr. Madhu from TVS. The event saw 3 teams- Lafangey Parindey, Motley Crew Productions and Mosqueetos showcase their ideas on the theme “conflict”. The first team combined in a very creative manner, Indian mythology and Organizational Problems. They also caught the attention of the audience by imbibing humor in their skit. The second team had a very clearly defined story line and made organizational problems very clear through their skit. The third team presented three different scenarios and interpreted conflict in a very structured manner.

All three teams were extremely unique in interpreting the theme “conflict”. At the end of the event, team “Mosqueetos “with members Anusha, Asad, Ankit, Charanya and Namitha emerged as the ultimate winners. They were followed closely by team Lafangey Parindey and team Motley Crew Productions who were tied in the second place. Team Lafangey Parindey with members Rahul Agarwal, Raghav Seth, Sayanjith,Raman and Jitesh had conceptualized their ideas very well and spruced up their performance with appropriate costumes. Team Motley Crew productions showed great team work and presented a beautiful skit

Overall, the event was a grand success and helped bring out the acting abilities of the creative minds of IFMR.

The Treasure hunt

Seventh Sense- the Creativity Club at IFMR organized the most adventurous, fun-filled and tension-free event- the Treasure Hunt on 9^th Sept at 5.30 pm within the confines of the college campus. The event attracted enormous participation by ten teams of 8 members each. The game commenced from the library courtyard where instructions were announced to all teams. Thereafter, it was a mad chase all around the campus as teams struggled to solve the riddles and puzzles and participants wracked their brains to crack the clues leading to the next hiding place. To make the task tougher for the teams, volunteers had been put in place to splash water on participants as they ran around college trying to figure out the next lead on their trail. There was mystery and excitement in the air while the hunt was at its peak, and peppy music in the background created a great ambience for the game.    

The campus looked so alive with participants raiding every nook and corner for clues. There was cut-throat competition amongst teams to outpace each other and find the treasure first. All the teams had been advised to use their brains more than their legs, and those who followed it, went far in the game. Those teams which gave up in the course of the game got engaged in the water fights, water-splashing and the dance party.      

Each team had been given a separate trail to avoid confusion and ensure that teams did not get into each other’s way. The teams had to smartly make their way through five rounds of solving riddles, cracking clues and finding props, before being given the final clue which led to the treasure. The final clue was the toughest to decode, and hence took the longest to crack. The hunt went on for almost two and a half hours at the end of which, there emerged a winners’ team and a runners’ up team.

The participants, volunteers as well as spectators seemed to have enjoyed the event a great deal, as the organizers got great feedback. It was a win-win situation because even those who lost out claimed that they played with good spirit and enjoyed to the core.