Central India’s largest management, cultural and literary fest, IIM Indore’s Atharv, was held on February 04-06, 2022. The fest was organized by the Five-Year Integrated Programme in Management (IPM) participants in online mode. With over 1500 participants competing in 30 events, the fest was sponsored by more than 30 companies, with Hirect being the title sponsor.
The three days were full of exhilaration, frenzy, excitement, and exuberance. The inauguration took place in the presence of Col. Gururaj Gopinath Pamidi (Retd), CAO, IIM Indore, and Prof. Swatantra, Chair-Hostel and Students Affairs. Col. Pamidi, in his inaugural address, congratulated the Atharv team for successfully launching the fest in online mode. He particularly praised the fest’s theme, “Healing with Harmony”, which he found very apt for the challenging and tiring times we all are going through during the pandemic. ‘The past two years have been all about healing the wounded soul and living in harmony when everyone is locked at their homes. This theme is a perfect fit for the fest that ignites and encourages the young minds from across the nation’, he said. Prof. Swatantra also congratulated the organizing team and wished them the best for their endeavors.
The fest witnessed 15 man-lit events comprising multiple domains like quiz, HR and marketing, finance, etc. Ten cultural events, including music, dance, and gaming, also saw enormous enthusiasm. The two flagship events, Inter-Varsity Debate(a British Parliamentary style debate) and Audace (a one of its kind theatre event), also provided a platform to the participants to showcase their talents. Distinguished and esteemed judges judged all the events. These included Mr. Ajay Dusane- VP, Marketing- Digital Brand, Growth Marketing at Angel One; Dr. Devdutt Barskar, Art and Photography Officer at DSR Indore; Mr. Altamash Aslam, Visiting Faculty, IIM Indore; Mr. Ritwik Bhawsinghka, Business Consultant and Head of Research, Leveraged Growth; Mr. Pragnya Wakhlu- Musician, Composer, Activist; Mr. Vishal Sonkar, Choreographer and Personal Trainer; Mr. Akshay Indikar, Director and Screenwriter; Dr. Shelja Garg, Founder at Shelja Arts; Miss Shreya Rao Kamavarapu, Runner up Miss India; Miss Multimedia and Goodness Ambassador; Mr. Arvind Rajeev Sarathy, Founder of X QUIZ IT; Mr. Mahesh Ramgopal, Quizmaster and Strategic Head, X QUIZ IT; Mr. Vishal Kumar, Founder at LWT Academy; Mr. Sagar Mondal- Founder and Growth Marketing Head, SquashCode and Assistant Director at Youth Entrepreneurship & Skilling Cell; Miss Sanjana Saksena Chandra, Published Poet and Author; and Miss Riya Dhamija- Writer, Designer, and Marketer. The winners received prizes worth Rs. 4 Lakhs.
Numerous workshops were also organized during the fest, which the participants highly appreciated. These included ‘How to build a Consulting Mindset’ by Rathish Balakrishnan, Founder of Sattva Consulting; ‘Investor Protection and Supervision of Brokers’ by Mr. Dinesh Soni, Senior Vice President at NSE; ‘Developments and a Career in Fintech’ by Varun Sridhar, CEO of Paytm Money; ‘India’s Economy and 5 Things to Watch Out for in 2022’ by Dhruv Sharma, Senior Economist at World Bank, ‘Introduction to Derivatives’ by Noopur Agarwal, Senior Consultant Trainer at FMI Online; ‘Business Model and Qualitative Analysis- Beyond Balance Sheet’ by Urvi Kotak, Research Analyst at Finology Ventures Pvt. Ltd; ‘The Journey of Gamification’ by Rajib Chowdhury, Founder at THE GAMIFICATION COMPANY & Paathshaala; ‘I for Personality- Your True Potential’ by Gaurav Sethia, Orange Training Consultancy 4C Corporate Skills; ‘India’s Growing Interest in Stock Market’ by Prabhakar Tiwari, CEO, Angel One Ltd; and ‘CryptoBuzz’ by Sanket Thakkar, Founder of Alphabot Capital.
To encourage the school children to participate in the extra-curricular activities, Atharv fest this time also organized the PI Quiz, a national level talent hunt to find the brightest among class 9- 12th with prizes worth Rs. 40,000.
The two pro-nights were the highlights of the fest. The virtual Comedy Night with Mr. Rohan Gujral was full of laughter, entertainment, and cheerfulness. The fest concluded on a high note with a musical performance by Mr. Anuv Jain, Singer, Songwriter, and Composer.