One Day Inter-Class Commerce and Management Fest – “Infusion- 15” was held on July 21, 2015 for the first year students of the college in order to give them a platform to enhance their knowledge in the fields of Marketing, Finance, Human Resource, Best Manager and Public Relation.
As the saying goes; “The secret of getting ahead is getting started” the journey of Infusion 2015 was ready to take off with 20 teams of 5 participants each.
The inauguration of the event was scheduled at 9:00 a.m. on July 21, 2015, Tuesday with the guest of honor being our beloved principal Dr. K. V. MALINI, the event was preside by the staff conveners of Commerce & Management Associations Mrs. Lavina Norhona, Ms. Dhanya Shet, Mrs. Dhanyashree and Mr. Samarth Shenoy.
The event was inaugurated by seeking the blessings of the almighty to bestow us with the true spirit of participation and by lighting the lamp as a symbol of goodness. The principal addressed the students by marking bright, the importance of etiquette and soft skills in shaping of one’s career and above all one’s life. The words spoken truly did get an enthusiasm to learn something new and different from Infusion both amongst the participants as well as the organizers of the event.
The Infusion 2015 concentrated on exploring both team playing as well as the individual talents in the participating personnel and hence, the one day event was divided into two halves. In the first half, the teams were given a group event called the Business World, wherein the team had to launch a new product in the market describing the marketing strategies, recruitment strategies, fund allocation chart and also trying to attract the crowd with their creativity and innovation in a particular product. The event was judged by Mr.Vinayak G Shet and Dr. Prashanth Bhat, lecturers of the college. The time permitted per team was 4+2 mins.
In the second half of the event, the teams were sub-divided into participant for different streams like that of the Best Manager, Marketing Manager, Human Resource Manager, Finance Manager and the Quizzer and undertake challenges in the respective streams. Every stream had 2 rounds conducted and a jest of corporate dozes was given to the contestants so as to gain a practical knowledge about their role if in future in the similar stream.
The Best Manager, in other words the CEO who was the team leader had to undergo two challenges:The first one was the allegation round, as it is believed and practiced that the leader is ultimate decision maker the CEO was expected to give a final decision to safe guard his company from the future threat. The contestants were given 5 mins each. The judge for this event was Mr. Samarth Shenoy, Staff Convener of Infusion 15 and lecture of the college. This was an elimination round and out of 20 only 12 teams qualified to the final round. The second round was to come up with a business plan with the limited amount of funds in hand. This round was initiated because it is said that “A Leader is the one who plans an action and then makes his followers implement them’. The time permitted per contestant was 5mins and the judges for this event were Mrs. Usha Bhat and Ms. Raksha Acharya, the lecturers of the college.
The Marketing Managers or the creative minds of the firm had also a set of two rounds to perform. The first one being the combination of both physical and metal activity, where in they were asked to blow the balloons and answer a set of quiz relating to the business logos and taglines. This activity was conducted in order to make aware of the current trend in marketing that is, it demands both market knowledge as well as a field work to achieve success. After a physical and mental exercise it was time to test the creativity of the marketing managers in the event, it was time for the collage making, where the qualifying 10 contestants had to design a beautiful collage out of the scrap newspapers and magazines Sand market it to earn likes. The activity was conducted so as to test the creativity and also the convincing ability they posses. The judges for this event were Mrs. Dejamma, Mrs. Sushma Shetty and Mrs. Seema Prabhu.
The Human Resource (HR) Managers is the welfare officer of the firm and he plays a vital role in controlling and motivating the manpower within the organization.The HR managers of Infusion 15 had to accept 2 challenges relating to their stream. It is a known fact that the HR Manager should be a well-versed Orator and must be able to link the individual goals to the organizational goals for the smooth functioning of the organization, the HR managers in Infusion were given a Character, Object and Place to link and convey a meaningful message to the crowd. This was conducted to test their communication skill and the ability to manipulate the thoughts for good. The participants were given a minute each to talk on the related topic. The judges for the event were Ms. Sandhya Bhandary and Mr. Pramod, lecturers of the college. Criticisms are a part of a HR manager’s job, we all know that a person cannot convince everybody but HR manager is the one who has to convince everybody so that there is smooth running of the business. The final round of HR was also related to the criticisms and allegations. It was the call of the HR Manager to decide who is in and who is out or to crack a path in between to satisfy both the sets. The qualifying 11 participants were given 4mins to give a solution to the critical problem and take a firm stand point. The judges for this round were Mrs. Aparna and Ms. Megha, the lecturers of Post Graduation Dept of the college.
The Finance Manager or the treasurer of the firm whose sole and major responsibility is to manage and make money for the firm was also introduced in Infusion.The Finance Managers also known as quick brains who loved playing with numbers were thrown a challenge to rearrange the Sudoku and search the financial terms hidden under a set of jumbled letters to earn money. In the second round, the finance managers were given a test on the financial equations which they had to answer in order to double the money so as to utilize it in the final round. The 10 qualifying team with the money earned in the last two rounds had to invest in the project decided by their CEO so that there is optimum usage of the resources available. The managers had to submit a statement of fund allocation to the judges, Mrs. Vinoda Nayak and Mrs. Rashmi Shetty lectures of the college.
The General event, Quiz was conducted to test the knowledge of the quizzers of Infusion in areas of Economy, Business and also the current affairs.After the completion of all the activities and round, it was now time for the valedictory function where the real efforts of each and every contestants had to be recognized and appreciated. The valedictory function began at 4:15p.m with the guest of honor of the evening being the principal Dr K. V. Malini, Mr. Ignatius Navil Norhona, HOD of commerce department and Mrs. Pushpalatha , HOD of Management Department of the college. The function began with the prayer to thank the almighty for blessing us with a wonderful day. Sir Norhona addressed the eager crowd by encouraging them to participate in all the events with true spirit of learning than winning so as to see a better tomorrow. He added a melodious and motivating song Hum Hongey Kamiyab, so as to break the nervousness amongst the crowd. Mr. Samarth Shenoy, the staff convener of the Management Association presented the report on Infusion 2015 to the guests of honor. Not everybody can win at the same time on the same day, winner is only one but it will not do justice if the winners alone are appreciated, it is very important to present a token of appreciation to all those who participated in making the event a successful one. Mrs. Pushpalatha distributed the participation certificate to the participants of Infusion 2015.In a game or event there is always a winner and it was time to declare the winners of Infusion 2015, the most awaited moment amongst the crowd. Mr. Ignatius Navil Noronha gave away the winners and runners certificate to the most deserving candidate of each stream.A participant is a winner not only by his efforts but also by the contribution of his team. Hence, it was also necessary to declare the overalls and runner up teams of Infusion 15, Dr K.V Malini distributed the certificates and trophies to the overalls and runners up of the event Infusion 2015.
The event infusion came to an end with the National Anthem with the heads held high.‘Infusion’ has lived up to the motto of Learn&Fun not only to the participants but also to its organizing committee. The event will now be cherished in the books of our sweet memory. 100 students actively participated in the programme.
Inter -Class Fest “Infusion- 15” evolved multifarious twists and turns and also provided good opportunities to the creative young minds to competently face the real life challenges and complexities of the corporate world.
Report by:
Mrs. Lavina Sunitha Noronha
