Amaethon 2007 – IIM-A’s annual AgriBusiness Summit – is to be held from January 19 to 21, 2007 continuing with the tradition that began three years ago. Amaethon has come a long way since then and this year Amaethon is expected to be a mega affair.
Amaethon 2007 will see at least 500 participants from 50 B-schools and 33 agribusiness management colleges across India making best use of an opportunity to interact with the most brilliant minds in the agribusiness sector and compete for over Rs. six lakhs’ worth of prize money.
Amaethon has grown over the years in terms of scale, contests and speakers. This year Amaethon is offering Business Plan contests, Commodity Trading games, Management Games, Paper Presentations, Case Analysis, Panel Discussions, Movie Reviews, and many other events over the three days.
The theme for this year’s Amaethon is “The Awaited Dawn” – capturing the strong feeling that India’s agriculture and development sector needs a new beginning to match India’s commendable growth in corporate and industrial sector. Various events at Amaethon 2007 will try to find out ways to bring about this much-awaited dawn.
The whole amalgamation of events under Amaethon is divided into four main sessions-
1. Entrepreneurship session
2. The AgriBusiness session
3. The Development session, and
4. Informals
All these sessions would aim at finding ways to modernize the agribusiness in India through possible policy changes, government initiatives, or through modern technology and practices like promotion of commodity trading. Attempts would be made to analyze various aspects of issues like agriculture productivity, micro-credit, managing risks in agriculture and rural infrastructure, and look for means to better them.
Amaethon 2007 is also attempting to foster entrepreneurial spirit among the students with various activities devoted towards this end. Apart from Business Plan contests, the event will try to find ways in which such plans can actually be taken forward and a sustainable growth is achieved.
Students from all across India will share their views and plans and will get the opportunity to listen to business and thought leaders like –
” Mr. Joseph Massey (Deputy managing Director, MCX)
” Dr. K.G.Karmakar (Managing Director, NABARD)
” Mr. Parag Desai (Director, WaghBakri Tea)
” Dr. Sudarshan Iyenger (Vice Chancellor, Gujarat Vidyapith)
” Mr. Jagat Shah (CEO of Global Networks, International Trade Management Consultant)
” Mr. Satyan Mishra (Founder and CEO, Drishtee.com)
” Mr. Vipul Mittra (Commissioner and Secretary, Rural Development)
” Mr. Bakul Dholakia (Director, IIM Ahmedabad)
Many other dignitaries and academicians from IIM Ahmedabad and other institutions will also present their views during Amaethon 2007.
There would also be various informal activities like Antakshari, Agribusiness Simulation Game, Quizzes, Lateral Thinking Puzzles, Treasure Hunt, Cultural Night & Dance Party, etc. to add color to the mega event called Amaethon.
This year’s Amaethon really promises to be a major success and an honest attempt to find ways to bring about ‘the awaited dawn’ in India’s agribusiness and development sector. IIM Ahmedabad welcomes all students and young professionals to come and enjoy the experience.