IMT, Nagpur: Annual fest ‘Milestone 35’ organized on Oct 17-18

The event proceeded with preliminary rounds of all the academic and non-academic games on the first day. The HR game ‘Hu-ances’ had participants linking the various colours with the organizational functions. The IT game aIT managers: Call the shota was an online simulation game wherein participants were expected to manage the activities of hiring and firing employees such that the time involved in the operations is least and is most cost efficient. In the Okonomos game aIn the marketa, participants were given INR 500 and were told to maximize the profits using resources available on the campus. The team which generated maximum profit got the maximum points. The Finance game saw the teams submitting a Fixed Maturity Plan portfolio (FMP) model for investment in agreen businesses and elimination was done on the basis of business viability, scope for market penetration etc. The game aBest Managera was divided into various stages; the first was the ice breakers-Introduction game, the second-a Pictionary game and the third one-a treasure hunt wherein student managers were noticed running and collecting their treasures. The marketing game required the participants to prepare a brand roadmap for a hypothetical product/service and participants came up with products such as stress-relieving gum, cosmetic removal special soap and eco-friendly condoms. The Operations game had a quiz consisting 40 questions encompassing various aspects of operations. A corporate quiz was conducted by the quizmaster Mr Avinash Mudaliar, with participation from corporate as well as B-schools. The quiz was won by the team Questa from IMRB.

In the evening, there was a Panel Discussion on the topic ‘Corporate Social Responsibility- Have the Corporate missed the Forest for the Trees’ saw participants like Avinash Mudaliar, Siddharth Kumar, Asha Jowarkar and Prof Gajavelli VS. The highlight of the evening was a concert by Mohit Chauhan, the Silk Route fame. Mohit entertained the IMT-N crowd by singing from his albums like Boondein, also some Bollywood numbers.

The second and final day saw the finals of all major games. The second half of the event started with HR finals where the six qualified teams were told to conceive an HR plan for an IT consultancy whose clients are Oil companies so as to make their operations eco-friendly. The winners of this game were Insighters IIM-A and Vaastu IMT-N (A tie for the first position). Simultaneously, in the IT game, teams were required to give a 10 minute presentation of their workings in the simulation round (Preliminaries). Teams focused on topics like Eco Innovation & Eco effective, Changing Management Paradigm in IT era etc. Green peace of IMT-N emerged as the winners with Insighters form IIM-A as the runners up. The Marketing game finals included the design of an election campaign for any political parties. The team from IIM-A, Insighters was declared the winners and IMIas S took the position of the runners up. The game aB-Plana focused on the participantsa ability to draw the layout of a realistic business idea which may be pursued by them in the near future. Team from IMT-N was the winners with NITIE team being the runners up. The operations final had a fictional case of Alfa Filters and the demand had to be forecasted basing on some conditions or scenario given for each month. The main objective was profit maximization. FMS aFamousa stood first with IIM-A aInsightersa as the runners up. The abest managera finals had Nishant Shastri of IMI as the winner.

The aTheme Gamea was won by team from FMS and team from IMI was second. In the Finance Game finals with a structured portfolio presentation Iconics from IMT-G held the first position. After the games, the event ended with a cultural night including dance, music and fashion show.