Articles in IIT Ropar
Systems Continuum:The theme of the event was ‘The Evolution of IT in the Changing Macroeconomic Scenario‘ and was attended by executives from companies like Google, Yahoo, eBay, BMC software, Alcatel-Lucent, Virtusa and Headstrong. The event started with an inaugural speech by Prof Ms Karuna Jain, HOD, SJMSOM. This was followed by a key note address […]
Prizes worth Rs 10,000 are to be won at ‘Bheja Fry‘, online quiz about linking the daisy chains of brands and logos. A marketing Strategy case in association with Cavin Kare’s Natural Fairever named ‘STRATOsphere‘ will give away Rs 10,000 to the winner and Rs 5,000 to the runner up. The case study competition titles […]
Systems Continuum 2008: Systems Continuum will explore different aspects of Information Technology and Information Systems in business by initiating discussions on current topics. It will include a series of lectures and panel discussions on the theme ‘The Evolution of IT in the Changing Macroeconomic Scenario’. In line with the theme, the Continuum will have lectures […]
This year, over 150 business plans will compete in ‘iDeas‘, the B-Plan contest, will receive more than four crores of seed funding from ATCC and Rs150 thousand as Seed Fund for the best business plans. Battlefield, the Case Study Competition will see participation in case studies acquired from a consulting agency Technopak. The winner will […]
The curtain raiser for the event witnessed Mr Siddharth Gautam, News Coordinator, Times News Network, as the Chief Guest. It was followed by the commencement of the competitions, the first being Protostar. Protostar, an HR consultancy game, was based on ‘How to improve recruitment and motivation practices at DRDO’. The winners were part time MBA […]
On day one, more than 100 teams from various B-schools participated in a series of competitions like case study competition, personality tests, entrepreneurial games and on-the-spot games like HR based consulting games. At the end of the day, there was a DJ nite. The media conclave is scheduled on the third day of the event […]
Financial institutions like Citibank, Standard Chartered, Kotak Mahindra Bank, SBI Caps were some of the companies that offered PPOs in Finance, while companies like L’Oreal, Cadbury, RPG Spencer’s Retail and others offered profiles in Operations. Feedback Ventures and The Progress Group offered profiles in Consulting. Companies offering profiles in the Systems domain included Wipro and […]
The students who went in to the conference room believing it to be just another PPT were in for a pleasant surprise. The talk covered the entire spectrum of the commodities markets, drawing parallels with the capital markets and had the students engrossed for a good two and half hours. As Mr. Aggarwal put it, […]
Spornado ’08 encompassed 13 different games played across three days. The games included the likes of volleyball, football, basketball, cricket, chess, carom, table tennis, badminton, lawn tennis, squash, pool and snooker. 63 students from Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi and about an equal number of students from Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee had […]
VC PitchThe VC Pitch is a great opportunity for the “Early-stage enterprises” to reach out to the Venture Capitalists, other investor communities and entrepreneurs who could be interested in helping you take your idea forward. Entries are invited under the following categories:• IT, ITES, Mobile and Internet applications.• Emerging technologies and new frontiers.• Banking and […]