XIMB Fest

Updated on: Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Xpressions is the annual business and cultural festival of Xavier Institute of Management (XIMB) held this year recently. Held in association with major corporate and media houses of India, it was a huge success. The theme for Xpressions this year was Iridescence – The colourful reflections.

Xpressions 2010 had nearly 50 events, both business and cultural, and saw participation from over 60 B-schools and 20 undergraduate colleges culminating in more than 3000 participants and a footfall of nearly 30000. This year it was bigger than ever with participants from the best colleges in the country including the IIMs, JBIMS, FMS, and XLRI.

The flagship events at Xpressions included Gladiator – an event that tests a range of skills both managerial and interpersonal; Kurukshetra – a cross functional business strategy game that tests business acumen and decision making skills by simulating a real world business scenario; Skill City –a creative series of skill based games that test the soft skills; Helios- a management game designed exclusively for undergraduate students; Spardha – a test of social entrepreneurship quotient.

Apart from these were the events organised by the academic committees of XIMB including Parikrama, Nirnay, Case in Point, Maven and Trade Wars.

The inaugural event of Xpressions was Conclave. It was a platform that brought together reputed personalities from the world of business to discuss and answer issues and questions pertinent to the world today.

The guest speakers this year were Rita Soni, CEO, Nasscom Foundation; Harish Bijoor, CEO, Harish Bijoor Consults Inc and Bibek Chattopadhyay, head – corporate communications, Vedanta Aluminium Ltd. They spoke on various issues faced by Gen Y.

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