XIM, Bhubaneswar
Xpressions 2006.. Xtend the spctrum
 

A riot of colour, an explosion of light and sound, people running around all the time, Black T-shirts with Aditya Birla logos flashing prominently, the mess full of people all the time, a huge crowd milling around the stage, stalls selling food, games, games and more games, loud speakers blaring, late starts to almost every event, unforeseen hitches, last minute solutions, noise, music, laughter, confusion, entertainment and lots of learning. This was Xpressions 2006.

Four days from the 2^nd to the 5^th of November, was what defined XIM this year. A variety of events across a myriad spectrum ensured that there was never a dull moment. Starting off with Helios, a first-of-its kind game for undergraduates in XIM, the purpose was to ensure that they could get a taste of what an MBA was like, before actually entering a B-school. The event was very well received and participants learnt a lot throughout the game and promised to come back the next year too. Conclave the forum for discussion also took place on the same day, with a distinguished panel comprising of Mr. Mukherjee, the Assistant Editor of Business Week acting as moderator, Mr. Pal a Member of Parliament belonging to the CPI(M) party, Mr. V.K.Timothia, a Non-Exectuive Director on the board of Vedanta and Mr.V.S.Jain the MD of Jindal Stainless. The topic for this year was "The Steel Sctor in India –The Way Ahead". With the panelists possessing diverse views on the subject, a fiery debate ensued. The audience too contributed by questioning a lot of the viewpoints that the panelists had advocated.

The two flagship events of Xpressions- Skill City and Kurukshetra- started on the next day with participants from B-schools across the country. Kurukshetra is designed to test the decision making skills of the participants in the business world and is played in three modules. XLRI swept both the first and the second prizes in this event with SPJain coming third. All the participants were very appreciative of the amount of effort that had gone into creating the game and even wanted to replicate the same in their colleges.

Skill City on the other hand is a series of games, played across 10 modules, designed to test the soft skills of the participants. Here the event was won by a team comprising of a mixture of students from NMIMS and XIM. The participants claimed to have really enjoyed the games and did not really expect the level of creativity that had been displayed in the games.

Each interest group of XIM from XSYS and XIMAHR to XFIN and MAXIM had a lot of events in their areas of interest which attracted participation from students in every corner of the country. The level of participation was really encouraging and the feedback given by the participants would definitely ensure even better events next year.

The series of quizzes organized by Xquizzite were very exciting, made more so by the quizmaster Mr.Aravind Mudaliyar. The quality of quizzing on display was really amazing and the kind of innovative questions that were asked made all three quizzes a great success.

One event that XIM had not seen before was "Carnivale de vogue", a fashion show that had 4 different undergraduate colleges participating. It was an evening to remember with different styles, colors and fashions flaunted by those walking the ramp. The shows-stealer was of course the last part of the event where XIM's home team too took to the ramp.

The three days saw three concerts in the evening. The first was a show by India's first Boy Band – The Band of Boys. The evening saw a huge crowd from all over Bhubaneswar who had come to enjoy the music. Decibelz the competition for Amateur rock bands for all over the country was held on the second day. The contest judged by one of India's top rock bands Pentagram had 4 bands participating and was won by SystemHouse33. As a fitting end to Xpressions 2006 the last evening had a rock concert by Pentagram itself who gave a performance that delighted the hearts of many, rock fans and non-fans alike.

The result of 6 months of sleepless nights, endless arguments, fights, discussions, heart-wrenching moments, goof-ups, anger, passion, dedication, creativity and definitely lots of hard work – Xpressions 2006 proved to be bigger and better than ever imagined.

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E-mail: media@ximb.ac.in
 

Source: By E-mail (November 9, 2006)

published on IndianMBA.com on November 10, 2006

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