Atharva 08-09

The following are the events that are being held under the umbrella of Atharva 08-09.

 

SANKALP The B-Plan Contest

Sankalp TAPMI s Business Plan formulation contest, provides a platform to capture the creativity and nurture the dreams of budding entrepreneurs. TAPMI was the first management institute to initiate a B-Plan contest for Indian B-Schools and has through the years gained immense participation and popularity. The contestants are evaluated by the industry experts and the intellectual capital of TAPMI. The contestants also get a chance to interact with them.
First Prize: Rs. 50,000
Second Prize: Rs. 30,000
Third Prize: Rs. 20,000
More details available at http://www.tapmi.org/atharva/SankalpToolkit.pdf and http://www.tapmi.org/atharva/

 

QUIZ ON THE BEACH (QOTB) The Corporate Quiz

Set up on the pristine white beaches of Kaup, Quiz On The Beach has been attracting the best quizzing brains from all across the country and hence had nail biting finishes for past three years.

Hosted every year by well renowned Quizmaster, QOTB gives the crowd what they come for: THE BEST. Carefully thought over questions putting the best of resources to shame, witty replies interlaced with humor and high quality and audio-video effects make Quiz On The Beach an experience for everyone present to cherish.

QOTB 2007 had a tie breaker for the first position for third consecutive year.

With a lighthouse built by the British as a backdrop to the setting, the beautiful beach always has a lot more to offer and QOTB 2008-09 is geared up to give you a surprise.

Quizmaster: Mr. Arul Mani, Vice President, Karnataka Quiz Association
Venue: Kaup Beach
Date: 10th January 2009
Prizes: 1st Prize Rs. 50,000
2nd Prize Rs. 30,000

Register yourself at www.tapmi.org/atharva
More details available at http://www.tapmi.org/atharva/Qotb.pdf and http://www.tapmi.org/atharva/

 

YOUNG BUSINESS LEADER (YBL)

One of the most prestigious events at Atharva, the Young Business Leader contest consists of one of the most rigorous frameworks for testing the leadership skills of the contestants. Spread over three days, it will test the Managerial Skills, Business Skills, Inter-personal Skills and other Personal competencies of the contestants. The overall selection of the Young Business Leader is based on a comprehensive assessment centre developed exclusively for this event. The assessment centre will ensure objectivity and accuracy in the evaluation through a series of events that includes role-plays, live projects, case studies, games and presentations

Prize: The T. A. Pai Memorial Young Business Leader 2008-09 walks away with a prize worth in excess of Rs. 1 Lakh

More details available at http://www.tapmi.org/atharva/

 

POLEMIC The Corporate Debate

Witness the corporate debate where the who s who of the corporate world battle it out on stage. Where every argument has a counter-argument and every opinion is met with a contrasting opinion. With ideas and viewpoints flowing from all directions, eminent industry representatives and academicians from diverse backgrounds try hard to prove their point. The result is TAPMI s very own Big Fight Polemic

TOPIC OF POLEMIC 2008-09: Future of Indian Banking Sector in view of the global financial crisis: Reforms or Regulations??

Speakers :
Dr. Amrendra Sahoo (Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India Probable))
Mr. Parthasarathy (AVP Corporate Finance, Axis bank)
Dr. Rajiv Kumar Sahoo (Divisional Manager- Canara Bank)
Moderator: Prof. Jayadev M (Professor of Finance and Control, IIM Bangalore)

More details available at http://www.tapmi.org/atharva/

 

GLOBAL INVESTOR - The quintessential finance game:

"It is easier to create money than to spend it." ~Warren Buffet
Making money in a conventional way does not involve as much risk as is involved in investing in markets to make more money. Be it stocks or commodities or currencies, whether you are a hedger or a speculator or an arbitrageur, it calls for a higher degree of risk. Are you a risk lover or would you prefer to be a risk averse? Would you spend money to make more of it.

More details available at http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dhsxnvmj_293hdhgp5d3

 

KIOSK:

Kiosk is a marketing retailing game that brings out the best marketer across all B-schools in India. This game would give participants a chance to run the entire show all by themselves, a onetime chance to be a retailer. Teams would be managing real money and running their own custom made KIOSKS. From product assortment to price, location to promotions you will be deciding what your retail outlet would be all about. So now, its time for you to think on your heels and apply the same old marketing principles learned from classrooms for your KIOSK.

More details available at http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dhsxnvmj_104czjv7r56

 

OUTCRY The TAPEX:

Atharva gives you a chance to live up the Dalaal Street of India once again. Participants shall be given an initial corpus of funds and asked to trade among them by use of whatever signaling mechanisms they can think of. Be it vocal or hand or any other. Interruptions and shocks shall prevail in the game too. Find the buyer, match your frequency and square the deal.
They exercise their vocal chords and shout their lungs out while we get to you three hours of nerve-wrecking trading filled with loads of Fun, Frolic and Drama!

More details available at http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dhsxnvmj_116hdmjc8dw

 

CHAKRAVYUH:

Only one knew how to break the Chakravyuh in The Mahabharat
Only one could manage to enter into it.
Nevertheless, HE had failed to get out.
Here is another chance for the Kotler s followers to strategise every move into the Circle of Power to gain a sustained competitive advantage.
Presenting Chakravyuh The Ultimate CIRCLE OF POWER !!!

More details available at http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dhsxnvmj_260gt3bhsfw

 

PREMIA:

1688 was when it began in London.
From a coffee house to a huge segment in the world of finance. Lombard Street, Royal Exchange, Lloyd's building and many more places where the roots of 'Insurance' lie.
Thousands of innovations, hundreds of products in various segments, life or non-life.
Can you add some spice to this maturing industry?
Atharva presents...
Premia - The Legend of the Lloyd's
Come and explore!!

More details available at http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dhsxnvmj_284gt9bn2kb

 

ONLINE GAMES:

Atharva brings to you a blitzkrieg of Online games- 'Atharva Online'
Here is another opportunity for you to come forth and challenge the best ones in quizzing, become the official 'quiz guru', and all this for just 20 minutes of yours for each time!!!

Score on Score (Sports Quiz): 21/11/2008
Wissen (GENERAL MANAGEMENT QUIZ) : 28/11/2008

More a rule than just an exception, most successful managers are the ones who are best informed. Atharva 09 invites you to test your knowledge and prove your mettle amongst the best brains in the country and abroad.
Taste the reality and test the knowledge... Take the Wissen 2008 Challenge!!!

 

Be Da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was the jack of all trades and master of most of them too, being a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. He was not only intelligent but also creative. Here at ATHARVA we present to you a unique opportunity, not to be like Da Vinci, But "Be Da Vinci" himself. Bring out the best of creativity in you to Manipal and mesmerise us with the Da Vinci in YOU.

More details available at http://www.tapmi.org/atharva/BeDaVinci.html

 

INFORMALS

Gili Gili Magic!
Atharva 08-09 hosts a never seen before, mega, gala magic show GILI GILI MAGIC which would take everyone to the world of illusions and awe! The show in its entertainment value and scope would be highly inclusive. We intend to entertain every age group, every earning class. Entertainment has no bounds and so will our show. We would provide the most enthralling, gripping two hours of clean, mesmerizing entertainment to estimated crowd strength of 2000 locals from Udupi and Manipal.
Come one come all would be our mantra. An evening, full of entertainment, never experienced for years in this region
We are proud to bring one of the BIGGEST Magicians of Modern India, Prof. Shankar and Shankar Junior of the Gili Gili Magic fame.

More details available at http://www.tapmi.org/atharva/

 

Participating Colleges and Corporates

 

#	Corporate Teams for Quiz On The Beach 08-09
1	IBM Bangalore
2	Savoir Faire, Goa
3	Kotak
4	Sun Microsystems
5	Nokia, Mangalore
6	Yahoo
7	Infosys
8	Sapient, Bangalore
9	Greycaps.com
10	Blue Flash, Bangalore

 

#	International Participating Institutes
1	Sheffield Hallam University, UK
2	Institute of Management and Technology, Dubai

 

#	Participating Colleges
1	Alliance Business Schools
2	Army Institute of Management
3	Bharathidasan Institute of Management
4	Christ College
5	Delhi University
6	DMS, IIT Delhi
7	DoMS IITM
8	Faculty Of Management Studies, Baroda
9	Faculty Of Management Studies, Delhi
10	FORE School of Management
11	XLRI, Jamshedpur
12	Goa Institute of Management
13	Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
14	ICFAI Business School (IBS), Bangalore
15	ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad
16	ICFAI Business School (IBS), MANGALORE
17	IFCAI Business School (IBS),Kolkata
18	IIM AHMEDABAD
19	IIM Calcutta
20	IIM Indore
21	IIM Kozhikode
22	IIM Lucknow
23	IIM Shillong
24	IIT KANPUR
25	IIT Roorkee
26	IMI, New Delhi
27	Institue of Management - Nirma University
28	Institute of Financial Market and Research (IFMR),Chennai
29	Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) , Ghaziabad
30	Institute of Public Enterprises - Hyderabad
31	International Management Institute (IMI), DELHI
32	IRMA
33	KJ Somaiya Institue of Management Studies & Research
34	Loyola Institute of Business Administration
35	MDI, Gurgaon
36	Manipal Institute of Management, Manipal
37	Mudra Insitute of Comunications, Ahmedabad (MICA)
38	Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies - NMIMS University
39	National Institute of Agricultural Marketing, Jaipur (NIAM)
40	National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Mumbai
41	PSG Institue of Management (PSGIM),Coimbatore
42	XIME Bangalore
43	S P jain Institute of Management and Research
44	SCMHRD, Pune
45	SDM IMD,Mysore
46	SIBM Bangalore
47	SIBM, Pune
48	SIIB, Pune
49	SIMSREE
50	SIOM, Nashik
51	SJMSOM IIT Bombay
52	SPJAIN, Mumbai
53	Sydenham Institute of Management Studies Research and Entrepreneurship Education
54	Symbiosis Inst of International Business
55	Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, Nashik, Maharashtra
56	TAPMI, Manipal
57	Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research
58	XIME Bangalore

 

Corporate Sponsors

T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal (TAPMI)

 

The late Shri. T A Pai, founder of T A Pai Management Institute, had a vision to establish management institute with an objective not only to strengthen the existing educational and health infrastructure in Manipal, but also to provide the much needed impetus to building professional management capability in the country.

TAPMI is one of the top ranking institutes in India known for its strong academic credentials and reputation. The institute has been recognized well by established and reputed business and industrial houses in India. Over the years, the institute has earned a name for its Post Graduate Programme in Management (equivalent to MBA) and the quality of talent it has developed among the students. Continuous improvement in the curriculum, structure and academic systems has contributed significantly to making TAPMI a preferred centre for management education.

As our programme is gaining in strength and reputation, students have found themselves ample opportunities for seeking responsible managerial positions. Over 1900 alumni of TAPMI are in positions of responsibility and pride in India and abroad.

TAPMI has successfully completed its 25 years of existence and is celebrating its silver jubilee this year. With a Rs. 60 Crores new campus, an international accreditation (AACSB accreditation under progress), along with accreditation from AICTE and tie-ups with leading global B-schools, TAPMI is poised to make a mark on the global business education map.

TAPMI is located at Manipal, Udupi district, Karnataka. Manipal is known as the International University Town and has a cosmopolitan ambience. It is home to a large number of educational institutes for medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, arts and science, engineering and technology. Manipal is also known for its innovative development banking and financial services sector.

 

Programmes offered at TAPMI

• Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Further Details
• The EPGDM Programme Further Details
• Global MBA Programme Further Details
• ePGPX - Post Graduate e-Governance program for executives Further Details
• Doctoral Programme in Management offered by Consortium of Business Schools (TAPMI, NMIMS and XIME) Further Details
• Executive Education Program (EEP) Further Details

 

MANIPAL - THE UNIVERSITY TOWN OF INDIA

 

Manipal is home to T.A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) and the Manipal University, comprising of educational institutions, including the Manipal Institute of Technology , Manipal Institute of communication, MIM Manipal Institute of Management , Manipal Center for Information Science (MCIS Manipal), Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (KMC, Manipal), Manipal Life Sciences Center (MLSC), the Manipal campus of Melaka Manipal Medical College (also known as International Centre for Health Sciences or ICHS), the Manipal College Of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MCOPS) , the Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration (WGSHA) and Dr. T.M.A Pai Polytechnic . The spectrum of educational institutions covers everything from elementary schools to professional and graduate level colleges. National Institute of Technology of Karnataka (NITK), Suratkal is only 40km away from Manipal.

 

Manipal is a centre of academic learning, healthcare, industry and finance. Manipal has more than 70,000 students graduate and has an ever increasing enrolment number of more than 19,000 students. The township of Manipal comprises two universities, 24 professional colleges, affiliated institutes and numerous primary and high schools.

 

The town gained prominence in the 1950s, when Dr. T. M. A. Pai, doctor, banker, educator, industrialist and philanthropist transformed a barren hillock into what is today a renowned university town. Dr. Pai first established the Kasturba Medical College in 1953, T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) in 1981 and Manipal Institute of Technology in 1957. In the late '60s ,the Union Government of India honoured Dr. Pai with the Padmashri. In the year 1999 the Posts and Telegraph department of the Government of India released a commemorative stamp in honour of Dr. Pai.

 

It is also home to Syndicate Bank, a leading bank in India, and Hi-tech industries like Manipal Dot Net, the Karnataka Microelectronics Design Centre and Sonia Clinic. Manipal was in the news recently for having the highest density of mobile phone users in the country. 98% of the population have mobile phones. The Manipal Press Ltd, one of largest printers in India, is also located in Manipal.

 

How to register at Atharva, Contact Atharva & Reach Manipal

 

Please logon to http://www.tapmi.org/atharva/ to get yourself registered for various events held at Atharva 08-09.

In case of any query, you are welcome to shoot a mail to us at atharva09.tapmi@gmail.com

You can also call us at the following numbers for any Atharva related queries:

Sameer Mardikar (Convener): +919880643868

Ruchika Saraf (Co-Convener): +919916038237

 

How to Reach Manipal ?

Manipal, an international university town, is well connected by road, rail and air. There are two main cities close to Manipal, which serve as entry points - Udupi and Mangalore. Udupi is about 5 km from Manipal (10min drive), whereas Mangalore is about 65 km away (1 and a half hour drive).

 

How to fly in ?

You will have to fly to Mangalore airport and come to Manipal by road. There are prepaid taxis available at the airport. Flights coming to Mangalore are Indian Airlines and Jet Airways. The Mangalore airport is connected with Mumbai and Bangalore airports. CALCUTTA and DELHI sectors are connected with Mumbai. Similarly, the Bangalore airport is connected with DELHI, CHENNAI, CALCUTTA and HYDERABAD sectors.

 

How to reach by road ?

There are luxury buses operating between Mangalore and Manipal.

From the North there are direct buses operating from Mumbai and Goa.

From the South, there are buses operating from Ernakulam to Mangalore and Manipal.

There are direct buses operating from Hyderabad and Madras to Mangalore, Udupi and Manipal.

Within the state, Manipal is well connected with the major cities.

 

How to reach by rail ?

If you plan to come by rail, your drop off point would be Udupi and/or Mangalore Railway Station. These railway stations lie on the Konkan route connecting the North and the South along the West coast. Delhi and Mumbai (to the North) Ernakulam (to the South) are linked to the Udupi station.

The Mangalore station is directly connected with Chennai, Delhi, Trivandrum, and Mumbai. Those traveling from Calcutta will have to reach Chennai and then take a connecting train to Mangalore. There is also a train operating from Jammu to Mangalore once a week.