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 students from DoMS, IIT Delhi. Day one also saw the launch of the flagship event, iMA Big Bang, a personality test.
Day two began with the Inaugural Ceremony and registrations of students. Parivartan was formally inaugurated by Punjab & National Bank CMD, Mr SS Kohli who gave insights on the Indian business scenario and the challenges faced by the Indian economy. Also, there was Business Plan competition, Poseidon, based on a Telecom case presented by Tata Indicom. The panel of judges for Poseidon included experts from Tata Indicom and Alcatel Lucent. The event was won by NITIE. Radio Mirchi had set up a radio station in the venue and students went live on air in a two hour show. Cygnus, the case quest, which involved presentation of cases in unique format, was an interesting experience for the participants. The judges from PWC declared IIFT Team, the winner. Another major event, Triton, the entrepreneurial challenge started earlier in the day. After all the quests and conquests, the day’s events concluded with the DJ nite.
The last day of Parivartan was filled with activities like Quiz, discussions and interaction series. The Business Quiz was hosted by quiz master Avinash Mudaliar. This was the event with maximum on the spot participation of more than 40 teams. The media conclave held a panel discussion on ‘The Media-Business Confluence‘ by Journalist Dr Ved Pratap Vaidik and Mr Sanjay Salil, MD, Media guru Consultants Pvt Ltd. Following this was the DRDO media conclave chaired by Shri Narang, Chairman of DRDO. It had representation from both DRDO and the Media. The last day also saw the crowning of the winner of Big Bang, from DoMS itself, after three days of effort. The event Triton was won by team from IMT Ghaziabad. The day’s events culminated with a corporate dinner held at the Air Force Golf Course. It was an enriching experience for the students to interact with all the guests and learn from them of their experiences.