Mr Gururaj Deshpande, Chairman, Sycamore Networks asked the graduates of today to be part of the resurrection process of the economic engine. Entrepreneurship, he said is the most challenging occupation that one can pursue but the rewards are incomparable. Mr GRK Reddy, MD, MARG and Chairman, CII, Chennai Zone emphasized on the potential of the youth of the nation. Dr MS Krishnan, Professor, Stephen and Ross School of Business, University of Michigan gave insights about the field of innovation. The New Age of Innovation consists of Connectivity, Digitalization, Convergence of different parts of technology and Social networks. Mr. Ravi Kant, CEO and MD TATA Motors shared his thoughts on means of responding to the global financial recession. Mr R Seshasayee, MD, Ashok Leyland pointed out that by sticking to the fundamentals the current financial crisis could have been avoided. Mr Sunil Rai, CEO, Mumbai Business School said that leaders should cooperate with each other to tide over challenging times.

Panel Discussion on the topic aCan India Grow while being a part of global economic system and overcome the current crisis or does it need insulationa included participants like Dr Ajit Ranade, Chief Economist Aditya Birla Group; Dr YV Reddy, former Governor RBI; MS Sundara Rajan, CMD, Indian Bank; and Dr Bala, founder and honorary dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management.

The fest also included other events for participants from B-schools and the corporates. The events included a B-Plan contest KAALTEET, a Marketing Strategy game for re-launching a failed product DVIJA, an operations Strategy Game KUMBHAKA and the Business Quiz JIGYA.SA. Prabhakaran SK from IIM K won Rs.70, 000 as the first prize for the B-Plan contest, while Shuchi Verma and Ravikant from IMT Ghaziabad won the Marketing Game. The operations strategy game was won by the team from IIT Bombay. The Business Quiz, was hosted by Mr Giri Balasubramaniam and was won by the team from Sun/Sanmar.