The fest starts off with the Prerana Business Meet, a forum that will bring together corporate executives to share their views on the topic ‘The Indian Growth Story: Is the Roar Bigger than the Tiger?’. This yearas speakers are Chander Mohan Sethi, Chairman & Managing Director, Reckitt Benckiser; Saugata Gupta, CEO, Consumer Products, MARICO; Dev Bhattacharya, Chairman & Managing Director, Aditya Birla Minacs; Tim Uthama, Head Wholesale Banking, Standard Chartered; and V Thulasidas, Former Chairman, NACIL. Also, Avinash Mudaliar will be the quizmaster for PBQ (Prerana Business Quiz).

The Summer Project Contest, the flagship Event of Prerana, provides a platform for the students to benchmark their summer projects against the best in the nation. Students present their internship presentations to the jury with details about the challenges faced, initiatives undertaken and solutions devised over their two month stint in the corporate world. This year, the Summer Project Contest has received over 300 entries. The contest has five modules for Marketing, Finance, IT, HR and SCM covering all aspects of management.

MastishK, the Prerana online event, will test the business acumen of management students in real life business scenarios through online simulation games. Decibelz 2008 on October 23, 2008 will see the ‘Rock on’ trio Shankar Ehsaan Loy, perform and conclude the annual festival.