In the most animated of the Regional Quiz Finals of Acumen 2006 until now, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune won the West Zone regionals over finalists KJ Somaiya, Narsee Monjee and IIM-Ahmedabad.
The presence of celebrated quizzer Rohan Murarka in IIM-A’s team did not help the Institute’s cause much, setting the stage for a few light hearted digs by host Harsha Bhogle on his alma mater’s team.
Winners SIBM, however put up a formidable show and won by a convincing margin to add the final piece in the jigsaw of the Acumen 2006’s National Finals battle.
The SIBM Winners comprised of Rohit Jain, who’s originally from Assam and completed his Bachelor of Business Management degree from Mahavir College, Bangalore before joining SIBM. His teammate Nikhil Narayanan is an electrical engineer from NIT, Warangal. Nikhil took up a job in a Bangalore-based ITES firm called C-Cubed Solutions after his engineering and worked there for one year before he joined SIBM.
“We are aware of the competetion we have up against us in the National finals. Our opponents are all tough teams to beat but we are confident of our abilities and definitely feel we have a chance to win. Moreover we here to enjoy ourselves
and play the game with good spirit,” said Nikhil after the win.
Sydenham takes West Zone Debate Challenge
Notwithstanding the tricky topic of the West Zone Debate Finals, Sydenham pulled off a graceful win over SP Jain, speaking against the motion ‘Peter Drucker once rightly said, “Profits will seize to be a reason of death for corporations”‘.
Winners Siddhesh Ranade and Komal Puri both joined Sydenham immediately after undergraduation. While Siddhesh completed his diploma in hotel management from Dadar Catering College along with a correspondence degree in economics and sociology from Mumbai University, Komal did a BE in Computer Science from MHSF College of Engineering, Mumbai before joining Sydenham. In fact, Siddhesh topped the Sydenham entrance exam in 2005 when he joined the MBA program.
“The experience was very humbling and inspiring. We definitely got to earn a lot from this event. I would like mention that the topics for the debate were well chosen and made for elevated discussions,” said Siddhesh.
“We won’t like to say much about the finals, we will just cross the bridge when we come to it,” added Komal.
Welingkar and Osmania University MBA graduates win Alumni Quiz
Persistence pays, so learned last year’s Acumen Alumni Quiz second runner up Ameya Samant after winning the Acumen 2006 Alumni Quiz – West Zone along with partner AP Alagarsamy, who incidentally won last year’s Acumen Alumni Quiz. In the end, Ameya was to win on home ground – the venue being Welingkar Institute of Management, from where he completed his MBA.
Ameya Samant graduated from St Xaviers College, Mumbai with a BA in political science, following it up with an MBA from Welingkar Institute of Management. He is currently working with Madison Communications. AP Alagarsamy completed his graduation in BCom (Honours) from Indian Institute of Management and Commerce, Hyderabad. He did his MBA from the Department of Management, Osmania University in Hyderabad. He is currently employed with ICICI Bank.
“We both are looking forward to repeat our outstanding performance which we displayed at last year’s Acumen. We are also hoping to win this time around with flying colours,” said Mr Alagarsamy.