SPJIMR, Mumbai Celebrates Annual Businees Event, "OJAS '09", in Association with Microsoft

SPJIMR, Mumbai Celebrates Annual Businees Event, "OJAS '09", in Association with Microsoft

SPJIMR Students during their Annual Business Event "OJAS '09"

Shrinkhala, the Operations Event, included 'OpsTackle', a multi-staged competition comprising an Online Quiz, a Case Analysis and Simulation, and Desafio, a simulation game that dealt with operating a restaurant. 'Samiksha' ,a panel discussion, saw stalwarts from the industry discussing 'Global Sourcing from an Indian Perspective'.

An initiative that set OJAS apart from other business festivals was 'Mélange - the Potpourri'. Mélange added color and fervor to the festival with a plethora of events of varied genre. It covered some unique competitions like 'Brand Bajao' - launch a rock band, 'Sanghatan', a board room discussion, 'Parivartan' - social B-Plan, and numerous creative events like 'Pixophilia', the photography competition, Dhvani & Laya, the dance and music events, that bore witness to the amazing talent pool in the B-schools. Other events that came under the ageis of Mélange tested participants of different skills like Presentation ('Epiphany'), Negotiation ('Cross-Talk') and Quizzing ('Philomath').

The highlight of OJAS was the evening of the February 14th when Harsha Bhogle came to campus. The aisles were thronged with those who'd come to listen to the hugely successful, yet largely unassuming man they'd grown to worship and respect, both for his skill in the commentary-box as also his courage to do the thing he loved. And they were not disappointed. Harsha Bhogle's advice was straight from the heart - "Be yourself, be willing to work your back-side off, and never worry about the money, do what you like." It was indeed a memorable meeting.

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Contributed by -
Sripradish Kapikad,
PGDM, Batch 2008-10,
S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai.

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