ãhvãn’11

Indian Institute of Management Indore

presents

18th-20th November,2011

About ãhvãn

ãhvãn, a Sanskrit word forevocation, is the collectiveand inspired call for ouraction

ãhvãn is the flagshipmanagement festival of IIMIndore, and is one of the mostsought after annualmanagement events in India

ãhvãn enjoys theparticipation of none lessthan the best minds of India;from almost every institute oftop 30 B-Schools in India

ãhvãn elicits participationfrom leading corporatehouses and witnesses over6000 footfalls and 10000participants

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Events

AshwamedhaKalpavriksha

Finance League

Samanvay

AdApt

Gordian KnotChanakya

Entrepid

Klueless

Chain Reaction

LiveWirei-Rising

My Campaign

What is Ashwamedha

Pits the finest in the country against each other in an emulation of REALITY

Anoints the best among them, the ONE

What is the FormatThere is no fixed format, the theme as well as the event CHANGES every year

We are the PIONEERS of this format and it is widely “replicated” in all prominent festsLast manager standing48 hrs marathon task listsReal leadership situationsSpot Light roundConfession round

What is UniqueThere is only ONE winner, and he/she bags Rs 1.5 Lakh as the prize money

Participants can take part only ONCE

We are mentored by Dr. Vijay Menon

What you GETYou are going to REINVENT Ashwa – the rounds are yours, the selection criteria are yours

Get a chance to work with Dr. Menon

A lot of fun OUTHINKING the smartest in the country

The Right FITThe intellectual bully

Dreamers, Out-of-the laptop thinkers

Chaos managers

*.DisclaimerEverything has a catch, isn’t it?

Work will be very DEMANDING; be prepared to sacrifice your sleep

A Social Entrepreneurship Challenge• Management students to showcase socially oriented business ideas

The Event• National-level social entrepreneurship contest• Corporate to choose from a plethora of the best innovative business ideas

for adoption as part of their CSR initiatives

Success Stories• Pragati Prayas (Deloitte Kalpavriksha Finalist 2008) – Aahar, Meal for Rs 5 for

poor• Winner of GSEC 2009 at Foster Business School, Seattle• Forest-based rural products (TATA Kalpavriksha Winner 2007)• Backed by the Andhra Pradesh Government

Kalpavriksha

The Future• Requirements– Junior team of 6 PGP1– Passionate about the cause (socially sensitive)– Good written and oral communication skills

• Responsibilities– Seeking sponsors, mentors and VCs to partner with the

event– Coordinating with Participants, Judges & Mentors– Planning and execution of the event

• Prize Money-Rs 1 lakh

Process

Fill up spreadsheet

showing your interest

Pre process for the

interested candidates

Short interactive

session with the senior

team

Final selection of the junior

team based on pre

process and interaction

Gordian Knot 2011

Because none of us is as strong as All of us…

Gordian Knot• What is Gordian Knot ?

– A team event aimed at finding the trio which can thrive in any unanticipated situation

• How do we achieve this ?– Through a set of meticulously crafted tasks which test the participants ability to out-

Think, out-Perform & out-Last. – We achieve this through multiple innovative rounds which evolve every year

• What are the unique features ?– One-of-its-kind event on the Indian B-school circuit– No B-school Gyaan required !!– Participation open to PG, UG students and Corporates

• The Response– Phenomenal reception since 2009– GK 2010 saw participation from 300+ teams (Around 1000 participants) from more

than 70 colleges including IIMs, ISB, XLRI and IITs

Prize Money of Rs. 90,000

Gordian Knot• What qualities do we require ?

– Drive to take initiative and focus to create rounds from ideas– Creativity and Out-of-the-box thinking (think laterally…)– MUST be a team player to imbibe the spirit of the event– Photoshop/Video editing skills would be an added advantage

• What do we promise ?– Complete ownership of the event– Media Coverage at multiple touch-points– Above all, the Best days of your B-School life !!

• How many are we looking for ?– 5 to 6 participants

ARE U GAME?

Over 300 Participating Teams from 30 Top B-Schools

Prize money Rs.70,000

Largest among on campus events in its year of inception

Exposure to Consulting Exposure to Consulting

Networking with like minded people across B-schools

Networking with like minded people across B-schools

Interaction with corporatesInteraction with corporates

Where we want to take it ?Where we want to take it ?

To reach out to 50 top Indian B-schools Increase participation to 500 teams Establish a benchmark for consulting events across B schools

6 PGP1s who can say they are Excellent problem solvers with a structured thought process Strong team players and hard workers Good communicators Out of the box thinkers, result oriented individuals

What are we looking for ?What are we looking for ?

• Online game where people navigate through a series of puzzles on webpages strewn with seemingly unrelated clues

• Primary cause of baldness and sleepless nights in November • A test of general knowledge and a test of one’s wackiness /

pop culture awareness quotient

What it is

• Although it is the second best, it’s not aWhat it’s

not

• Largest online event in India (arguably) with over 3 million hits from 105 countries last yearBragging Corner

• Enthusiasm like a rabid dog looking at a delectable soup bone

• Wackiness and Creativity (loads of it)• Interest in puzzles and wordplay• Photoshop and basic html skills (Only for brownie points)

What we’re looking for

• Team of 5-6 PGP1s• Unlimited bragging rights and exclusive merchandise• Loads of fun (and a few marriage proposals)

How many and what you get

Finance League• The biggest financial event across B-Schools• Attracted the maximum Participation during

Ahvan’10• Most exhaustive event covering most of the

arenas of financial domain:– Banking– Insurance– Equity and Commodity Trading– Derivative Strategies– Mergers and Acquisitions

• Winners based on cumulative score of all rounds

Finance League• A great opportunity since it’s a scalable and an

ever evolving event• Only 8 participants can be part of Finance

League Team• 5 would be Equit-I junior members• 3 non Equit-I members

• Skills sought • Basic knowledge of Finance and Equity Trading• Dedication, Enthusiasm and Commitment• Past experience in organizing events preferred;

Ability to work effectively in a team

Entrepid

• IIM Indore’s First Online Business Strategy Game • One of the highly participated event of Ahvan ’10

What is it? As CEO, run the reins of a company and create

strategies to become undisputed leader. Manage every aspect of a company– Strategy,

Operations, Finance, Marketing, People Management etc.

EntrepidWhat is in it for you? • Develop sector knowledge• Apply learning to real world scenarios• Develop marketing and promotion skills• Play simulation games! • You are FREE DURING Ahvan – The event concludes before Ahvan.

What are we looking for? • People with enthusiasm• People with clarity of thought• Understanding of business simulation games will be a plus.

How many?

My CampaignCampaign for a Cause

My Campaign ‘11

•Nowhere else you have 30 judges judging 5 teams

•5000 hits on the blog•More than 1000 Facebook fans•This Marketing event embodies everything:

From idea generation to communication

From marketing plan to execution

From field campaigns to online buzz

From marketing to Social Sensitization

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PGP1 Requirement: 5 -6 participants

Marketing aptitude

young Ideas

Creativity

�WE NEED: Enthusiasm & Hard work

�WE GUARANTEE: a Rocking Experience!!

Advertising Aptitute

The Event Designed to test the Advertising Aptitude of the participants

2010: 100+ teams from top 30 B-schools of India participated

2009 – Theme: MP Tourism 2010 – Theme: Brand Revival 2011 – Theme: We want your Ideas!!!

We want AdApt 2011 to be the biggest event of its kind with a new concept and a new format

The Event Responsibilities of team members would primarily include :Designing the event Managing the entriesCoordinating with participants Hosting the event

Number of PGP1 participants required : 5

Skills RequiredCommitment and DedicationCreativityGood communication skills

A chain is only as strongest as its weakest link

CHAIN REACTION• National Level Operations Management and Supply Chain Event

• History• Over 200 teams participated in Round 1 with 7 teams being selected for the finals at IIM Indore• Participation from premier B-Schools such as IIM’s, SP Jain, NITIE

• Round 1 : Online Case Study Competition & Quiz• Round 2 : Campus Round

•Operations Management Simulation Game – FACTORIZE• Supply Chain Simulation Game – CHAIN REACTION

• Expectations• Designing the online round• Managing the entries• Hosting the event

CHAIN REACTIONWhat are we looking for:

Number of PGP 1 Participants Required: 4

Skills Required• Basic understanding of Operations Management

• Knowledge of working with IIS and hosting websites in IIS

• Troubleshooting skills with hosting the website in IIS

• Programming experience with web applications – preferably in ASP, if not, in ASP .Net or other web programming

i-rising

What is it?

• Two Quizzing events• The Great Indian Sojourn

– Purely online event– India quiz (art, history, culture and other trivia)

• Bizzinessia– Live business quiz hosted in IIM Indore during

Ahvan

What are we looking for?

• Need 4 quizzers from PGP1. Period.• Tech support from Systems vertical.

“IIMI’s biggest event on campus”LiveWire provides a cinematic culmination for Ahvan with a celebrity Singer/Bandperforming live in front of IIM Indore family

A few of the LiveWire performers were:

What we need?

Outdoorsy and outgoing personality

Good People-Management skills

Ability to perform on the D-day

Team Player

Indian Ocean, Euphoria, Mohit Chauhan, NeerajShreedhar and Kunal Ganjawala!

What we prefer?

Interest in Event Management

Experience in conducting such event

What is in it for you?

Heavy dose of fun

Challenging experience in terms of planning and execution

Intake: 16 PGP1 Participants

SamanvayThere’s enough concern being shown by everyone towards the society. But

only a few can transform the concern into an useful action. This event

creates an ideal platform for us through which we do our bit to the society in

enabling financial inclusion

The objective was to create awareness

and bring familiarity to the financial

system to the financially excluded

people

No-frills bank account and accidental

personal insurance were provided to

683 people across 6 villages near Indore

The personal accident insurance policy

was sponsored by the IIM Indore

community for one year

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This year Samanvay under the

umbrella of ãhvãn’11, plans to

increase the number of beneficiaries

from 683 to 1500

Ãhvãn’11 intends to take further step

towards inclusive growth into reality

and ensure harmonious socio-

economic development of our

nation

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Verticals

Finance Sponsorship

Corporate Involvement

Participation

Hospitality

Operations

Corporate Involvement

Creative & Design

Media & Promotion

Events

• Activities Financial Support to all the events Co-ordination between the source and sink of the funds Preparation of individual event budgets (if required) Recording, Reporting and Summarizing Post event Support

• Requirements 1 participant

Integrity, Honesty and commitment Experience in dealing with procedures and rules Skills at commercial written communication

Pitch to the Corporate and PSUs for Ahvan and negotiate for Event sponsorships• An event with an approx. budget of 35L

• Total sponsors for Ahvan 2010 – 24.5L

• Last year’s sponsors included Bank of India, GAIL, Cognizant, SBI,

SafeExpress, etc.

• Senior team – 9 members

Bottom-lineWithout money nothing moves! Our job is to get enough of it!

What does it take to make it to the Spons team?• Should be a good negotiator; quick on feet

• Excellent communication skills

• An affable attitude

• Prior experience in similar capacities will prove useful

Planned team size• 8-9 members

• Envision – The Speaker Series– Host of speakers over three days– Interacting with the big shots

• Helping events in selection of judges

• Panel Discussion– Ahvan Theme based

Corporate Involvement

• Responsibilities Invite eminent speakers to Ahvan Receive/Entertain guests during Ahvan

• RequirementsOral and Written communication skills Conversational skills Ability to think on your feetCommitment and hard work is a given

• Team Size5–6

Corporate Involvement

Creative & Design

Look and feel of the event• Tasks

– Poster and banner design– Brochure design– Ad design– T-Shirt design– Standies design– Flyer design– Video making

4-6 participants

• Tasks– Painting/Drawing– Innovative craftsmanship– Staircase/wall paintings– Campus Banners

• 10-12 participants

• Expectations Interest in creative and design work

Out-of-the-box thinking capabilities

Basic knowledge of painting/drawing

Familiar with traditional media

Familiarity with design tools

Adobe Photoshop

Corel Draw / Adobe Illustrator

Video editing software (e.g. Ulead,Adobe Premier, etc.)

Creative & Design

• Backbone of all the other verticals• One of the most challenging roles to undertake• Critical to the success of Ahvan 2011

A glimpse of the work involved:• Printing (Brochures/Banners/Leaflets/Adhoc)• Livewire Tickets(Printing/Excise Dept Approval/Sale)• Tent House(Procurement/Arrangement)• Approvals(Quotations/Classrooms)• Trophies(Procurement after due diligence)• Bouquets & Mementos(for guest speakers & judges)• Projectors (Procurement/Setup)• Photocopies• Stationeries (Procurement & Distribution)• Coordination(Different Verticals/House Keeping/Security)

Operations

• Responsibilities– Quotations’ Process– Coordination with other teams– Logistics (Inbound & Outbound)

• Skill-Set– People Skills– Flexibility– Prior Experience– Drive to get things done

• Selection Process– Individual Tasks– Group Tasks– Personal Interview

Operations

Largest & one of the most critical verticals of AhvanParticipation from top B-schools in Ahvan 2010Level of participation – metric of success of the festSenior team has nine members

Broadly divided in two sub-divisions:

• Marketing and Branding cell of Participation Vertical• Most Challenging part - “Selling events” to participants of other top B-schools – Do

you have it in you?• Requires good marketing skills, communication skills & creativity

• ResponsibilitiesCoordinating and Communicating with participants of other B-schools

predominantly with their SAC members and prospective participants

Participation Vertical

• SPLASH Team - Creativity cell of Participation Vertical• Spread over all the three days of fest• Requires creativity, dedication and enthusiasm• Extremely successful and got great recognition among

the attendees (Ahvan 2010)Responsibilities

• Designing, scheduling, planning and executing events for participants from institutes from Indore and other B- schools across the globe

• Ability to take complete ownership and management of events• Helping the marketing and branding cell

Planned team size for the whole vertical30 participants from PGP 1

Participation Vertical

• Ahvan Website Development and Maintenance TeamTechnical Competencies – Java/asp/Flash/CSS (any one of these)Requires creativity, dedication and enthusiasm

• ResponsibilitiesDesigning and maintenance of Ahvan siteCoordinating with events vertical during preliminary and main events of

Ahvan• Planned Team Size

6 from PGP1

• Selected people will get exposure to all the events in Ahvan.• They will get a chance to interact personally with all club Secys for

requirement gathering and coordination.• They will get an exposure to the core technical implementation and

various software modules used in Ahvan 2011.

Systems Vertical

• Media and Public Relations Team of AHVAN 2011• Managing all external linkages• Ensuring the mileage for the event in all media forms• Roping in publicity partners for the event – National/Regional• Divided into 2 teams

― Corporate Involvement Team - Involving media partners and ensuring proper coverage of our event through them

― Online Media – Generating a buzz on the Internet through social networking sites, Twitter and a constant stream of weblogs

• What we are looking for –― Efficient communicators – Oral & Written― Bloggers/People with a creative inclination― People with a interest in Online Marketing/Branding

• Planned Team Size – 6 to 8 members

Media Vertical

• Responsibilities– All activities related to boarding & lodging of

external participants & judges– Co-ordination with institute officials & other

verticals

• What we are looking for:– Energetic & Vibrant individual– Good negotiation & communication skills

• Expected team size: 8-10

Hospitality Vertical

• What we do• Think tank of Ahvan• A holistic view of all events and verticals of āhvān• Coordinating between events and ensuring smooth conduct of all

• What we are looking for• Energetic, passionate people with good people skills• A thorough knowledge of all events and verticals• Ability to think on your feet and manage and resolve conflicts

• How many• 2-4 members

Events Vertical

Vertical Name Name Email Ids Phone No.

Ahvan Coordinator Bhavin Parmar p10bhavinkumar 9755733639

FinanceHarsh Anajwala p10harsh 9755727097

Harsh Singla p10harshs 9584466335

SponsorshipChanakya Levaka p10chanakyal 8085719123

Rajshekhar V p10rajasekarv 8889343731

Corporate InvolvementPriyanjali Vasisht p10priyanjaliv 8085725626

Saurav Nandi p10souravn 8878891555

Creative & Design ( (Non-Digital)) Rakesh Das p10rakeshd 7898499405

Creative & Design (Digital) Shivadeep Barua p10shivadeepb 8878266667

EventsAdhir Kumar Saxena p10adhirk 8085730595

Kiran Krishnan p10kirank 8085728146

OperationsAftab Khan p10aftabk 7566783368

Srinivas R p10srinivasr 8085726157

ParticipationAditi Barua p10aditib 8085721735

Sumit Khanna p10sumitk 8085717026

SystemsAludaiyaarasu T p10aludai 8085723803

Pranabesh Chatterjee p10pranabeshc 8878945559

Media & PromotionRitesh Daga p10riteshd 8085724097

Sumit Kumar p10skumar 9981996107

Hospitality Keerthy P p10keerthyp 9630650804

Event Name Event Head Email Ids Phone No.Ashwa Raghunandana D V p10raghunandanad 8085729041

Kalpa Himadri Gangwar p10himadrig 7869270936

Gunajit Brahma p10gunajitb 7898499476

Chanakya Sankalp Guha p10sankalpg 8085720944

Shyam N J p10shyamn 7898499834

Gordian Hariganesh p10hariganeshc 8085726461

Klueless Natarajan p10natarajanc 8056138326

Fin League Anshul Jain p10anshulj 8085732087

AdApt Ankur Gupta p10ankurg 9584466336

Chain Reaction Riaz K p10riazk 8878862999

My CampaignPiyush Vanjani p10piyushv 9300064093

Saneh Yadav p10sanehy 7898047732

Entrepid Prabhanshu U p10prabhanshuu 8085731516

Livewire Kumar Aditya p10kumara 8878650009

I-rising N Saikumaar p10nsai 7898743381