FOXTROT 2009

FOXTROT is the dance event at BIM. It is one of the most much awaited events at BIM. This event provides a platform for all those who want to dance. FOXTROT 09 was a big hit among the students. We had solo dance, couple dance and group dance. One need not be adept in dancing to participate in this. Anyone who wants to dance can give it a shot.

The entire event was filled with fun. The dance shows proved to be absolutely entertaining. The audience was on their toes through out the program. No one could have witnessed a better sangamam of music and dance. We had very funny dances as well.

The audience were literally doubled up with laughter when they saw some performances. So on the whole the event was a grand success. Hands off to the KALAIKOM guys of of Bim, who pulled of the show very smoothly. As always, any event at BIM would be empty without a dance floor. We had an amazing dance floor with mind blowing numbers being played continuously.

HOLI Celebration !!!

RADIANCE- Blood Donation Camp

All work and no play makes Jack a Dull boy. On a similar note, managers without social consciousness are no leaders. Radiance, the dedicated, wholly student CSR club is dedicated to precisely this. The Social Consciousness Club of BIM, it provides a channel through which our students show their sense of responsibility towards the society. It organizes activities for the good of the underprivileged such as reading and activity sessions in orphanages. Tireless and always committed when it comes to a social clause, Radiance is involved in organizing blood donation camps and also collecting clothes, books and other materials for refugee camps in and around the city. At present, it is closely working with a Sri Lankan refugee camp which is taking in people from the strife-torn parts of that country. In order to stir up and sustain noesis towards social responsibility, Radiance does extensive work with NGO's in trying to chart out newer and better avenues of social service.

FINGUNS

It is a financial quiz event which covers both finance related gk as well as conceptual questions on corporate finance and financial accounting. The quiz was conducted online with the question set made on MS Excel and put on the KNET-The Knowledge Network of BIM from where participants downloaded it and sent the solutions by mail to FinClub. The event was for half an hour with each team consisting of 2 members each. The event received a phenomenal response with 35 teams taking part in the event.

The event was won by team DJ consisting of Dev and Jayakanth winning cash prize of Rs 2500. Team Dragons, consisting of Francis and Sivaram G, were runners up winning prize of Rs1500, followed by Team Investomaniacs , consisting of Pradeep and Sivaprakasam, who got Rs 1000 as prize money.

YUDH VIDHYA

Yudh Vidhya is a business simulation game. The first year students were divided into 20 teams comprising of 4 members each, with one donning the mantle of the chief executive officer and the rest taking up th roles of Directors representing Marketing, Finance and Information Management functions. Twenty teams competed in the first round and the top ten teams moved to the finals. This simulation game was a very good learning experience it gave the required impetus to learn to take operative and strategic decisions in the corporate world. Teams vied with one another with the gut instinct and visionary thinking and the decisions were captured and processed using software developed by our students and that churned out results in the form of business reports in real time. The final round consisted of two quarter, at the beginning of the each quarter the teams were given data about the market share and the new product launch. After each quarter the profit reflected the effectiveness of the decision. This simulation game is being organized by the Finclub since 2001, have proven to be an effective tool to familiarize students with peer group dynamics, a high level interactivity, competitive pressure, interpersonal communication and multidimensional participation.

The event was won by the team Scubes consisting of Sivakumar.N, Srijayaram.S, Saravanan.M and Deepak M Chordia winning cash prize 5000 and the first runners-up were Team The usual Suspects consisting of Palaniappan, Rajesh Soundar, Sivakumar and Surendran.E winning cash price of 3000 and the second runners were team Dragons consisting of Harendhira Prasad, Karthikeyan.S, Sivaram and Sharan Kumar R winning cash price of 2000.

BUFFET’S PICK

It is an equity research contest that tests ones skills at valuing stocks based on strong fundamental analysis and various valuation models. The event required each team to submit an equity research report giving recommendations on a stock of their choice with the long term perspective. Each team was to be constituted of 3 members with at least one member of PGPII so that PGPI students can leverage the knowledge of their senior colleague. The research reports have been sent to eminent investment advisor and visiting faculty to BIM Mr B. Venkatesh who will be evaluating the research reports. The event got a warm response from students with 25 quality research reports from BIM students.

BROWN BAG SESSION

Brown Bag Session is a lecture on equity research, was organized by FINCLUB for the students of PGP-I. The lecture was given by Mr. Venkatesh of Navera Consulting. The lecture was organized as a part of FINANZ UTSAV ’09. He enlightened the students with his ideas regarding how to make a basic equity research report. The lecture gave ideas regarding the various models available to make a equity research report. The ideas given were grasped by the students which was evident from their enthusiastic participation in BUFFET”S PICK-Equity research contest. There was an overwhelming response rom the student community. FINCLUB thanks sriraman sir for his involvement and guidance throughout the event.