11/01/2015; 00:39:
It's been a long day! And, an enjoyable one at that too! We had morning classes and a few classes after lunch too- we had 5 classes today, after a long time- what with revised credit requirements and all - there are 360 credits to be completed in 3 years i.e. 40 credits a term, over 9 terms.
Right after class ended at 6:15 p.m., the Creativity Club's event took off. The event, 'Idea-thon': the marathon for idea structured like a pentathlon had five events- and each of them willed the participants to exploit their creative bent to the maximum. The event had over 100 participants! The first event ‘Survival of the fittest' was an elimination quiz on ad-marketing. Only 25 teams made it to the next round, ‘Spot the Place’ where unusual photographs of the IIM-Indore campus were shown & the teams were supposed to identify the location in question.
15 teas then made it to the final 3 rounds- the first of which was called ‘Sell your Brand’ where each team was handed an ordinary looking item- say a pair of pants or a tube of toothpaste. One special property was to be added to the item, such that your product and advertisement would be most appealing. Imagine a tablecloth that doubles up as a Superman cape. This round saw toothpastes that double as fairness creams, a kurti that vests in the lady super self-defence powers, 'Easy-Fly Slippers' and a basketball that turns into a furry friend at night! The second event was called 'Popcorn Wars’, which, unfortunately was not a food fight, but, involved instead creating art out of a limited popcorn supply. ‘Doodle it Out’ saw each team have a product/theme and a pen and paper for props- a mind-map of everything that the product made them feel was to be sketched
out, in circles, designs and imaginary characters. I'm definitely going to upload pictures of our creations- the Doodle and the Popcorn!
As soon as the event ended, just like yesterday, I took off running, to get the event report and pictures to the media. A hurried dinner later, there was a meeting to attend. IIM-Indore's first-ever sports fest is set to be organized in February-from 27th Feb to the 1st of March. Operations for the same were to be discussed in a meeting attended by students from all three batches. The website and FaceBook page will be live soon; 11 sports are scheduled to happen; there are also plans to hold a pro-night on the last day.
Looking forward to tomorrow! And, the results of the Idea-thon which should be here sometime soon!
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