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advanced this world be-

comes, the connection

between a teacher and a

student is unparalleled

and will stay forever”.

After the presentations,

faculty members from all

three schools were invited

on stage to discuss about

the points put forward by

the students, which led tothe conclusion that

“System of chalk and talk

can never be replaced.”

The evening culminated

with an Assamese dance

performance by the first

year students of IIM Ran-

chi. It was evident from

the smiles on the faces of

each and every teacher

that the evening could not

have been better.

In India, 5th September

is celebrated as Teachers’

Day as a mark of tribute

to the contribution made

by teachers to society.

5th September is the

birthday of Dr. Sarvepalli

Radhakrishnan, who was

a staunch promoter of

education, a well-known

diplomat, a scholar, the

President of India and

above all, a great teacher.

The students of IIM Ran-

chi arranged and per-

formed various types of

cultural programs and

activities as a token of

love and respect towards

their teachers. The event

started with a prayer

song by Priyanka Das

and was followed by a

mesmerizing Odissi per-formance by Jasmini.

Prof. Anindya Sen, Direc-

tor In-charge, in his

speech remarked that

Teacher’s day and Jan-

mashthami falling on the

same day was perhaps

not a coincidence after

all, as Lord Krishna was

not only a statesman

warrior but also a su-

preme teacher. Dr. Sen

also urged his students to

ponder upon two

thoughts: the teacher-

student relationship and

the technological ad-

vancements. At the end of

the speech, he welcomed

the students of DPS, DAV

and Army Public School,

the fresh minds of India,

and invited them to share

their thoughts on the

topic ‘Digitization of Edu-

cation system in India’.

After the cake cutting

ceremony, a mime show

and several musical per-

formances followed. The

students from the three

invited schools and IIM

Ranchi presented their

ideas on the topic. They

mentioned how the digiti-zation of classrooms has

changed

the way

stu-

dents

learn. It

was

voiced

that,

“No

matter

how

IIM Ranchi Celebrates Teachers’ Day

nside this issue:

Teachers’ Day 1

Hindi Fortnight 2

Toastmasters 2

Celebrations 3

Editors’ Message 6

Futsal 3.0 5

Student Article 4

IIM Ranchi

IIM RANCHI Parable

Special points of

interest:

Teachers’ Day

Rajbhasha Pakhwada

Futsal 3.0

Ganesh Chaturthi

Toast Masters

Deloitte Maverick

SEPTEMBER 2015 VOLUME 2, SSUE 11



IIM Ranchi Students Celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi

IIM RANCHI P ARABLE

“The

greatness

of a

culture can

be found in

its

festivals”

–Siddharth

Katragadda

Ganesh Chaturthi, sometimesreferred to as VinayakChaturthi is the celebration ofLord Ganesha’s birthday, while Maharashtra observesthe festival in all its splendour,the charisma of the Lord Ga-nesha is such that he uniteseveryone in the community.The 2012-2014 batch did thefirst Ganesh Sthapna, andthus the legacy was continuedfor the 3rd year. Preparationsfor the big day caused a frenzyof activity at the IIMR Hostel.

Sharayu, Girija, Rutuja,Prachiti, Prajakta, Varsha and Ankita along with the Culturalcommittee beautifully deco-rated the room while Hi-manshu arranged the GaneshMurti. 17th morning started with a grand Ganesh Sthapnaand the zest and zeal contin-ued till day 3, the 19th of Sep-

tember. Dhol was called for,the Visarjan puja where every-one parted with Lord Ganesha with a heavy heart and the idolof Lord Ganesh was immersedin the sacred waters of theriver Subernarekha. There wasa traditional band of the“Nashik Dhol” to mark theoccasion.

S t u d e n t salong withthe Khelgaonr e s i d e n t sdanced to therhythm of the‘ Dhols ‘andfinally it wasa time for bidding adieuto belovedLord Gane-sha leavinge v e r y o n e with mixed

feelings, sad that he was leav-ing and happy that he willdefinitely come back next year. As they say , "GanpatiBappa Morya, Pudhcya VarshiLavkar Ya' The 3 days werefilled with fun, frolic, beautifulrangolis, eccentric decorationsand yummy prasad.



The Deloitte Maverick Journey

VOLUME 2, ISSUE 11

The Regional Finals started with

the boardroom rounds where theteams had to present the optionalcase in front of a panel comprisingof senior Deloitte managers. A ten-minute presentation followed by afive-minute Q&A round. Seven ofthe sixteen teams qualified for thestage rounds in which the manda-tory CSR case was to be presentedon stage in front of an audience.Both these rounds were especiallychallenging as we were informed ofthe time limit just before theround, which pushed us into pac-ing our presentation accordingly.

Three teams from the East zonequalified for the national finals to be held at Hyderabad and it was noless than being in seventh heavento hear the name of Ranchi Dream-ers in the final list.

The FinalsThe biggest challenge we faced just before the national finals was thatthe term final exam schedule coin-cided with the Deloitte Maverickschedule. After multiple discus-sions with the Faculty Assistantsand with the consent of the con-

cerned faculty, we were allowed topre-pone the exam. A huge thanksto the college administration for being accommodating in this re-gard. A bigger thanks to our batch-mates as quite a few had to sit for3 exams on the same day due to therescheduling. Another dilemma was that Deloitte released case-related data during the time ourfinal exams were going on and wehad to make a choice betweenthree things: the exams, the case

challenge and sleep. We decidedthat the returns for not just us butalso the institute would be huge if

we won. So we allocated maximumtime into preparing for the casechallenge and relied only on classlearnings for examination.

We reached Hyderabad on 3rd Sep-tember by taking 2 consecutiveflights. We were introduced to themaverick team the next day and were asked to expect a surprise inthe coming two days. Starting at 4PM, we were given 4 questions oneeach at regular intervals. A seniormanager from Deloitte was as-signed to every team to help the

teams gain insights into the casedata. The final deliverables in-cluded two solution slides concern-ing two distinct problem areas. Thepresentations would take place thenext day.

That night it was all about prepar-ing ourselves to communicate whatever we had put in the slidesin the most effective and lucid way.Like in the regional rounds, we went into a board room wherenearly 10 Deloitte’s senior manag-ers evaluated us. The stage for the

final round was set in the spaciousfood court of Deloitte. Bands fromthree different colleges had beeninvited to perform in the ‘War ofBands’ national finals. The formatagain was similar to the regionalstage round. 5 minutes of presenta-tion followed by 2 mins of Q&A.This time we were better preparedand timed our presentation cor-rectly and were therefore able tocommunicate our ideas much moreeffectively. When they finally an-nounced the results, it took a whileto sink in. In the end what we

would probably remember aboutDeloitte Maverick isn’t the prize orthe presentations. It would be the weeks of sleepless nights, screwingup the end term examinations,getting the exams rescheduled forthe entire batch, brainstorming atthe airport, calling up seniors foranything and everything, gettinghelp from peers and the cups ofcoffee. We’d also remember that allof this trouble was totally worth it.

The Deloitte Campus Maverick

journey started for us with theSports Retail Case of Round 1. Wesubmitted the entry with a lot of work being done at the eleventhhour. Although we were over themoon when our dear friend – Ra- jashekhar Reddy - brought us theunexpected good news, we were well aware that it was only the be-ginning and we had to be at our best for the Regionals, competingagainst IIM-C and XLRI. For theregional rounds, our seniors RonBabu John, Nitin Ningaiah and Abhijoy Sarkar helped us im-

mensely with their critical andhonest feedback which kept us onour toes. The primary motivationat this stage was to at least matchthe achievements of our seniors.

The Regional Round The cases were released the day we– the senior batch - were busyorganizing Fresher’s and none ofus were aware of it till the nextmorning. There were three op-tional cases along with one manda-tory case. We had hardly four daysin hand to submit the deliverables.

We pulled four consecutive all-nighters with the help of coffee andour friend Kaustubh Chatterjee’smuch-needed support and encour-agement. To him we owe a lot ofgratitude for being extremely pa-tient and for being our midnight barista. Next was the presentation which required us to travel to thecity of Bhubaneswar and althoughthe idea of wandering around town was such a lure, we stayed put inour hotel room and prepared.

Author of The

Article:

Deepak Nair

Deepak Nair,

Abhishek

Praveen and

Yagna Teja of

Team Ranchi

Dreamers

won

Deloitte

Maverick

20 5



FUTSAL 3.0 - The Football Extravaganza!

Futsal 3.0, IIM Ranchi’s veryown Football league, organized by the Sports Committee had yet another great season withfresh talents onboard. Itstarted with the customary Auctions. Nitish Anand wasthe first prize pick made by theteam GOAL DIGGERS. At the

end of the auctions the sixteams to put their heart andsoul on the line in the quest forglory, were ready. Futsalkicked off with the clash of thetitans, SMOKIN ACES Vs AUZAAR. These two were theoldest franchises in Futsal. Thefamiliar foes, each team beingfinalists in previous editions ofFutsal, fought tooth and nail.The closely contested game was decided on penalties, where Satyajit Das and ChetanSehgal, with a goal each en-

sured that the ACES emerge victorious.

The points tabletransposed each day with see-saw move-ments. At the end ofthe 5th day RONINCURVE FC andSMOKIN ACES ruledthe roost, followed bySTALLION FC andGOAL DIGGERS.The two best teamsof the tournament,

SMOKIN' ACES and RONINCURVE FC were up againsteach other in the Grand Finale.

RONIN CURVE FC had steam-rolled all their opponents andhad scored a whopping 11 goalsin 5 games. With their starplayer and captain Raja Sunder,

Man of the tournament of Fut-sal 2.0 and the findof Futsal 3.0, Ankit Tiwary theteam was ready to battle theiropponent, the SMOKIN' ACES.Nevertheless, the ACES hadalready impressed one and all with their stunning perform-ances, especially the penaltyshoot out wins. Battling painand odds the two teams hadcome a long way since the start.In the finale, hey locked hornsone last time to determine theultimate champion.

Though RONIN CURVE startedattacking right from the word

go and continued to lay siegeon their opponent’s goal, asthe game was approaching theend of the regulation time itappeared to be playing intothe hands of the ACES. Butcometh the hour, cometh theman! In the dying seconds,Raja from RONIN CURVE ran

with the ball inside the box,drifted near the post andplayed an excellent shot. Thislast stab on goal proved fatalas it went away from the reachof ACES into the net. RONINCURVE was then declaredChampions of IIMR Futsal3.0. They redefined the worddominance as they becamethe First team to remain un- beaten throughout the tour-nament in the history of Fut-sal. The football fever thusreached its culmination point.

IIM Ranchi will continue toentertain the crowd with fur-ther seasons of Futsal.

IIM RANCHI P ARABLE

"A trophy

caries dust.

Memories

last

forever"

–mary lou

retton



other, we have all thought

about giving up. Do you

think Thomas Edison, Walt

Disney or JK Rowling be-

came famous and successful

overnight? A significant

number of hugely successful

people got off to very rocky

starts. Most had to endurerejection after rejection pro-

fessionally and personally.

But, they just learnt to take

rejection in their stride and

kept ploughing on.

Missed opportunities and

failures are largely responsi-

ble for making you the per-

son you are today. If theGrand Canyon were shielded

from the never abating

windstorms, would we be

able to behold the true

beauty of its carvings? Simi-

larly, we are nothing without

the challenges and hardships

that we fight so hard to

overcome.

“The brick walls are there

for a reason. The brick

walls are not there to keep

us out. The brick walls are

there to give us a chance

to show how badly we

want something. Because

the brick walls are there to

stop the people who don’twant it badly enough.

They’re there to stop the

other people.”

~ Randy Pausch,

The Last Lecture

Yes, the quote roughly trans-

lates to ‘Never Give Up’.

And yes, it’s probably one of

the most clichéd and oft re-

peated phrases you’ve heard

in your life. But there’s a

reason why these sayings are

clichés. It is because there is

age old wisdom in them.

The temptation to give up is

a common one, and nobody

is exempt. At some point or

As Winston Churchill, no

stranger to rejection himself

was so fond of saying,

“never give in–never, never,

never, never, in nothing

great or small, large or petty,

never give in except to con-

victions of honor and good

sense. Never yield to force;never yield to the apparently

overwhelming might of the

enemy.”

No matter what the task is,

we may get to a point where

we can no longer see the

light at the end of the tunnel.

Sometimes the hardest thing

to do is to make it to thefinish line. At times like

those, just believe in yourself

and tell yourself that there is

ALWAYS light at the end of

the tunnel.

- Adarsh K A M

On Behalf of

The Literary Club

IIM Ranchi

Letter from the Editor

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, RANCHI

The ninth Indian Institute of Management was established at Ranchi in 2010. This was made possible

with the extensive support of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and the Government of Jhark-

hand, working under the guidance of Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

We started at a time when competition and aggression was prevalent in management education. Understand-

ing the need to incorporate right values in young minds, IIMR was started to incorporate right values in

young minds and impart education for the information age that encourages networking and collaborative

advantage.

IIM Ranchi currently offers a two year PGDM in General management and another two year fulltime

programme on Human Resources Management (PGDHRM), Fellow Program in Management and 18

month part time Diploma in Management (PGEXP).

Our Programs are different and we are an institute with a difference.

IIM Ranchi, Literary Club

mail us: [email protected] Ranchi

Indian Institute of ManagementRanchiSuchana Bhawan,5th Floor, Audrey HouseCampus,Meur’s Road, Ranchi – 834 008

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