Xpressions is the annual
management and cultural festival of Xavier Institute of Management,
Bhubaneswar
(XIMB
). It
is held in the month of October / November every year. It was
reported by the
The Financial
Express to be the biggest event hosted by a business school in
eastern India .
Xpressions 2007
Xpressions '07 held in the first week of November was a magnificent
success.
Spanning over a period of 4 days, the
cultural festival was witness to about 25000+ footfalls from people
from all walks of life, including B-schools, Undergraduate colleges, Corporate houses, Media
and the city of Bhubaneswar
. Corporate sponsorships were to the tune of
about 4.5
million INR, out of which prize money alone constituted
about 1
million INR.
Gallery
Image:XIMB_Xpressions_Campus.jpg|Prelude to Xpressions '07,
XIMBImage:XIMB_Xpressions_07_Conclave.jpg|Conclave Flags off
Xpressions '07, XIMBImage:XIMB_Xpressions_07_-JAL.jpg|Jal
Performing LIVE, Xpressions '07,
XIMBImage:XIMB_Xpressions_Fashion_Show_-_1.jpg|Carnivale de Vogue,
Xpressions,
XIMBImage:XIMB_Xpressions_Fashion_Show_-_2.jpg|Carnivale de Vogue,
Xpressions, XIMB
Theme
The official
mascot of Xpressions '07 was Mr.
Blox and the theme for the event was "One Event….Thousand
Emotions!".
Events
- Gladiator
- Kurukshetra
- Skill City
- Helios
- Xquizzite
- Fourth Estate
- Dalal Street
- Lucratif
- Case In Point
- Shatranj
- Nirnay
- Mercatique
- Ananya
- Country Vault
Culturals
Celeblitz
CeleblitZ, a celebrity performance, was the grand finale to
Xpressions 2007.
In the past this event had been graced by
internationally acclaimed celebrities like Jagjit Singh and rock bands such as Euphoria and Indian Ocean
. CeleblitZ attracts a diverse audience
comprising of students from various B-Schools, undergraduate
colleges as well as people from in and around Bhubaneswar.
In Xpressions '07, CeleblitZ witnessed the LIVE performance of the
famous Pakistani Band
JAL.
Decibelz
Decibelz is a forum for all upcoming rock bands to compete with one
another. It includes college and b-school bands along with local
amateur bands.
Several rock bands including the popular local band Raagaz had
performed in this event in Xpressions '07.
Bandwidth
It is yet another celebrity music performance, some of the past
performers have been
Band of Boys,
Pentagram,
Cassini's Division.
Carnivale de Vogue
This is a fashion show event, where participants walk the ramp
amidst lots of colours, special effects and cheers.
JLTs
JLT is an
acronym for "Just Like That", the spirited dance parties of
XIMB.
Corporate Events
Conclave
Conclave, the panel discussion, is the inaugural event of
Xpressions and is known to bring together reputed personalities
from the Indian business world. The theme for the year 2007 was
"Merge and Grow or Grow and Merge".
Some of
the eminent panelists in the past have been Praful Patel, Minister of State for Civil
Aviation, Government of India
, Naveen Jindal, Jindal
Group, Sachin Pilot, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) - India, Mahesh Murthy, Entrepreneur & Venture Capitalist, Deepak Bagla, Director - Citigroup, V K Timothia, Non-Executive Director on
the board of Vedanta, V S Jain,
MD, Jindal Stainless, Krishna Angara,
Director of Operations, Vodafone, Rajeev Dubey, Editor, Business World among
others.
Home Coming
Homecoming
is an event conducted by XIMB for its
alumnus. It is an event where people from the early batches
of the institute visit the campus to mix up with the current
students and faculty members.
Bon Appétit
The opening event of Xpressions-CONCLAVE, is followed by a
Corporate Dinner. The Corporate speakers and guests, the faculty
and students are invited to a formal dinner.
This is a unique opportunity for the students to talk to the
corporate bigwigs who come as speakers and guests for conclave on a
one-to-one level. The students can widen their knowledge about the
latest goings-on in the corporate world by talking to the movers
and shakers of the Industry.
The Corporate speakers and guests also look forward to this
experience of interacting with the student fraternity because it
allows them to revisit theoretical concepts and get a fresh
perspective on mundane business processes and usual business
problems.
Partners
The UK based
Vedanta was the title
sponsor of Xpressions '07 and
Tata Steel
was the associate sponsor. Some of the other renowned sponsors for
the events were
Vodafone,
Axis Bank,
Trident
group,
Cognizant,
Hindustan Unilever Limited,
HSBC,
Coca Cola,
Airtel,
Volvo,
IMFA,
Tata
Consultancy Services(TCS),
Ultratech Cement,
Canara Bank,
Cafe
Coffee Day, AFL logistics, Team outdoor media,
The Hindu,
Radio
choklate 104 fm and
Pagalguy.
Participants
Xpressions '07 played host to participants from all the prestigious
B-schools in India. Undergraduates from various engineering
colleges and universities participated in events like Helios and
the various cultural programs.
Xpressions '07 welcomed participants from two renowned European
B-schools, namely,
Reims
Management School, Rheims Cedex, France and
Euromed marseille Ecole de Management,
Marseille, France.
The total turnout was in excess of 5000.
See also
References
External links
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