The students of Acharya Institute of Management and Sciences (AIMS) are nothing if not enthusiastic. They make it a point to go beyond what is taught to them in the classroom, and try and get some practical exposure to the industries they wish to join.
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It was keeping this in mind that a group of students in the college pitched in to organise 'Confluence' — a workshop, through which they aimed at bringing some bright ideas to the table.
Achuthan, one of the organisers of the programmes, elaborates, "We have a lot of budding entrepreneurs in the college. We wanted to create a space where we could all come up with creative ideas that generate revenue — and see how we can turn this into a reality."
The students invited Amit Grover, the CEOof Nurture Talent Academy to conduct the two-day session — the topics he touched on included idea generation in terms of business plans. However, the thrust of the workshop was on fostering interaction between the students of different colleges. Accordingly, the organising committee of the fest went out to invite teams from different institutes, to attend the lecture. Achuthan says, "The student coordinators from the undergraduate and postgraduate courses of the college pitched in and around a 100 students from different colleges were called for the session."
Swathi, who was a part of this team, explains, "Around 12 different colleges came to participate in total. There was a large group of students from IIM, and interacting with them was particularly enlightening. Students also came in from colleges like PESIT, MSRIT and CMRIT. All of us contributed to the discussion, to keep it interactive."
In fact, the coming together of so many colleges, adds Swathi, was actually an enlightening experience for all of them. The students could exchange ideas they were taught in their respective institutes and use the two-day session to apply these ideas in a practical sense. "It was a very good exposure for all of us — especially the last session.
We divided ourselves into 38 teams and by the time the workshop ended, we had created 38 separate business plans, which were completely ready for the market," she says.
Achuthan agrees, "The outcome of the session was much better than what we expected. All the students who attended it were very happy with the effort."
It was keeping this in mind that a group of students in the college pitched in to organise 'Confluence' — a workshop, through which they aimed at bringing some bright ideas to the table. Achuthan, one of the organisers of the programmes, elaborates, "We have a lot of budding entrepreneurs in the college. We wanted to create a space where we could all come up with creative ideas that generate revenue — and see how we can turn this into a reality."
The students invited Amit Grover, the CEOof Nurture Talent Academy to conduct the two-day session — the topics he touched on included idea generation in terms of business plans. However, the thrust of the workshop was on fostering interaction between the students of different colleges. Accordingly, the organising committee of the fest went out to invite teams from different institutes, to attend the lecture. Achuthan says, "The student coordinators from the undergraduate and postgraduate courses of the college pitched in and around a 100 students from different colleges were called for the session."
Swathi, who was a part of this team, explains, "Around 12 different colleges came to participate in total. There was a large group of students from IIM, and interacting with them was particularly enlightening. Students also came in from colleges like PESIT, MSRIT and CMRIT. All of us contributed to the discussion, to keep it interactive."
In fact, the coming together of so many colleges, adds Swathi, was actually an enlightening experience for all of them. The students could exchange ideas they were taught in their respective institutes and use the two-day session to apply these ideas in a practical sense. "It was a very good exposure for all of us — especially the last session.
We divided ourselves into 38 teams and by the time the workshop ended, we had created 38 separate business plans, which were completely ready for the market," she says.
Achuthan agrees, "The outcome of the session was much better than what we expected. All the students who attended it were very happy with the effort."