A space to prove themselves

The students of Sambhram School of Management recently organised an event, which included a host of technical competitions. The participation was solely from the home college, and over 400 students turned up to try their hand at the various events.

Altogether, it quite an exciting time in the college — a mix of fun as well as academics.

The events that were organised all had a technical twist to them — for instance, students were pitted against each other in gaming competitions and asked to come up with a programme on the spot.

Akshatha, who helped organise the fest, explains, "All the registration was on the spot.

The fest was organised completely by the students — we had to hunt for sponsorship which was tough because it was an intra-college fest. We started preparing for the event two months in advance."

The students had a great time taking part in all the events — in fact, one of them had a not-so-technical twist. Akshatha elaborates, "Normally, we have paper presentations, where students are given technical topics on the spot and have to present a short piece on it.

This time, we decided to ask them to write about current affairs instead — since not many students have a lot of exposure to them, we felt it would be interesting. It was quite a hit."

The students had to really think on their feet to compete in the various events, since many of them were of the type that don't allow previous preparation.

The on-the-spot programming competition and web-designing events were quite popular, with participants flocking in to try their hand at them. The overall result, though, was a positive one — the students managed to have a great time.

"These competitions were open to all branches. In fact, we had a lot of viewers coming in to have a look as well. This was less of an event and more of a carnival," sums up Akshatha.