Eco-Echoes 2009- Day 1 Snapshot

First of all sorry guys for not posting since very long.. Had caught up with various assignments, which are far from being complete. Also Sat and Sun was the main event for me.


Let me talk something about the event Eco-Echoes 2009, from Ecolibria, The economics cell of NMIMS.
The theme of the event was: Indian Resurgence: Uncertainties Abound
The inaugural event was on 5th September, where there were eminent speakers from the industry. Speaking on the theme were some industry stalwarts like:
Guest of honor
Dr. DM Nachane,
Director,
IGIDR (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development & Research)

Chief Guest
Mr M.N. Chaini,
Chairman: Industry Education Partnership cell
Member: Maharashtra State Board of Technical Association.

Key Note Speaker
Dr. Shubhada Rao,
Chief Economist,
Yes Bank

It was a fruitful one. They spoke about various issues and it lasted for about 2 hours.

After that was the beginning of all the events. The events lined up for the day were:

The first event for the day (after the inaugural ceremony) was EcoPrastuti - The paper presentation competition. The prelims were in the form of online paper submission. After which 5 teams were selected to show case their talent in front of our eminent panel about the knowledge and analysis they have done with respect to the topic they have selected. It was a nice one, particularly by the team from TISS.

The prelims of Ecoprachar- The Ad making contest was held between 4-6 pm for which the shortlisted teams was told to come to campus & perform the Ad live!!!
They were given a product based on which they had to prepare and perform it between 4-6 pm

Treasure Hunt - Evening 4.30 to 6 pm. The boundaries mentioned were from J W Mariott to Amitabh's Bungalow. The clues were fairly simple for those who have at least spent 2 months in Vile parle area. But the trick was that in a team of 4, 2 were told to track the clues and 2 were told to solve the crossword puzzle. Yup u heard it right. 2 tam were to sit in a classroom and solve the puzzle, on finding the answer they had to communicate that word to the team member who is roaming around the area, when he/she reaches that place she has to speak the password (the answer from the crossword) first and then get the next clue. Interesting isn't it. Well after all its Eco-echoes and had to be something different.

The day ended in a fun event. But there was more in the pot for the second day. Read on in the next post. :)