"when conventions are broken.. new worlds emerge" - TEAM XMC 07
having worked on projects, organisations, events, teams since the last 3 years of my life.. gives me a sense of satisfaction and confidence after the end of each and every project or event.... its always a fulfilling experience of working in a project or a team and event, of carving everything from scratch... giving it a shape.. structure.. plan.... glamour.. and executing !.. its entrepreneurship spirit at its best..
this post.... is dedicated to the spirit of XMC - Xavier's Management Convention 2007 !..
really dunno where to start from !!...since we entered college in BBA, we had a dream of hosting a fest !!.. like every other college student....after participating in so many fests, winning them... we always felt.. that we as management students can host a festival.. like a lot of undergrad management institutes do and create a niche for ourselves....
it all started with the ever enthusiastic, excited ankit and sudipto goin to father in the wee months of 3rd year with the courage of hosting a fest.. as a part of XAMS... and fr approving it... i mus admit.. in the begining... i was never kicked about participating in the preparations or planning and execution of the same... as i wsnt a part of xams, and never had a motivation to organise events after my experiences in AIESEC..... but somehow.. somthin happened. and i got convinced, that i can contribute to the whole idea. , and make it a dream come true !..
so, after the innumerable meetings, brainstorming sessions, fights, ego battles - emerged - XMC !!.. i remember that i floated the idea of having a planning day, as things werent goin exactly organised, and told sudipto, that we need to dedicate a day for XMC, plan every subsystem, make it structured, have chart papers !!.. everythin out of AIESEC !!.. and was doin some planning for the meeting back home.. and thought of the name - XMC - xavier's management convention... and thought this mite be da perfect, simple name for the fest.. and would differentiate it from other fests.. it wud be a management convention !!.. wohhhhooooooo... and the journey began from there !
Was made the head for corporate communications in a meeting i didnt attend (much like VP ER in AIESEC ), which i always wanted to do. .. raise money, brand the event,.. and meet a lot of corporate honchos... so it all seemed damn nice.... and the perfect next step after AIESEC and implement a lot of things i have learnt out there !!
slowly but surely, things started to roll on, and we had our designer fixed.. graphica.. and released our innovative event brouchure (courtsey : sudipto!!), which looked damn nice :
it all started with the ever enthusiastic, excited ankit and sudipto goin to father in the wee months of 3rd year with the courage of hosting a fest.. as a part of XAMS... and fr approving it... i mus admit.. in the begining... i was never kicked about participating in the preparations or planning and execution of the same... as i wsnt a part of xams, and never had a motivation to organise events after my experiences in AIESEC..... but somehow.. somthin happened. and i got convinced, that i can contribute to the whole idea. , and make it a dream come true !..
so, after the innumerable meetings, brainstorming sessions, fights, ego battles - emerged - XMC !!.. i remember that i floated the idea of having a planning day, as things werent goin exactly organised, and told sudipto, that we need to dedicate a day for XMC, plan every subsystem, make it structured, have chart papers !!.. everythin out of AIESEC !!.. and was doin some planning for the meeting back home.. and thought of the name - XMC - xavier's management convention... and thought this mite be da perfect, simple name for the fest.. and would differentiate it from other fests.. it wud be a management convention !!.. wohhhhooooooo... and the journey began from there !
Was made the head for corporate communications in a meeting i didnt attend (much like VP ER in AIESEC ), which i always wanted to do. .. raise money, brand the event,.. and meet a lot of corporate honchos... so it all seemed damn nice.... and the perfect next step after AIESEC and implement a lot of things i have learnt out there !!
slowly but surely, things started to roll on, and we had our designer fixed.. graphica.. and released our innovative event brouchure (courtsey : sudipto!!), which looked damn nice :
then... things rolled on.. appointments, phonecalls, meetings, making millions of proposals... convincing ppl to give money, support, ads !!.. crazy crazy hard work, weeks of anticipation, finger nail bitting!!.. it was fun... and had a wonderful team to work with !!..
The cream of XMC was PD - the panel discussion, as the idea was floated by fr to hold such a thing, my mind went beserk !, makin huge, huge, ultra XXXXL plans of the discussion, of inviting, CM, havin cnbc to cover and telecast it.. makin it a national event.. blah blah.. cudnt sleep tht nite only !hehe.... but every large dream.. starts with a small step.. so made a list of ppl, elite ppl, who wud be panelists with the team.. and ws thkin of makin one person solely responsible for PD, and da 1st name came to mind ws SHILPA JAIN !!. dunno y.. but felt she was the perfect sweet little, cunning and smart girl, who wud work, with al her contacts, and charm, and make it a success !!... so allocated her the responsibiity !!.. and the rest as they say was history... we got 5 eminent ppl for PD... so what if there was no media !, no superstar moderator.. but the whole expereince of makin it happen ws amazin, i still remember the day when me and ms jain ran all over kolkata, meetin the stars !!, and one confirmation after the other..... it ws amazing....
The panelists were :
Mr Rahul Saraf - MD Forum Projects
Mr Noomi Mehta - MD - Selvel
Mr Roopen Roy - Partner - PwC
Prof Sarkar - ISI
Fr Mathew - SXC
moving on... the best highlight of XMC, were the events... truly management in its genre and well thought of... i must say that sudipto and his team did a brilliant job of organising all the events in such a short time !!..... i mean, there were definately fuck ups, but those happen, but not the tune it happens in other fests, XMC almost went on schedule, and all people who participated enjoyed XMC !.... i too conducted the event called synergy !!.. a team bldg game, which was too much fun ..
overall, JDBI stood 1st with 33 points, sxc bba 2nd with 32, and sxc bcom 3rd with 31 points.. was a close call !!
the update part of it is over !.. the expereince of working passionately and dedicatedly all over again with a team, was an amazing feeling, and we rocked completely... rite from managing the printing, fighting over stupid small issues, critisizing ankit fr everythin, wrkin with the smart and beautiful girls, 4geting home, gfs, studies, office everythin fr a month, it was crazy times... and beleive you me.. organising a management convention in 2 months is no joke and we the team pulled it off !!
Well, thats it from me, for a looooooooooooong post..... do post comments. here are some pics from XMC !! - conventionality redefined !!
XMC ------------------------------Poster Putting Up XMC Banner in front gate !!
Banner at front gate of SXC--------------------------- TEAM XMC 2007
The Xecuters -------------------------------------3rd years at XMC
people at work !!-------------------------------- with director of IIMC, chief guest !!
Last, but by no means the least.. the intro video of XMC 2007 - it truly stunned ppl.. it rocked !!
For more resources and info on xmc.. mail me :)
congratulations to team xmc for making it a rockin success !!
cheers to all of us !!
Signing off !!
Niks
overall, JDBI stood 1st with 33 points, sxc bba 2nd with 32, and sxc bcom 3rd with 31 points.. was a close call !!
the update part of it is over !.. the expereince of working passionately and dedicatedly all over again with a team, was an amazing feeling, and we rocked completely... rite from managing the printing, fighting over stupid small issues, critisizing ankit fr everythin, wrkin with the smart and beautiful girls, 4geting home, gfs, studies, office everythin fr a month, it was crazy times... and beleive you me.. organising a management convention in 2 months is no joke and we the team pulled it off !!
Well, thats it from me, for a looooooooooooong post..... do post comments. here are some pics from XMC !! - conventionality redefined !!
XMC ------------------------------Poster Putting Up XMC Banner in front gate !!
Banner at front gate of SXC--------------------------- TEAM XMC 2007
The Xecuters -------------------------------------3rd years at XMC
people at work !!-------------------------------- with director of IIMC, chief guest !!
Last, but by no means the least.. the intro video of XMC 2007 - it truly stunned ppl.. it rocked !!
For more resources and info on xmc.. mail me :)
congratulations to team xmc for making it a rockin success !!
cheers to all of us !!
Signing off !!
Niks
