Jaipuria
Institute of Management, Jaipur
Presents
Entrepreneurship
Week (Abhyudaya 2014) –Youth Festival
2-7 March,
2014
Theme:
Innovating for India
Day 4: 5th March, 2014
Mandi – Business Baazigar
Prerana & Priyamvada talks about
their campus mandi and much talked about Prayaas - E-cell initiative at Jaipuria
Jaipur. These enthusiastic student states "Mandi was just the trailer,
film to baaki hai mere dost"
March5,
2013, room no. 005 was all packed with mixed feelings of aggressive selling,
alluring future managers with unique products, multi colored decorations, and
spirit to earn more and more money projecting their ideas and products as
unique. The event was the “MANDI” organized by Prayaas E- Cell, Jaipuria
Jaipur. Mandi was a program where students worked on right from conceptualizing
of idea to selling products to become serial entrepreneurs. Mandi was the time
to use all management fundas used in class, mixed with enthusiasm and risk
taking abilities. The variety of offerings ranged from customized handmade
products, delicious moth watering delicacies to beautician and laundry
services.
“MANDI”, yet another feather in the cap of E
cell - Prayaas. All sellers tried to commercialize their inherent to the
maximum possible extent and generate maximum revenue. Some fighting for break-even whereas some
managed to generate as much as 200% revenue! And even the group that generated
200% revenue faced stiff competition from another group which made Zero
investment and made good use of their inherent skills.
“It
started with curiosity to know, how it feels to enter into a venture and make
it a success. So there we were trying our hands on this
inner inquisitiveness of being an entrepreneur, our idea was to capitalize on
our talent and devote our strength and energy for participating in this event.
(Whatever was left after tormenting classroom session). The faculty and
students assisting as volunteers were encouraging and highly spirited about the
whole process and it was an experience worth cherishing all our life.” Says
students.
When
asked, how the concept of mandi is helpul in future business initiatives, guess
what Tanya & Suchi has to say, “After participating in mandi we found that
managing even a small business was not so easy. Lot many things go side by
side, proper attention is required for each aspect. Knowledge of one particular
function is not enough; it requires knowledge of every function like marketing,
finance, selling, operations etc.”
AUCTION...!!
T-shirts made by
jaipuria’s students auctioned at jaipuria institute of management during mandi event an auction
activity was performed by study group number 3.
The t-shirt’s painted by students for t-shirt painting competition were
auctioned with lines “Batorlo aapne dosto ki kushiya..’’ the event was hosted
by vishal Sharma. The t-shirts painted were sold with different prices. Some
took it for their friends. It was a joyful event people enjoyed the interesting
prices at which the t-shirts were sold at.
In
toto, Mandi aroused those entrepreneurial spirits which would either have got
lost in search of opportunity or would have never seen the light of the day
because of secured job preference among the youth. Entrepreneur works for
himself and the amount of labour - be it physical or mental is tremendous.
Therefore, few people try to put their feet in entrepreneurial shoes and after
that only few survive. But their survival depends not only the on product they
are selling, but the strategies they are crafting and executing. Therefore, this
becomes the survival of the fittest. Everyday is a real Mandi, where one has to
survive. Mandi not just tested the wits and guts of the budding entrepreneurs,
right from the inception of a business idea to its execution, but also aimed at
grooming their business instincts and ability to convince the people to buy
their product. At the end of the day two bet business baazigar’s at Jaipuria
Jaipur were adjudged.
Blood Donation Camp
Donating Blood is a life saving measure especially when you have a rare
blood type. Blood donation is safe and simple. It takes only about 10 minutes
to donate blood - less than the time of an average telephone call, says
students of Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur. To motivate, and
familiarize students with the importance of voluntary Blood Donation Jaipuria
Jaipur in association with Swasthaya Kalyan Blood Bank, Jaipur and Metro Mas
Hospital organized voluntary blood donation camp on 5th March, 2014
during E-week – Abhyudaya – Youth festival in campus.
Lauding
the noble initiative of Jaipuria students, and donors, Dr. Sheenu Jain,
Coordinator, Parivartan – CSR initiative said, that nothing is more ennobling
and satisfying than to donate blood for someone else’s life. But there are very
less people who understand this and come forward to contribute in this life
saving effort. She called upon students to understand the importance of
regular, voluntary and non- remunerated blood donation which can avert a
significant number of deaths. Entire Parivartan team also motivated the donors
during the blood donation camp.
Approximately
80 students, volunteers, and faculty members thronged to donate blood. Besides,
a test for HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Malaria, and blood group
will be done and the subsequent report will be sent on the postal address of
the respective donors. It was heartening to see that the institute
succeeded in infusing the spirit of participation amongst students for the
cause. The entire blood donation camp was planned and coordinated so well by
Mr. Hemant Baweja.
Photography – Bottom up Innovation
Snatch it up- is what we called our
young photo enthusiasts who were roaming all around to click a Bomb. The competition revealed a deep understanding of how
corruption is a cancer on society that must be stopped.
We
asked participants aged between 18 and 25 years old to send images of the
damaging effects of corruption on their world or to make us visualize what
people can do to stop it.
“The
extraordinary talent exhibited in the hundreds of submissions shows young
people around the city understand the terrible damage wrought by corruption and
reveals a sincere desire to stop it. Young people clearly want to take a stand
against corruption,” said Dr. Sheenu Jainn, coordinating photography
competition.
