MOSAIC 2006 : Celebration Embarks on a Creative Splurge
 Be it a challenging array of questions or a game to test the incisive instinct to win the customer mind space, a mock-press-conference to judge the participants ability to think swiftly or a game of innovation and imagination by creating advertisements - MOSAIC 2006 has it all. As the name spells itself, Mosaic 2006 is a collage of the various activities relating to the different facets of the Management World.

Mosaic 2006,the 9th Annual Inter-Institute Festival of India International Institute of Management was inaugurated today by Shri Gurucharan Singh Sandhu, IAS, Principal Secretary, Technical Education, Rajasthan the Guest of Honour. Dr. Ashok Gupta, Director of the Institute informed the guests about the institute's progress during the last session. A special presentation on the encouraging life of Shri Ratan Tata was the highlight of the inaugural ceremony.

Management students from around 25 institutes were present to participate in the mega festival.

The inaugural day of the 3-day-long event was full of enthusiasm and excitement that could be easily seen among all the participants. Though the winners were different at different activities, all of them participated with equal zest and high spirit. Day one had a wide range of activities including the quiz called 'Soch', where the contestants' knowledge and awareness of various functional areas of management and decisive & crucial change & happenings in the corporate world was tested through a gruelling series of rounds. IILM, Jaipur  stood winner.

A mock-press conference named 'Roo-b-roo' was organised wherein the participants had to address questions regarding the personality they were supposedly given to enact. Very interestingly, the participants kept the audience glued to their seats by performing. Neha Jain Emerged as winner from Subodh College. The esteemed judges for the event were: Mr. Rajeev Masih, Mr. Mahendra Choudhary Marketing Manager, Insecticides India Ltd..

Signifying the traditional name of paint brush, 'Tulika' provided a platform for exhibiting imagination creativity and talent. Participants were given a T-shirt on which they painted images on the theme ‘Colours of Happiness’. Jaya Mishra from Vansthali Vidyapeeth stood the winner. The distinguished guest who evaluated the performance of this events were: Ms. Tripti Bhargava, Artist & Exporter, Dr. Shubha Tripathi (Practising Doctor) & Mr. Dhabaria, Prof. in University of Rajasthan & Manufacture & Exporter of Moduler.

Following the interesting list of the Mosaic events, 'Chintan' was planned to be a serious academic exercise wherein participants administered case study to identify, analyse and solve the problems of the corporate world. It was a game to test business acumen and decision making skills of the participating teams.  The winner fo the event was Saumya & Sanidhya from Sobodh College. This event had been adjudged by Mr. Nehal Jain, Senior Offer, Time of India, Mr. Sarvesh Mathur, Director, Excellency Consultancy & Mr. Gaurav Mehta, Director Brand DNA.

Among the various day-long series of activities, 'Kriti' was an instant hit. A game of innovation & imagination, 'Kriti' had participants identifying jumbled brand names creating advertisements and also enacting within the given time with a distinct punch line. The team from Subodh College emerged as the winner and the participants were Narendra, Charu and Pravesh. Kriti had a list of Judges who by their skills gave the best decision. The judgess for the event were: Mr. Surajt Das,  Mr. Mohit Arolkar, Branch Manager, Philips India. Mr. Justin Varky, CEO, Jewell Association India Limited & Dr. Rakesh Kalra. The winners of the event were Subodh, Jaipur and runner-up were Maharishi Arvind, Jaipur

The event has been sponsored by many prestigious organization Airtel is the main sponsor of the event & the other cosponsors are Saras Jaipur Dairy, Idea Consulting, Nokia Connecting people & Aditya telelink (P) Ltd.

We thank all our sponsors for their cooperation & making MOSAIC a mega success.

Overall, the day one of Mosaic 2006 was full of innovative ideas, strategic approaches, presence of mind and a creative blast brought up collectively by all the participants. Such was the glimpse of the future business managers-MBA is still hot !

MOSAIC 2006: CELEBRATION CONTINUES ON A CREATIVE SPLURGE 

Continuing with the enthusiastic mood and charismatic flavour of the eventful festival MOSAIC 2006, the second day also proved to be multifarious at IIIM. With the active participation of around 25 management institutes from all over the country, the event is still on to enthrall, intrigue and mesmerize intelligent budding managers. First in the series was BISAAT where the participants given a card sheet on day one with a target to submit a complete portfolio with creative layout on day two. This was aimed to test the participants ability to develop marketing strategies for gaining maximum product mileage. The esteemed judges for the event were: Dr. Harsh Dwivedi, Associate Professor, R.A. Poddar Institute of Management, Prof. Somdev, Director, ASC, UOR, Dr. L. M. Bhandari, GM, RCCI. 

INDRADHANUSH a vibrant and enthralling rangoli making event to display the rich tradition of our country. The distinguished guests who evaluated the performance of this event were: Dr. Supriya Agarwal, GP Capt. V. G. Deodhar, Dr. Rekha Bhatnagar,  Prof. Kanodiya College. 

CHAKRAVYUH in the age-old popular event, the participation was team based. One team member had the clue about the personality to be deciphered and the remaining two tried cracking it by asking a maximum number of twenty questions and the winners were APEX, Jaipur and runners up by JECRC, Jaipur. 

MALHAR the age old game of ANTAKSHARI, brand named and packaged to appeal to younger generation was conceived to be pulsating and vibrating mix of lilting songs and throbbing beats, it proved to be the most popular of all cultural events. 

NIRMAN in this event the particulars are required to make a collage to display their creative genius to amalgamate and integrate fragments and scraps into a picture that is meaningful in its totality and entirely. The theme is “Think Global Act Local”. The winners were NLU, Jodhpur This event had been adjudged by Wg. Cdr. Dipinder Singh, Technical Officer, Shri Pramod Agarwal, Joint Director (Info Tech.), JDA & Ms. Pooja Tiwari. 

Mosaic 2006 concludes with the promise – “We shall meet again !” 

Be it song, dance, painting or an array of mind catching management games, when young blood is performing them, the show rocks! Young management students solved puzzles, won competitions, showcased business skills and the like, in the last two days of Mosaic 2006, and took no time to sing and dance when it came to ‘Nupur’ and ‘Swaranjali’. 

Mosaic 2006, our 9^th Annual inter-institute activity programme concluded today evening on a blissful note of meeting even more zestfully next year. The popularity level could be well judged with the enthusiastic participation of around 25 management institutes from all over the country. 

The final day of the event was well reserved for fun, frolic, music & dance. To provide a platform to the participants to exhibit their melodious disposition, the singing competition, ‘Swaranjali’ was organized. Singing the tunes of success, JECRC, Jaipur stood winner and  IMS, Bikaner stood runner-up.

‘Nupur’, epitomizing a fusion of diverse classical and folk dances was won by Banasthali Vidyapith with the beautiful choreography performance. Subodh Institute of Management, Jaipur was runner-up.

In the valediction ceremony, the host institute IIIM presented a funfilled, kaleidoscopic and psychedelic mosaic of enjoyment and gaiety. A series of cultural presentations concluded with the much applauded ‘Dances' where the IIIMities blazed the floor, looking no less than the professional ones. It was an instant hit.

Chief Guest Shri R.P. Jain, IAS, Principal Secretary to the Government Higher Education, Rajasthan, Jaipur and Director Dr. Ashok Gupta felicitated the overall winner institute Subodh Institute of Management, Jaipur.Vice Principal Dr. Shalini Talwar thanked one and all for such an ebullient participation.