‘A Day at IIMA’, the flagship fundraiser organised annually by Prayaas, saw 87 people participate this year, including undergraduate and post-graduate students, school students as well as working professionals, who wanted to witness the IIM-A way of life.
Participants were taken through a day in the life of a PGP1 student at IIM-A, giving them a flavour of the famed academic rigour required, the group activities and the extra-curricular activities conducted at the institute.
Three lectures were taken by faculty in varied fields — a lecture on Supply Chain by Prof Debjit Roy; a marketing session by Prof PK Sinha; and an insightful session on Emotional Intelligence by Prof Neharika Vohra.
Post the lectures, even as the participants were enjoying lunch at the students’ mess, a surprise quiz was announced at 1.45 pm. A group activity followed the quiz and Prof Vishal Gupta gave participants insights into team building.
Finally, the participants were shown around the campus, and given insights into the idea behind the heritage campus designed by Louis Kahn and the new campus designed by Ar Bimal Patel. They later attended speaker sessions organised at The Red Brick Summit (TRBS) and shopped at Kaleido, TRBS’ flea market.
“We think ‘A Day at IIMA’ was a huge success, and we were able to raise a good amount of funds for Prayaas. We would like to thank all the participants for the enthusiasm they showed and we believe that we were able to match the expectations they had. We’re also trying to make ‘A Day at IIMA’ a semi-annual event instead of an annual one,” commented Siddharth Vora, the coordinator of Prayaas.