NITIE annual IT conclave Litmus 2010 organised

’LITMUS’, the annual IT conclave of NITIE, was organized on Friday, 13th August 2010. It was the perfect amalgamation of the IT Industry and dynamism of business management. Organized by the students of NITIE’s dedicated IT management course, the Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology Management (PGDITM), the highlight of the event was “Biz Talk”, a panel discussion on “Leveraging India as a Consumer: The next big catalyst in Indian IT growth story”.

Mr. Amod Vijayvargiya – Director, Global Knowledge & Business Services, Capgemini; Mr. Anirvan Saha – Senior Manager, Cognizant Business Consulting; Mr. Dhiren Savla – Director, IT, CRISIL; Mr. Pradeep Erinjery – Chairman & CEO, Thirdware Solutions; and Mr. Rahaju Pal – Director, Enterprise Risk & Services, Delloitte formed the panel. As the stalwarts of the industry, addressed the topic, the audience gained considerable insight into the growing Indian IT industry and its high potential to portray India as a consumer.

“There is a huge potential for the IT sector in the Indian market can be unlocked. Projects like the Unique Identification Project and other e-governance initiatives are opening new avenues for the IT companies”, said Mr.Rahaju Pal. Mr. Dhiren Savla added, “… (India) has 65% of its population below the age of 35; the consumerism is going to increase tremendously in the near future. Indian companies have a great role in taking this growth to the smallest corners of the country.”

Among the inter-college competitions held during LITMUS 2010 were “Biz Warz”, the B Plan competition (won by students from Institute of Technology and Management (ITM) Mumbai), “Sync Quest”, the case study competition (won by Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Delhi) and “Enigma”, the online quiz (won by FORE School of Management, Delhi). A total of over 500 students from across B Schools all over India participated in these events. Total prize money exceeding Rs 1 lakh was given to the winning teams.

This year, the sponsors for the event were Aditya Birla Group, Siemens, Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Alok Industries. Apart from this, Technopak was the case study partner, MBAUniverse – the media partner, Prueba – the knowledge partner, Loot – the merchandise partner and Dare2Compete – the B-School event partner.

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Litmus – The annual IT Conclave at NITIE

LITMUS, the flagship event of the Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology Management Program, was organized on August 9, 2009.

Focusing on the need of IT in present business scenario, Litmus ’09 had its three major events:

Biz-Talk, a panel discussion round, was organized with a view to gain industry perspective on contemporary matters and their relation with Information Technology.
The topic of deliberation was:
“India’s Prowess in IT and China’s Strength in Manufacturing”
Can India parlay her success in IT services into the Manufacturing sector?

The esteemed panelists had an enlightening discussion on this topic in front of a packed NITIE audience. Various dimensions such as the countries’ education, political systems, industrial reforms and policies were pondered upon.
The Panel included:

 Mr. Pravin Kumar Vijay, Procurement Manager, Shell Lubricants
 Mr. Kunal Pande, Director, IT Advisory, KPMG
 Mr. Prantik Dasgupta, CMO, Aluminium Sector, Vedanta Resources
 Moderator – Mr. M.G. Arun, Deputy Bureau Chief, Financial Express
 Mr.Pradeep Erinjery, Chairman and CEO, Thirdware Solutions Ltd.
 Mr. Akhilesh Laghate, VP, Global Sourcing and Logistics, Hirco
 Mr. Mani Mamallan, CMO, C-Edge Technologies Limited

Sync-quest, a case study competition, received a live case from Greenway Ecodevelopers, a sister organization of Greenway International focused on sustainable development projects.

The event enjoyed a thumping response receiving close to 150 entries from various B-schools across India. After a thorough analysis of the solutions by the faculty members and industry specialists, five teams were shortlisted. These teams were then invited to present their solutions in front of the esteemed jury.
A team from SPJIMR Mumbai won the event whereas IIM Lucknow came in a close second.

Σ-NIGMA, the online quiz, consisted of two rounds:

Quizz-IT was an online elimination quiz under which participants were given a stipulated time period to answer a certain number of questions. The earliest teams to submit the answers qualified to the next round.
Itinerary Hunt was a hybrid of Quiz and Treasure Hunt. Spread across different locations on Wikimapia, the round entailed solving a string of clues, each pointing to the location of the next clue. A team from IIM Indore claimed the title and FMS Delhi was the runner up.

Litmus‘09 was successful in its intention of improving managerial competencies in the field of Information Technology. The cumulative efforts of the students of the PGDITM program certainly bore fruit. The students strive to maintain this level of competence in the years to come.