The event will be organized in association with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Young Indians (Yi). The theme of Paragana this year is 'Metamorphosis – Building Companies to Building Nations'.
This three day seminar will be launched with distinguished speakers like Mr. C.B. Bhave, Chairman, SEBI, Shri. Jayant Patil, Minister of Finance & Planning, Government of Maharshtra and Mr. Jignesh Shah, Founder & CEO, Financial Technologies India Limited addressing the gathering. Over the next 3 days, participants shall be tested in a series of events.
Talking on the event theme, NMIMS says, "From having started as simple managers, MBAs today have spread their wings far and wide, across the entire spectrum of known industries. But how many have come forward to build the country? Sadly, the answer is negative. There is a need to start a neo-Satyagraha, find innovators who can light up the lives of our nation's people by entrepreneurs who can show everyone that even small is beautiful."
The flagship event of the festival is the war of words, Caviar and Daydreams, a competition designed to ignite the spark in the corporate event. Caviar and Daydreams is a test of one's imagination. This is the reality check. If it is not a daydream, how do we achieve greatness for our nation?
"Paragana'08 is headed to become one of the biggest corporate events of this year. We have already received an overwhelming response from the industry as well as the B-school community. Eminent speakers shall join us for the seminar and panel discussions and a record 300 entries have been received for various events launched till date", says Ms. Deepti Pillai, President, Student Council, NMIMS & Head of Organizing Committee of Paragana.
Parijja - the paper writing competition, Pratyancha - the simulation game, Prashnottri and Prashnavalli - the quizzes, case study discussions are some of the events.
Some of the luminaries participating in Paragana 08 include Mr. Arvind Sharma, Chairman Leo Burnett, Ms. Chanda Kochhar, CFO & MD, ICICI Bank, Mr. Jagdish Kapoor, Samsika Consultancy, Mr. Ramkumar, Senior General Manager, HR, ICICI Bank, Mr. Amit Varma, CEO, Audience Map, Mr. Varun Bajpai, MD, Macquarie Bank, Mr. Vijai Mantri, CEO and MD, DLF Priamerica, Mr. R Chandrasekar, Head Corporate Development and Mr. Niranjan Hiranandani, MD, Hiranandani Group.
