Opulence: Unleashing Creative Extravagance (18-20 January, 2008)
(Forwarded by Ankit Khanna, Applied Physics 2010)
Opulence is IT-BHU’s annual national management fest conceptualized with the aim of developing managerial and entrepreneurial abilities among students, through relevant competitions like business plan writing, case study analysis, strategy forecasting etc; seminars and workshops. As IT-BHU eagerly awaits the 4th edition of Opulence In 2008, it is undoubtedly established that so far opulence has been successful in its mission.
From a modest beginning in 2005 Opulence has come a long way. Its history is brief but illustrious. When it started off in 2005 Opulence looked to be big in a small way. But in subsequent years, the brand has been well established. Opulence has been one among the rare college fests which facilitates the development of analytical and critical reasoning, communication and other interpersonal skills amongst the technocrats of tomorrow.
Being one of its kinds, Opulence attracts monumental outside participation from various professional colleges of engineering and management, including the IIMs, IITs and NITs from all parts of the country which makes it a truly national festival. Needless to say Opulence is also very popular amongst IT students.
Celebrities and Industry bigwigs like Mr. Pralahd Kakkar, among India’s finest ad-makers; Mr. Bharat Dabholkar, another maverick ad-man and film star; Mr. LC Singh, CEO Nihilent Technologies and producer of the movie Banaras; Mr. Kavi Kumar, president (brokerage) Indiabulls; Ms. Ananya Dutt, model and actress and many more have graced the event and inspired students.
Mr. Kavi Kumar during Opulence 2007 said that he had never seen such a well organized fest.
The industry too, has begun to appreciate the brand value of Opulence and it has been reflected in the support extended by it. State Bank of India, Infosys, Maruti Suzuki, Maini Group, NVidia, De Shaw are among the many that have benefited opulently due to their association with the fest. If you or your organization would like to partner our endeavors please email us at opulence[AT]itbhu.ac.in .
The competitive events at Opulence are a mix of the old classics and novel innovations. The tried and tested events like business plan writing, business paper presentation, case study analysis and ad making contests have been well supplemented by newer events like strategy forecasting, marketing game etc. The best of the participants at Opulence face off in a final event Czar of the war. The prize money of all events especially Czar of the War is grand like the fest itself. The last Czar of the War walked away with fifty thousand rupees!
Opulence 2008 is even more interactive than the previous editions due to Pragyan, a year long workshop series building up to the event.
The highlights of Opulence 2008 will be an Advertising Workshop by Mr.. Abhijit Avasthy, Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather and a workshop “Break Free” conducted by Prof. Debashis Chatterji, internationally acknowledged leadership guru and acclaimed author (Break Free: Discover Your Leadership Signature; Pub: Penguin, ISBN No: 0143100475). Prof. Chatterji has designed this workshop exclusively for the top engineering students in India and in January will be conducting a national tour covering only the IITs and IT-BHU. We also look forward to host some top-notch CEOs and reputed business experts besides getting student participation from the length and breadth of the country.
The success of Opulence is the outcome of the able mentorship of the IIPC (the Industry Institute Partnership Cell of IT-BHU), the dedicated support of our alumni and the sincere efforts of students. As all of these are only getting stronger it is exciting to think of the heights Opulence 2008 can scale.
If you would like to know more about Opulence please email us at opulence[AT]itbhu.ac.in or visit our website: www.itbhu.ac.in/opulence .