XIM hosts Xpressions’21: A leading B-School festival of eastern India

This year, the festival was conducted in the online mode but drew a large number of participants from several reputed institutions across India.

Keen competition was noted in the categories ranging from case studies, business simulations, quizzes, etc.

Some of the events which saw a large number of participation were case study competitions like "MPower" conducted by Maxim, XIM's marketing committee, and "Maven" conducted by Constrat, XIM's consulting and strategy consortium; "Nirnay", an in-house business simulation game conducted by X-Ops, XIM's operations committee, along with their case study competition, "Aarohan".

XSys, XIM's systems committee, conducted the case study competition, "Case Connect", which tested the business analytics skill of the participants.

SpeakUp, XIM's oratory committee, organized the XIM Model United Nations conference, consisting of two councils – UNHRC and International Press.

Focusing on societal awareness, the Social Responsibility Cell of XIM conducted "Vriddhi", a corporate social responsibility (CSR) action plan competition
"Inquizzitive", organised the quiz committee of XIM, XQuizzite, drew a lot of participants.

"Vaktritva", organized by the Social Responsibility Cell and the Speak Up committees, focused on how management skills can be used to better society whereas case study competition "Jack of All Trades," tested the participants' overall business acumen.

XFin, XIM's finance committee, hosted a trading simulation game, "Trade Wars", for all the financial enthusiasts.

"Ad Valorem" from XIM's entrepreneurship cell, XSeed, invited the contestants to showcase their entrepreneurial skills.

IRC, the International Relations Committee of XIM, held the national level pitching competition, "Pitch It Abroad".

Among the cultural and informal events were "Footloose" and "Thirkan", where participants matched their beats to Western and Indian dancing style; "Abhinay", a solo acting event; "Carnival De Vogue", a ramp walk competition of XIM.

"Flight of Fancy", a quiz and treasure hunt event, was organized by LitSoc, the Literary Society of XIM.

"Symphony" and "Goonj" were for those who wanted to showcase their Western and Indian singing skills, respectively.

"Lensation", a photography competition, was conducted by X-Lens.

Team IlluminatiX, the media and PR cell of XIM, held its annual Short-Film making competition, "The Final Cut".

This year's edition of "XAthon", the epilogue marathon event of Xpression'21, revolved around the theme "Walking for Disability Rights".

The proceeds for the event will be donated towards the cause of helping the specially-abled, the organisers said.