IIM Lucknow's OCUMEN
2008 Crowns New Championstext
Ocumen 2008, held at IIM
Lucknow on January 20, 2008, has crowned the new champions. It was a nail-biting
finish to the end, which required a tie-breaker to decide the best school. The
day-long event saw a close fight between Army Public School, Lucknow
and the defending champion, Dewan Public School, Meerut. Eventually,
Dewan Public lost out, as Army Public School was crowned the champions at Ocumen
2008.text
The event was equally enriching
for the 20 teachers, as they gained extensively from the two workshops conducted
by IIM Lucknow professors. The workshops focused on Communication Skills, and
the other featured a discussion on how business scenarios should be cited to
make education more relevant. Mr. Pankaj Bhanwani, an Economics Teacher
from Bal Bharati Public School quoted, "The entire event was very
well-organized, and though our school did not win the event, but I am confident
we all are going back with lots of learning and experiences to cherish for a
lifetime." The professors at IIM Lucknow, including Prof. Amita Mittal,
were equally full of praises for the event.text
The other highlights of the event
included the insightful address by the Chief Guest, Rakesh K. Mittal,
where he highlighted relevant issues of education, social welfare and
deprivation. His experience and vision generated a lot of interest among the
students, as they poured their queries for the Senior Bureaucrat to answer. The
Director of IIM Lucknow, Dr. Devi Singh, was also very encouraging, and
praised the school students, organizers and the teachers for their enthusiasm
while delivering the Vote of Thanks to the Chief Guest.text
The unique part of Ocumen 2008
was the mentorship program, which saw 20 MBA students come and interact with the
60 students from the various students. The students developed strong bonds with
their mentors and a long-term association was forged. text
The salient points of this event
were: -text
Unique Social Initiative across
all IIMstext
Participation from 60 School
Students and 20 Teacherstext
Unique way of learning through
games, and by doingtext
Educational summit to discuss the
perils of the Indian Education Systemtext
Talk by Guest of Honor, Mr.
Rajesh K. Mittal, Social Welfare Commissioner, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, former
Principal Secretary (Higher Education)text
Participation from 10 Top schools
across the nationtext
Special workshops for the
teachers by IIM Lucknow Professorstext
Mentorship and career counseling
for school children by IIM Managerstext
Games covering all verticals of
Management, and imbibing a sense of Team Work in the participants, apart from
generating interest and appreciation for the importance of good management in
all walks of lifetext
Special appreciation for the
Collaborative Team event, and talk by Prof. Archana Shukla, which showed
the importance of team work and goal orientation to the participants.text
Overall, this events proved to be
a once in a life time experience for the visiting students, as they not only get
to learn the management concepts from the best, but also get mentors for a
life-time. text
