IIM Ahmedabad to Hold
Agri-Business B-school Summit 'Amaethon 2007'
Agriculture has been the mainstay
of the Indian economy for generations, giving employment to far more people than
any other sector. It embodies the ruggedness and indefatigability of the Indian
spirit.
IIM Ahmedabad celebrates this
spirit through Amaethon 2007, a meeting-place for the brightest and most
experienced people in the field and young managers who are about to take their
first steps in it.
Amaethon 2007 - IIM-A's Annual
Agri-Business Summit - is to be held on 19th, 20th and 21st of January,
continuing with the tradition that began three years ago. Amaethon has come a
long way since then and this year's Amaethon is expected to be a mega affair.
Amaethon 2007 will see at least
500 participants from 50 B-schools and 33 agri-business management colleges
across India making best use of an opportunity to interact with the most
brilliant minds in the agri-business sector and compete for over Rs. 6 lakhs'
worth of prize money.
Amaethon has grown over the years
in terms of scale, contests and speakers. This year Amaethon is offering
Business Plan Contests, Commodity Trading Games, Management Games, Paper
Presentations, Case Analysis, Panel Discussions, Movie Reviews, and many other
events over the three days.
The theme for this year's
Amaethon is "The Awaited Dawn" - capturing the strong feeling that
India's agriculture and development sector needs a new beginning to match
India's commendable growth in corporate and industrial sector. Various events at
Amaethon 2007 will try to find out ways to bring about this much-awaited dawn.
The whole amalgamation of events
under Amaethon is divided into four main sessions: -
The Entrepreneurship Session
The Agri-Business Session
The Development Session, and
Informals
All these sessions would aim at
finding ways to modernize the agribusiness in India through possible policy
changes, government initiatives, or through modern technology and practices like
promotion of commodity trading. Attempts would be made to analyze various
aspects of issues like agriculture productivity, micro-credit, managing risks in
agriculture and rural infrastructure, and look for means to better them.
Amaethon 2007 is also attempting
to foster entrepreneurial spirit among the students with various activities
devoted towards this end. Apart from Business Plan contests, the event will try
to find ways in which such plans can actually be taken forward and a sustainable
growth is achieved.
Students from all across India
will share their views and plans and will get the opportunity to listen to
business and thought leaders like: -
Mr. Joseph Massey (Deputy
Managing Director, MCX)
Dr. K. G. Karmakar
(Managing Director, NABARD)
Mr. Parag Desai (Director,
WaghBakri Tea)
Dr. Sudarshan Iyenger
(Vice Chancellor, Gujarat Vidyapith)
Mr. Jagat Shah (CEO of
Global Networks, International Trade Management Consultant)
Mr. Satyan Mishra (Founder
and CEO, Drishtee.com)
Mr. Vipul Mittra
(Commissioner and Secretary, Rural Development)
Mr. Bakul Dholakia
(Director, IIM Ahmedabad)
Many other dignitaries and
academicians from IIM Ahmedabad and other institutions will also present their
views during Amaethon 2007.
There would also be various
informal activities like Antakshari, Agribusiness Simulation Game, Quizzes,
Lateral Thinking Puzzles, Treasure Hunt, Cultural Night & Dance Party, etc., to
add color to the mega-event called Amaethon.
Amaethon 2007 is also associated
with renowned corporate partners like MCX (Title Sponsor), ICICI Rural
Banking (Associate Sponsor), NABARD (Session Sponsor), SBI
(Event Sponsor), RPG Spencer (Event Sponsor).
This year's Amaethon really
promises to be a major success and an honest attempt to find ways to bring about
'the awaited dawn' in India's agri-business and development sector. IIM
Ahmedabad welcomes all students and young professionals to come and enjoy the
experience.
For more details about the
event, log into the website at: -
http://www.iima-amaethon.com
