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CELEBRATIONS AND CULTURAL EVENTS

Ex-CEO Saatchi & Saatchi Focus Network, India; and Member, BoG, IIM V). The event saw enthusiastic
participation from students, faculty, and staff members of the IIM Visakhapatnam family.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

8 MARCH 2021
On the occasion of International Women’s Day this year, Dr Hina Gokhale (former Director General (HR) at

DRDO Head Quarters; and former Vice Chancellor of Defence Institute of Advance Technology (Deemed
University), Pune) delivered a virtual guest talk. In her opening remarks, she chronicled the significant events
from history that led to the celebration of the International Women’s
Day.

In her talk, she emphasized on how diversity – be it of any kind:
gender, ethnic, religious, regional, linguistic etc., – can provide new
perspectives to varied problems and offer new and effective
solutions. She urged institutions like IIMs to look forward to
preparing a workforce that is gender sensitive and gender inclusive

in order to flourish in future.

SAMAARAMBH 5.0

Samaarambh, the annual cultural fest of IIM Visakhapatnam, lived up to its promise of absolute fun,
entertainment, and delight. Samaarambh 5.0, the fifth edition, was based on the theme of ‘Cinema’. Spread
over two days, 20 and 21 March, a series of events, competitions and Pronites were organized this year. The
IIMV campus was decorated with posters, lights, photo booths, super-fun games, and props in an effort to
recreate the real feel of an offline fest amidst the pandemic. Although the events and interactions were
limited by the virtual mode, the fun, and energy levels were nevertheless skyrocketing.

20 MARCH 2021

Solo Song (Voice of Samaarambh), Dramatics (Lights, Camera, Action), Solo dance (Dance pe Chance) and
Fashion show (Show Stopper) were conducted on Day 1. There were some incredible comedy performances
by Naveen Richard and Rahul Dua, and a magical performance by the mind hacker Nirbhik Datta.

21 MARCH

Solo Mimicry (The Imitation Game), Group Dance
(V-Twist), Battle of Bands (Surr Sangram), and Short-film
making (Laghu Chitra) competitions were conducted on
Day 2. This day culminated with extremely energizing and
soulful performances by Vaani Bhasin and Yasser Desai.

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