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Academic Council Consulting Club

Academic Council at IIM Visakhapatnam is responsible for coordinating the The Consulting Club, the
electives selection process for the students right from their 3rd term. This oldest club of IIM V, aims
involves identifying courses that are relevant and valuable to the students in the at providing an insight into
contemporary context. Further, it creates an enabling ecosystem to facilitate the
students’ learning process through the aid of a pool of Subject Representatives. the world of consulting and
The Council also organizes regular interaction sessions for the students with strategy. The club organises
eminent academicians and industry stalwarts, to ensure that the students various engaging activities
develop an understanding of how the concepts taught can be applied in practice like Syllogize-the case
and to keep them abreast of emerging trends in the research space as well. competition, Strat-Thug-the
quiz competition, bi-monthly
newsletter VISION and the
article writing competition,
Inscribe. The flagship event
of the club, Conflux sees
an array of guests from the
consulting world interacting
and sharing their insights
with the students.

Hostel and Mess
Committee

Hostel and Mess Committee is
a student-handled committee
that supervises the hostels
and mess operations of
IIM Visakhapatnam. The
committee ensures a
comfortable stay for all the
students and makes them
Finance & Economics Club feel at home. The committee
Finance & Economics Club of IIM Visakhapatnam aims to broaden the horizons manages all the operations
of the transportation of
of the student fraternity through exposure to industry-driven guest lectures, students from hostels to
on-demand workshops, and competition-led learnings across a host of diverse campus. It also takes care
streams in the field of both finance and economics. Among a wide array of of the infrastructure of the
activities undertaken by the club, a particular emphasis has been laid upon
enhancing practical and academic knowledge through live projects and industry- hostel and works for the
specific certifications, respectively. The club envisages bringing to its fold data- comfortable stay of the
driven analysis to support the Sunrise Investment Fund which provides the students. The committee also
students a hands-on experience of real-world money management by applying prepares the mess menu and
classroom models into the financial markets. special menu on festival days.

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