NATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL CONCLUDES AMID FANFARE AT ASBM
Two-day National Youth Festival–Markfest and Ignite- 2014 concluded here today at Asian School of Business Management (ASBM) with the closing-cum-prize distribution ceremony.
Kicked off on Friday, the event was inaugurated by Chief Whip, Government of Odisha, Shri Pravat Kumar Tripathy and Member Parliament Prof. (Dr.) Prasanna Kumar Patasani.
Two-day National Youth Festival–Markfest and Ignite- 2014 concluded here today at Asian School of Business Management (ASBM) with the closing-cum-prize distribution ceremony.
Kicked off on Friday, the event was inaugurated by Chief Whip, Government of Odisha, Shri Pravat Kumar Tripathy and Member Parliament Prof. (Dr.) Prasanna Kumar Patasani.
Inaugurating the event, Chief Whip, Government of Odisha Shri Pravat Kumar Tripathy said, ” The future of any country depends on its educational development. For country like India with a sizable youth population, we should focus on development of higher education.”
Lauding the efforts of ASBM he further added, ” ASBM is one of the best management institutions of the country and it should be declared as a university. This two-day event Markfest & Ignite will surely ignite the minds of young talents to accept the challenges ahead in their life.”
Addressing the budding management professional Member Parliament Prof.(Dr.) Prasanna Kumar Patasani said, “ASBM since its inception has been nurturing and grooming the young minds.”
Gracing the occasion, at the valedictory ceremony, Shri Tathagata Satpathy, Member of Parliament said, “I am very happy that management institute like ASBM exists in Odisha. Educational institute should encourage the students to hone their skills and showcase their talents through such types of cultural fests.”
“ASBM has a prestigious accreditation that is SAQS. This rare distinction was given for its outstanding contribution to the management education. We have rich art and culture. Which should be taken to the nook and corner of the society. Extracurricular activities should also be accorded priority along with the academic activities,” Shri B.P. Rayaguru, Sr. Project Manager, OUIDF.
Giving a brief of the two-day event Founder and Director ASBM Prof.(Dr.) Biswajeet Pattanayak, said, ” ASBM always believes in innovation and creativity. National Youth Festival presents an opportunity to the students of different regions to showcase their diverse culture and skills through a series of competitions. The role of management institution should not be limited to imparting core subject knowledge, they should develop intellectual prowess among the future gen-leaders.”Two-day event featured competitions like Ad-Diction, Stall decoration, Sales and distribution strategy, Product concept innovation, Marketing strategy, Advertising campaign, Talk ‘A’ Tive , Counter Strike, Rangoli competition, Poster competition, Art of Mehendi, Face painting, Pricing strategy and product concept, Mr. & Ms. Ignite, Voice of Ignite, Counter Strike, Best Shot, Synchro dance, were organized. Besides, a dozen of kiosks were set up by the participants who showcased marketing strategies to promote innovative and unique products.
Notably, ASBM Institute of Professional Studies bagged first prize ‘Markfest-2014’.
On this occasion, Former CDM of Nalco G Upadhayaya, Director Ruchi Foods Shri Arbind Sahoo, Dean of ASBM, Prof. Kalyan S Ray, Convener National Youth Fest’14 Prof. Ashsish Mohanty and Co-Convenors Prof. Bhakta Bandhu Dash, Prof. Arnab Sen & Prof. Prakash Ch. Das, dignitaries and delegates from various corporate house, students and faculty members of ASBM were present